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Inches to metres: how the metric system was born

Political strife, the industrial revolution and a shifting economy all played a part in the making of the metre

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Hollywood screen star who paved the way for Wi-Fi

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The story behind the world's most famous drawing

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Popular science books to put on your Christmas list

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Christmas gifts for the rationally curious

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How to grow old with whimsy and wit

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Our deluded minds are just trying to make us happy

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Tim Minchin uses comedy to open a door to rationalism

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Mathematics as the raw material for art

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The riddle of free will goes unsolved

Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga's Who's In Charge? Free will and the science of the brain is fascinating, but doesn't deliver on its promise

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Can we annihilate war with science?

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So you want to design your baby?

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The best science tattoos and the stories behind them

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A tour through our self-delusions

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