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How is a legacy preserved, and how is someone forgotten? Determined to make a final name for himself, Nobel Prize–winning chemist Irving Langmuir ventured into science…

In 1918 Katharine Burr Blodgett arrived at the General Electric Company’s legendary research laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y., a facility known as the “House of Magic.” She…

Two years ago, I started learning Japanese on Duolingo. At first, the daily accrual of vocabulary was fun. Every lesson earned me experience points – a…

Gamers can be a difficult bunch to buy for. Most of them will get their new games digitally from Steam, Xbox, Nintendo or PlayStation’s online shops,…

Earlier today I set you the following puzzle. Here it is again with the solution.Two dead at the drink-offIn a far away land, the following facts…

Students at Mariebergsskolan, a secondary school in Karlstad, Sweden, make their way to the canteen to grab a juice shot. This morning’s options include ginger and…

Over the summer, BBC Scotland journalist Catriona MacPhee went undercover, working as a cleaner at the Castlehill Care Home in Inverness. The home – part of…

Song-chun Zhu at Peking University, July 2025. Photograph: Sean Gallagher/The GuardianBy the time Song-Chun Zhu was six years old, he had encountered death more times than…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.You probably think you’re listening to my voice right now. But what if I told you that…

Since its premiere in 2013, Duncan Macmillan’s one-person play about depression has gradually become a cult hit. It’s been performed in more than 80 countries and…