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Science & Health

Biology, medicine, pharmacology, the body and the methods of scientific inquiry.

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Carl SaganCarl Sagan was an American astronomer and science communicator, the presenter of the series Cosmos and the author of The Demon-Haunted World. The Agency editorial names…
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin was the English naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection, set out in On the Origin of Species. In the Agency editorial he…
ErgonomicsErgonomics is the scientific discipline dedicated to designing products, workstations, and environments to fit the physiological and cognitive needs of human users. It…
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei (1564 to 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician. Issue.10 names him once, with Isaac Newton, in a list of what the Enlightenment…
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician, known for the laws of motion and universal gravitation published in the Principia (1687). Issue.10 names him…
ParacelsusParacelsus was a Swiss physician and alchemist of the sixteenth century, known for the maxim that the dose makes the poison. Issue.26, the edition about pharmakon…
Soranus of EphesusSoranus of Ephesus was a Greek physician who worked in Rome around the turn of the second century and wrote a treatise on gynaecology. Issue.27, the edition about the…
Trial and ErrorTrial and error is a way of solving problems by trying one option after another and keeping what works until a solution is found. In the Agency editorial it is the engine…

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