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Who really invented the light bulb? (Noted inventor Thomas Edison at the lightbulb's golden jubilee anniversary banquet in his honor, Orange, New Jersey, October 16, 1929. He is exhibiting in his hand a replica of his first successful incandescent lamp which gave 16 candlepower of illumination, in contrast to the latest lamp, a 50,000 watt, 150,000 candlepower lamp © Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

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Who really invented the light bulb?

Failing upwards: how charismatic leaders fail their way to success © Kyle Smart

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Failing upwards How charismatic leaders fail their way to success

Would helium balloons float upwards on a spaceship? © Getty Images

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Would helium balloons float upwards on a spaceship?

What's the distance from a nucleus to an electron? © Getty Images

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What’s the distance from a nucleus to an electron?

The origin of life: a new theory suggests physics holds the answer © Getty Images

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The origin of life Can physics explain how it all began?

Who invented the boomerang? © Getty Images

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Who invented the boomerang?

Have pencils ever contained lead? © Getty Images

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Have pencils ever contained lead?

A picture taken on January 13, 2019 shows a sculpture of Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. The monument made of milled stainless steel by sculptor Karol Lacko in 1974 is located in front of the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology of Slovak Technical University, in Bratislava, Slovakia © Vladimir Simicek/AFP/Getty Images)

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Infographic Which elements are in danger of running out?

Does chewing gum really stay inside you for years? © iStock

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Does chewing gum really stay inside you for years?

Where do sound waves end up? © iStock

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Where do sound waves end up?

Can smells pass through liquids? © iStock

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Can smells pass through liquids?

What's the best way to win at rock-paper-scissors? © Getty

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What’s the best way to win at rock-paper-scissors?

Detail of mosaic in the crypt at the Musee Pasteur, on the grounds of the Pasteur Institute. Louis Pasteur is buried in the crypt, which was modeled on the tomb of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy. The mosaics were created by Auguste Guilbert-Martin © Getty Images

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Science Focus Podcast Is religion compatible with science? – John Lennox

How does the phone network know where to send the signal when someone rings me? © Getty

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How does the phone network know where to send the signal when someone rings me?