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From accounts of deformed animals to scratch-and-sniff technology, Robert Boyle's early contributions to the Royal Society of London were prolific and wide ranging. A series of rodent experiments ...

More than 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote a wish list of what he hoped science would one day achieve.

Boyle was a 17th-century philosopher and chemist, sometimes characterized as one of the fathers of modern chemistry for his experimental observations. References to alchemy littered Boyle’s papers.

Lawyer Robert Boyle, who investigated reports of alleged torture by Chicago police, has died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 71. Odd News // 1 decade ago. The Almanac.

The word chemistry is said to have roots in either ancient Egypt or Greece. Science historian Howard Markel discusses the word's origin, and the modern naming of the field of chemistry by British ...

Robert Boyle was a 17th century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for Boyle's law. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist ...

Among Oldenburg’s frequent correspondents was the highly esteemed “noble philosopher” Robert Boyle. Although the Anglo-Irish scientist is best known for Boyle’s Law of gases, his first contribution to ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Robert Boyle, a pioneering scientist and a founder member of the Royal Society. Born in Ireland in 1627, Boyle was one of the first natural ...

Soon after, Boyle left Riverkeeper after a split with Riverkeeper’s board, most notably Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then the group’s chief prosecuting attorney, according to a report in the New ...

More than 350 years ago, Robert Boyle wrote a wish list of what he hoped science would one day achieve.