Stories by Hooke

Scientists discover how a common mutation leads to ‘night owl’ sleep disorder

The case for funding psychedelics to treat mental health

Taikyoku Shogi

Babbage the unfortunate (2004)

Mary Somerville, the woman for whom the word “scientist” was coined (2016)

Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Twinning

A Scientist’s Reckoning with the Cruelty of Chance

Acoustic Kitty

Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

The Elusive Peril of Space Junk

Charles Babbage’s Observations on Street Nuisances (1864)

Menger Sponge

Bison and wolf populations are reviving in parts of Europe

Strange Apprentice

“Invisible Little Worms”: Athanasius Kircher’s Study of the Plague

1,000-Year-Old Precursor to Stainless Steel Found in Iran

RCA Telemite Miniature Television Camera (1957)

Chitin could be used to build tools and habitats on Mars, study finds

How Old Is This Ancient Vision of the Stars?

Who first coined the term “Greenhouse Effect”? (2016)

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