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A statue of Galileo Galilei in Florence. (Credit: CIlia Baksheev/Shutterstock)

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Contenders for the title stretch back through the Enlightenment and the Renaissance to Ancient Greece.

Who Was the First Scientist?

An artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft near the sun. The probe — which has swooped closer to the Sun's surface than any previous spacecraft — is providing new data on solar activity and helping scientists forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth. (Credit: NASA)

Parker Solar Probe

If you could stand on the Sun and look out at Earth and the other planets, what would it look like?

A Sun's Eye View of the Solar System

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A simulated fruit fly brain has learnt to perform natural language processing tasks.

Fruit Fly Brain Hacked For Language Processing

Cosmos

Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Strange Science

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Einstein's Universe

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Elements Flashcards

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