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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, was horrified by how sperm looked under the microscope.
He was so uncomfortable he wished he could unsee what he'd just observed.
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Neutrons unlock the secrets of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes - Enlarge / First microscope by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. (credit: Tetra Images/Get... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1765022 #antonievanleeuwenhoek #gaming&culture #sciencehistory #microscopes #nintendo #science #optics
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Human sperm swim more like otters than eels, study finds - For more than 300 years, most scientists have assumed that sperm "swim" through... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1695229 #antonievanleeuwenhoek #reynoldsnumber #fluiddynamics #science #biology #sperm