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C'est la photo qui ressort le plus souvent lorsque l'on tape Einstein sur Google. Devenu cliché de pop culture, on l’y voit deux trois quart, les cheveux tirés en arrière, les yeux malicieux, et la langue en pointe. Limite amusé. Pourtant, ce n’est pas du tout le cas. D'où vient- ...  Show more

Les plus anciens se souviendront de l’époque où il fallait choisir entre téléphoner ou surfer sur Internet. Les plus jeunes diront : “Mais de quoi il parle ?”Si pour tout le monde Internet semble être un truc tout à fait naturel, tout n’a pas démarré avec Snapchat. Alors... quand ...  Show more

The Nobel Peace Prize is perhaps the most prestigious award in the world, yet there are plenty of other similar awards. What is it about this one that makes it so honored? And how did the guy who invented dynamite end up creating a peace award? Learn more about your ad-choices at ...  Show more

The Nobel Prize has rewarded some amazing discoveries. It’s also contributed to scientific tunnel vision. This week, how the Nobel impacted our understanding of an enormous cosmic mystery, and what a new and improved Nobel Prize could look like. For more, go to http://vox.com/une ...  Show more

Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who demonstrated it in Britain for the first time on 14th July, 1867. He had discovered that when nitroglycerin, an explosive liquid, was absorbed by kieselguhr, a porous siliceous earth, it produced a solid that was resistan ...  Show more

Isaac Newton is one of the most important scientists in the history of the world. His discoveries have impacted almost every aspect of physics, and a huge part of the first two semesters of any physics course is dominated by his discoveries. It raises an interesting question: If ...  Show more