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Technology

Don鈥檛 believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people

A bold 1960s scheme to criss-cross America with microwave communications pipes for video calling presaged the internet 鈥� if only it had worked

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

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Humans

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Humans

No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

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Health

Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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Humans

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Technology

Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

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Environment

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

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Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

Humans have faced off with grids, dice and pieces for millennia 鈥� figuring out the rules of long-lost board games can take us inside ancient minds

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Environment

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

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Environment

When a whale gets stranded, I get the call

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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