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Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

Who in your family has the sharpest reflexes? To find out, all you need is a ruler and this table of numbers

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Old ��è��Ƶ: How to get drunk rationally

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Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

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

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

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

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Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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

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

From clothing Adam and Eve to linking the Maasai with heaven, the fig tree appears in countless origin myths. Discover the source of its exceptional powers

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Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

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

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