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Mission control

Space

Go at throttle up: The secret world of NASA鈥檚 mission control

A striking documentary movie, Mission Control: The unsung heroes of Apollo, shines a spotlight behind the scenes of NASA鈥檚 Apollo moon missions

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language

Humans

How the brain’s ability to time travel may have led to speech

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mugshots

Humans

How we represent ourselves can distort our identity

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robot body

Life

Exploring the hidden politics of the quest to live forever

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computer

Technology

War by any means: The story of DARPA

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vaccination

Health

Can a new history of vaccination silence doubters?

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Health

China’s workers need help to fight factories’ toxic practices

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zebras

Environment

How did the zebra get its stripes?

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geezers in old pic

Humans

How we lost the world-changing power of useless knowledge

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Blue whale skeleton on display in a museum

Environment

The blue whale story: Meet the giant in all its glory

From the awful smell of decomposing whale to a surprisingly small heart, a Canadian exhibition shows the world鈥檚 largest animal as it鈥檚 never been seen before

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Earth

Green thinking in the era of Trump

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Space opera is taking humanity to its limits

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Mind

Pixel-perfect play confronts the reality of immersive therapy

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Technology

Technoaddicts: turn on, touch in, swipe out

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