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Past blast: The lost volcano that set off an ice age

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Past blast: The lost volcano that set off an ice age

A volcano erupted so powerfully in the 13th century that it triggered global cooling, yet no one knew where it was. Have we cracked the puzzle at last?

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Extreme rhubarb: The plant that grows a greenhouse

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Extreme rhubarb: The plant that grows a greenhouse

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Cosmic chemistry: Life's molecules are made in space

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Cosmic chemistry: Life's molecules are made in space

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Hidden depths: Brain science is drowning in uncertainty

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Hidden depths: Brain science is drowning in uncertainty

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What is the point of a theory of everything?

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What is the point of a theory of everything?

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The mind minders: Meet our brain's maintenance workers

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The mind minders: Meet our brain's maintenance workers

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The great greening: The coming of our new lush Earth

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The great greening: The coming of our new lush Earth

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Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

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Life's purpose: Can animals guide their own evolution?

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Hunter, gatherer… architect? Civilisation's true dawn

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Hunter, gatherer… architect? Civilisation's true dawn

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How did we lose a 1400-tonne ocean liner?

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How did we lose a 1400-tonne ocean liner?

Somewhere in the Atlantic, the 100-metre Lyubov Orlova drifts alone and empty. Richard Fisher joins coastguards and salvage hunters in search of a ghost ship

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Big bang, no boom: Did Planck pop inflation's bubble?

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Planet of the vines: Climbing plants are taking over

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Lifeless Earth: What if everything died out tomorrow?

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Why space has exactly three dimensions

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