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Joseph Plateau’s spinning disc illusions were the forerunner of cinema

14 October 2019

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian physicist whose research on visual perception laid the foundations of film, television and animated gifs

Sir William Ramsay added a whole new group to the periodic table

2 October 2019

The Scottish chemist William Ramsay discovered helium, argon, xenon, krypton and neon in the space of a few years, adding a new group to the periodic table

Dr Herbert Kleber brought evidence-based treatment to drug addiction

1 October 2019

Herbert Kleber, the subject of today’s Google doodle, was a US psychiatrist who played a leading role in transforming attitudes to and the treatment of addiction

Louisa Aldrich-Blake: a trailblazer for female surgeons and a war hero

15 August 2019

The first woman to qualify as a surgeon in the UK, Louisa Aldrich-Blake also helped to establish hospitals for soldiers in the First World War

I tried to eat myself smarter at a brain-boosting supper club

10 August 2019

Nutrients like omega-3 are claimed to support healthy brain function, but there is little good evidence that they really improve cognition

René Favaloro: Heart surgery pioneer celebrated in Google doodle

12 July 2019

Argentinian surgeon René Favaloro pioneered heart bypass surgery in the 1960s, extending the lives of millions who develop coronary artery blockages

Three Identical Strangers: Was the twin separation study ethical?

2 July 2019

The story of triplets who were unwitting subjects in a research study incites outrage, but the researchers were constrained by regulations we now see as wrong

AI predicts USA are favourites to win the 2019 Women’s World Cup

7 June 2019

A machine learning model estimates USA have a 28 per cent chance of winning the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, followed by France on 14 per cent

Plastic producers urged to take responsibility for "nurdle" pollution

3 June 2019

Billions of plastic pellets called nurdles have washed up on UK beaches. Pollution researcher Alexandra McGoran says producers must do more to stop pollution