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Did you know: Goldfingers first name was Auric based on the Latin aurum for gold.

28 May 2021

Au is also the chemical symbol for the element. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn and her name became associated with gold because of the colour of the sky at dawn. Ian Fleming named his...

Do you expect me to talk? No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.

27 May 2021

Thats the classic exchange between British Secret Service agent James Bond and archvillain Auric Goldfinger as a laser beam begins to inch up the gold-plated table on which Bond is bound,...

Phineas Gage, Neuroscience and Count Dracula

14 May 2021

The glass cases at the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston are filled with a variety of fascinating items that have played a role in the history of medicine. On display is a one- meter long iron rod...

What exactly is Green Chemistry?

30 Apr 2021

In 1942 nylon went to war. American paratroopers dropped from the sky with nylon parachutes and hunkered down in nylon tents. Soldiers on leave hoped to seduce European women with gifts of nylon...

Curious About Curare

25 Mar 2021

Olivia Fraser Barsby is a biology and anthropology student at 51勛圖厙, specializing in conservation, ecology, evolution and behaviour....

Henry Ford - A Stained American Icon

17 Mar 2021

One of the main goals of our Office is to encourage critical thinking and fact checking. It is especially pleasing to see when a student has done exactly that! I received an email from Kaden...

St. Anthonys Fire, the Salem Witch Trials and the Beatles

12 Mar 2021

Gaston of Valloires son was afflicted with a violent burning pain in his swollen limbs. There were no doctors the nobleman could to turn to in 1095, but a nearby church had acquired relics of St....

Lise Meitner: A Noble Scientist

4 Mar 2021

Olivia Fraser Barsby is a biology and anthropology student at 51勛圖厙, specializing in conservation, ecology, evolution and behaviour.

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