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The 1919 eclipse really did prove Einstein right

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Lind's 1747 scurvy trial: why the Navy waited 48 years

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The Michelson–Morley experiment found no ether wind in 1887

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Why a scientific theory must be able to be proven wrong

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The 1948 streptomycin trial wasn't quite the first RCT

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Only 39 of 100 psychology studies replicated in 2015

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6 Mar 1665

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The first scientific journal began on 6 March 1665

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21 Mar 1925

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Tennessee banned teaching human evolution from 1925 to 1967

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28 Nov 1660

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The Royal Society was founded by 12 men in London in 1660

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10 Dec 1901

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The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on 10 December 1901

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13 Feb 1633

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Galileo arrived in Rome for his trial on 13 February 1633

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17 Feb 1600

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Giordano Bruno was burned in 1600 for more than astronomy

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22 Jun 1633

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Galileo recanted in 1633, likely without 'and yet it moves'

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10 Aug 1846

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The Smithsonian was founded in 1846 after a 10-year fight

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27 Nov 1895

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Nobel's 1895 will took five years to become the Nobel Prizes

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