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Environment

The 1830s seamstress who solved Aristotle鈥檚 octopus mystery

Ladies weren鈥檛 supposed to do experiments out at sea. That didn鈥檛 stop Jeanne Villepreux-Power from solving an ancient mystery about聽the argonaut's shell

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Health

Plague! How to prepare for the next pandemic

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Humans

I can control a computer with my mind 鈥� from inside a dream

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Health

Heal yourself from inside your dreams

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Remy Mallett

Health

How you can control what happens in your dreams

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Environment

Slaughter of an American icon: The Yellowstone buffalo cull

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Earth

The father of the Gaia hypothesis shares his greatest invention

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Physics

The maths problems that could win you a million dollars

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Humans

Smart-reading: How to read faster and comprehend more

With the rise of the internet and social media we've never had so much to read. What's the best way to get the most from the deluge of words?

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Earth

Everest is not the world’s tallest mountain 鈥� and here’s why

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Humans

Why your brain is like a conscious termite colony

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Health

Cholesterol wars: Does a pill a day keep heart attacks away?

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Health

Cholesterol wars: We may be fighting the wrong enemy

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