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Juvenile Facts about Uranus

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 scishenan Physics
Juvenile Facts about Uranus. PIcture of Uranus.

The planets that were known in ancient times were, naturally enough, named after the Roman gods. When more advanced instruments let us discover even more planets, it only made sense to continue that theme. But the choice of the god of the sky has led to some irresistible jokes. So today we’re looking at some […]

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Angewandte Chemie Puns: Cruel and Unusual Pun-ishment

November 4, 2017November 4, 2017 scishenan Chemistry
Angewandte Chemie puns. Shakespeare and disco.

Angewandte Chemie is one of the top journals in chemistry. This means that knowing a bit of German is very useful for reading older papers (not bad considering I originally took it to be able to eat lunch!). For some reason, this also means that the entire chemistry community gets exposed to on average one […]

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