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Published on February 26, 2009 by Mongoose
The next list of most influential scientists in history in our recent series. Having had two days for our readers to mull over the first list of influential scientists, we are now presenting part two. This was submitted with the original list as a list of 20, so...
Published on February 24, 2009 by Mongoose
This is part one of what will be a two part series on the most influential scientists in history. While these are not technically the "greatest" scientists, there is bound to be some overlap as the contributions that many of these men and women made to science...
Published on February 4, 2009
A list of facts and anecdotes that have a science-related slant - all are false. They are items of trivia that people all seem to know and share whenever the opportunity arises. But, at the List Universe we like to get our facts straight - and the items on this...
Published on January 26, 2009
The ten most commonly believed myths about cannabis and its use: busted - once and for all. Cannabis is probably the world's most popular casual use drug that is illegal in most nations. It has become so widespread that many people wouldn't think twice about...
Published on January 19, 2009
Ten theories that were once believed to be true - but are now debunked. Science fills us all with great wonder and it has done so for generations, but there have been an incredibly number of "scientific discoveries" which were later found to be completely false.
Published on January 11, 2009
Ten interesting things you may not know about cigarettes and smoking. The world's view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people.
Published on January 5, 2009
Ten of the most significant signs of evolution left behind in modern man. Through history, as natural selection played its part in the development of modern man, many of the useful functions and parts of the human body become unnecessary...
Published on December 22, 2008
There are currently 88 constellations ("star-patterns") recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Long before this, astronomers were making up their own to fill in gaps of "recognized" constellations or to commemorate royalty, new inventions or favorite...
Published on December 14, 2008
In the pursuit of greater knowledge, there is risk to life and limb. The people on this list took the risk and died - but not before making progress for all man. Here are the top 10 inventors who died (in a round-about way) at their own hands.
Published on October 7, 2008
For years people have tried to interpret the fleeting images that we see when we go to sleep - some interpretation are outright bizarre, while others are pretty understandable...
Published on September 21, 2008
Ten most spectacular natural or manmade holes on the face of the earth.
Published on September 7, 2008
Many early psychiatrists went too far with their experimentations, leading to stringent ethics codes and standards.
Published on September 2, 2008
10 amazing software developments that have been the most revolutionary in the fascinating history of computing.
Published on September 1, 2008
15 of the more unusual or outright bizarre facts relating to geography, geology, and the earth.
Published on August 10, 2008
This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list. It’s no more than a quick, random trawl through one personal memory tank. A comparative Wikipedia-based list has almost 100 entries from A to Z, but it was easy enough to think up a dozen important examples left...
Published on August 2, 2008
This topic is a dream for lovers of lists because there are so many hilarious and quirky attempts at flight that have been documented through history. After wading through hundreds of choices I have picked the 10 quirkiest - you are sure to love them!
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