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engines</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/5000_11.jpg" width="1200" height="630" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="metainfos metainfos--back flex flex--column align-start"> <div class="publisher"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/source/theguardian" hreflang="en">theguardian</a></div> </div> <div class="flex justify-between align-center s-mrgt-06 w100"> <a class="btn btn--md btn--primary newsurl" target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/28/artificial-intelligence-origins-turing-to-chatgpt"> Read this article </a> <div id="socialShare" aria-hidden="true" class="controls__share-wrapper js-share-controls-wrapper"> <div class="controls__content-wrapper flex align-center"> <span class="s-mrgr-05"> <i class="icon icon-share s-mrgr-02"></i> Share </span> <div class="controls__share-content js-share-controls"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> 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hreflang="en">web</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="card__back"> <div class="topics topics--back"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-ttopic field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/china" hreflang="en">China</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/us" hreflang="en">US</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/life-science" hreflang="en">Life Science</a></div> </div> </div> <h2><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Science History: Yue Xiong&#039;s Great Leap</span> </h2> <div class="s-mrgb-05"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-abstract field__item"><p><span>Yue Xiong is a microbiologist who emigrated to the United States from China to complete his doctorate in 1989. He is the chief scientific officer of pharmaceutical company Cullgen and was a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This article follows Yue Xiong’s quest for education and is based on </span>an interview<span> from the Science History Institute’s oral history archive conducted in 2000 by historian William Van Benschoten.</span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/Yue_Xiong_Family_Final.jpg" width="1174" height="803" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="metainfos metainfos--back flex flex--column align-start"> <div class="publisher"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/source/web" hreflang="en">web</a></div> </div> <div class="flex justify-between align-center s-mrgt-06 w100"> <a class="btn btn--md btn--primary newsurl" target="_blank" href="https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/yue-xiongs-great-leap/"> Read this article </a> <div id="socialShare" aria-hidden="true" class="controls__share-wrapper js-share-controls-wrapper"> <div class="controls__content-wrapper flex align-center"> <span class="s-mrgr-05"> <i class="icon icon-share s-mrgr-02"></i> Share </span> <div class="controls__share-content js-share-controls"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-news card Web node--view-mode-full"> <div class="card__front"> <div class="card__section"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tsect field__item"><a href="/section/web-0" hreflang="en">Web</a></div> </div> <div class="topics"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-ttopic field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/frivolities" hreflang="en">Frivolities</a></div> </div> </div> <h2> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Four Incredible Objects That Made Science History</span> </h2> <div class="metainfos"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/source/bbc" hreflang="en">bbc</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="card__back"> <div class="topics topics--back"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-ttopic field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/topic/frivolities" hreflang="en">Frivolities</a></div> </div> </div> <h2><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Four Incredible Objects That Made Science History</span> </h2> <div class="s-mrgb-05"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-news-abstract field__item"><p>One of the first scientific findings signed by a woman is now online for the public to see for the first time. Martha Gerrish's descriptions of the stars in 1734 joins discoveries by Isaac Newton, Victorian fossil hunters and pioneer photographers. The documents have been digitised by the Royal Society in London.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/_129486290_dinosaur2.jpg" width="1024" height="576" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="metainfos metainfos--back flex flex--column align-start"> <div class="publisher"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/source/bbc" hreflang="en">bbc</a></div> </div> <div class="flex justify-between align-center s-mrgt-06 w100"> <a class="btn btn--md btn--primary newsurl" target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65352268"> Read this article </a> <div id="socialShare" aria-hidden="true" class="controls__share-wrapper js-share-controls-wrapper"> <div class="controls__content-wrapper flex align-center"> <span class="s-mrgr-05"> <i class="icon icon-share s-mrgr-02"></i> Share </span> <div class="controls__share-content js-share-controls"> </div> </div> </div> </div> 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during and after the Soviet Union were taught that Russia's imperial expansion took place peacefully. In this version of history, Russia was always reacting to western aggression. Sound familiar?</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/Nevski3.jpg" width="640" height="463" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="metainfos metainfos--back flex flex--column align-start"> <div class="publisher"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1400" hreflang="en">eurozine</a></div> </div> <div class="flex justify-between align-center s-mrgt-06 w100"> <a class="btn btn--md btn--primary newsurl" target="_blank" href="https://www.eurozine.com/surrounded-by-enemies/"> Read this article </a> <div id="socialShare" aria-hidden="true" class="controls__share-wrapper js-share-controls-wrapper"> <div class="controls__content-wrapper flex align-center"> <span class="s-mrgr-05"> <i class="icon icon-share s-mrgr-02"></i> Share </span> <div class="controls__share-content js-share-controls"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"> 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Today, we believe in psychology.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/1024px-_BrainChain__Willem_den_Broeder_2001_.png" width="1024" height="659" alt="" /> </div> </div> <div class="metainfos metainfos--back flex flex--column align-start"> <div class="publisher"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tpub field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1400" hreflang="en">eurozine</a></div> </div> <div class="flex justify-between align-center s-mrgt-06 w100"> <a class="btn btn--md btn--primary newsurl" target="_blank" href="https://www.eurozine.com/the-new-superstition/"> Read this article </a> <div id="socialShare" aria-hidden="true" class="controls__share-wrapper js-share-controls-wrapper"> <div class="controls__content-wrapper flex align-center"> <span class="s-mrgr-05"> <i class="icon icon-share s-mrgr-02"></i> Share </span> <div class="controls__share-content js-share-controls"> </div> </div> </div> </div> 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