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In 1844, Horace Wells watched a laughing-gas stunt hide pain in plain sight, and it wasn’t just a party trick: It changed anesthesiaPicture the year 1844: a dentist named Horace Wells observes a surreal scene where a man inhaling nitrous oxide, famed for inducing laughte...- Quote of the Day by Michael Faraday: ‘I hold my theories on the tips of my fingers…’ — why the electric motor inventor declined honorsQuote of the Day: Faraday started his scientific journey as a chemist, quickly earning recognition for his exceptional technical abilities....
- Laughing Gas set to become illegal substance by year's end, possession to result in jail timeThe UK government has taken a resolute measure to reclassify nitrous oxide or laughing gas as a class C drug, rendering its possession unla...
- Apprentices of today: Masters of the game, tomorrow?Sir Humphry Davy was a famous scientist of the time. Through consistent persistence, young Michael reached out to Humphry Davy, even puttin...
- From anaesthesia to penicillin: Drugs that changed the world, for better or worseIt's a good reminder that today's wonder drug may be tomorrow's problem drug.
- Equity is the only asset class that benefits from long-term innovationWe all know about the power of compounding and how equities can help in creating wealthover long term because returns can compound over a p...
- Royal Society seeks greater interaction between India and UKBritain's prestigious Royal Society will try to foster greater interaction between India and the UK, said India-born Nobel Laureate Venkatr...
- Indian-origin Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan to head Royal Society in UKIndia-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
- Bulb fictionAll conventional lightbulbs will be banned by the European Union.
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