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Unless you’re a chemistry buff, you likely don’t know a whole lot about tungsten and titanium. They’re both metals, but you probably think there isn’t much of a distinction between them. However, there is actually quite a bit to learn about tungsten vs. titanium. Image via flickr And, if you’re looking into this outside of…
Asking a historian who invented the microscope might seem like a straightforward question. It might seem that way, but the true story of its invention is a lot more convoluted than you might think. Because when the first microscopes appeared sometime around 1590, they were marvels of science to be sure. But the significance of…