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History

Physics

Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer

A corroded lump of bronze from an ancient Greek shipwreck turns out to be an advanced astronomical calculator. Jo Marchant explores the latest link between this device and antiquity's most famous mathematician

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On the trail of Tahiti’s elusive vanilla orchid

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A well full of stars

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Health

When doctors battled for medical beer

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Eleven of the greatest scientific hoaxes

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When concrete boxes were for healthy living

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Earth

Who really discovered the ozone hole?

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Environment

The world’s biggest whopper

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Life

Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal

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163 ways to lose your job

Thomas Edison's 163-question quiz for potential and current employees started a craze for "brain testing" that is still with us

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Life

Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name

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Earth

Past masters of coastal geology

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Earth

The monk who went to hell in a basket

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Humans

Viking longships brought rape, pillage and cod

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