Earth
Sagas reveal Vikings were ‘first oceanographers’
Norse pioneers chose where to settle by following signs from the god Thor, but the practice was based on sound science too
Features
Health
Eight scientists who became their own guinea pigs
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Health
Japanese pioneer developed first general anaesthetic
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Health
A dozen bizarre devices from medicine’s dark past
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Technology
Why the Survival Car died an early death
Features
Time to acknowledge science’s debt to Islam?
Books & Arts
Heritage is not what it used to be
Opinion
Health
Anatomy gallery: Cabinet of curiosities
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Space
Meet the scoundrels of astronomy
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Earth
1709: The year that Europe froze
One winter in the early 18th century, it was so cold animals died in their barns, travellers froze to death, and even the Mediterranean iced over. It was Europe's coldest spell for the past 500 years
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Life
How the ‘Mouse Man’ changed medical research
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Earth
Peruvians walked their prayers into the earth
News
Gallery: Advanced painting techniques in ancient Egypt
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Technology
The rise and fall of the metal airship
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