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Here Are The People Behind Google Doodles
Google Doodles are the Cracker Jack prizes of the Internet, the digital back of the cereal box, a quirk that humanise the giant search company. And it’s funny because the Doodles themselves exist in a sort of mysterious world — they pop up one day and then disappear. Very few people know about the process…
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Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Aussie Ruby Payne-Scott
Today’s Google Doodle isn’t as interactive as the Moog we got last week, but it’s an important one for Australian science, as it celebrates the 100th birthday of Ruby Payne-Scott, one of the guiding lights of Radio Astronomy. Ruby’s sadly no longer with us — she passed away in 1981 — but it’s a nice…
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This Incredible Analogue Synth Google Doodle Celebrates Pioneer Robert Moog
Google just turned its Doodle into a fully functioning analogue synth attached to an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape machine. Today is is Robert Moog’s birthday. OH MY GOD, this is incredible. There goes my day.
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Transfixing Google Doodle Celebrates Waves
Blame Google if you find yourself staring at your screen, unable to remember what you were about to search for on the internet. Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 155th birthday of German physicist Heinrich Hertz, whose experiments with electromagnetic waves paved the way for the radio — and everything wireless you’ve ever used.