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Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

Humans have faced off with grids, dice and pieces for millennia – figuring out the rules of long-lost board games can take us inside ancient minds

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Humans

No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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Health

Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

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Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

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Technology

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

Studying indigenous names for the animals may help us clear up a decades-long mix-up over caribou classification and reverse population decline

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Technology

Don’t believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people

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Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

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Technology

Fold your own universe with our cosmic origami decoration

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Technology

Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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