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Grapes of wrath: How a New World import destroyed French wine

France’s vineyards were ravaged by a mystery invader in the 19th century – leading to enforced sobriety and some unforeseen consequences for society

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How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

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Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

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The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

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Life

Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis

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Physics

Missives impossible: How gravity fell victim to fake news

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Earth

Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

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Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

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Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

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We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

From artificial spiders to melting lead teaspoons, The Young Man’s Book of Amusement was a science primer of the weird, wacky and downright dangerous

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Life

Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane

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Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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Consciously quantum: How you make everything real

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