Stories

Discover inspiring people, remarkable places and ground-breaking ideas through cultural heritage stories from Europe and beyond
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Letters to and from four great minds of the University of Wrocław
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Laura Bassi, one of the first women in science
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8 women botanical artists from across Europe
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Ismail al-Jazari: The Muslim inventor who may have inspired Leonardo da Vinci
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Otto Hahn
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Werner Heisenberg, quantum mechanics pioneer
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Geniuses and their (dis)abilities
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Pythagoras, mathematician and philosopher
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Neon night
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How are vinyl records made?
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Wishing you a happy Darwin Day!
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Are these the greatest inventions since sliced bread?
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Lift off: how humans have viewed space through the ages
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Marie Skłodowska Curie: an inspirational scientist
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Francis Bacon, Shakespeare and secret societies
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Jöns Jacob Berzelius
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How Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
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Why is the sky blue?