The history of biology

A book and equipment used by Arab doctors in the Middle Ages. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The social role of diseases in the 17th century as an opportunity for liberation from obligations and accepted norms

A new study examines the social role of diseases in the 17th century, through a discussion held before the head of the Jewish court in Egypt, dealing with the appeal of a Jewish gentleman suffering from life-threatening melancholia due to
A corona patient receives treatment with a drug that will prevent dehydration, in 1992. Photo: Public domain from Wikipedia Cholera patient being treated by oral rehydration therapy in 1992

What does cholera teach us about the corona virus?

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Tovia Kushnir. From Wikipedia

In memory of Tovia Kushnir

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Charles Darwin statue, UK. Photo: shutterstock

What is the theory of evolution and how did it all begin?

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Anna Atkins - the pioneer of scientific photography

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Super bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

Small creatures, big trouble

Dorothy Crawford-Hodgkin. From Wikipedia

Dorothy Croft Hodgkin - Queen of Africa and pioneer of X-ray crystallography

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Alfred Russel Wallace in a photograph from 1895. From Wikipedia

The forgotten father of the theory of evolution

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Coronaviruses. From Wikipedia

Scientists warn: a new virus will wipe out humanity within five years. is that so?

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Gregor Mendel. From Wikipedia

It turns out that the fear of the influence of the theory of evolution on Gregor Mendel caused the abbot who followed him to burn his papers

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William Harvey

William Harvey and the discovery of the blood circulation

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The cover of the book "Disclosure" by Prof. Bernardo and a discussion with Yaffe Shir-Raz. Focus Publishing 2010

think outside the box

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Gregor Mendel

Not exactly Chuck Norris: on Gregor Mendel and the laws of genetics

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the cover of the book

Darwin's Origin of Species - a biography of a book. From a marine adventure to a scientific revolution

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Lysenko Wrecks. From Wikipedia

Politics, faith and science - the (un)holy trinity

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Suicide Mission - on the book 'The Dark Lady of DNA'

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The Dark Lady of DNA - by Barbara Maddox

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Key concepts in the theory of evolution

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Darwin's living legacy

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The witch trials of the 20th century

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The genetics of evolution - snakes, oysters and poisons

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Introduction to the book "Darwin's Slow Evolution"

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Stamp in memory of Ignaz Zemlweiss, issued by the Hungarian government in 1955. Photo: shutterstock

On medicine, science and puerperal fever - the tragedy of Doctor Ignaz Zemmelweis - third and last part

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On medicine, science and puerperal fever - the tragedy of Dr. Ignaz Zemmelweis - part XNUMX

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hand washing. Illustration: Image by Renate Köppel from Pixabay

On medicine, science and puerperal fever - the tragedy of Doctor Ignaz Zemmelweis - part one

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Louis Pasteur - the man and the legend of spontaneous formation Part IV and last

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Louis Pasteur - The Man and the Legend of Spontaneous Formation Part III

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Louis Pasteur - The Man and the Legend of Spontaneous Formation Part II

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Louis Pasteur - The Man and the Legend of Spontaneous Formation Part I

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Edward Jenner and the cowpox - third part of the series about the smallpox

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Lady Mary Montague - the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine

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The disease that brought down at least three empires

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An excerpt from the chapter "Garden Reflections" from "The Monk in the Garden - The Story of Gregor Mendel, the Father of Genetics

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Charles Darwin's statue in the "Evolution in Action" exhibit at the Natural History Museum in Berlin. Photo: Avi Blizovsky, March 2013

Darwin was determined to publish the origin of species

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A plant species uses RNA to transfer genetic modifications.

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The flowering of Darwinism

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The man who turned our lives into a piece of information

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"The hegemon did not know that plants also have sex life" - the monk in the garden the story of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics

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