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Exclusive: DNA solves Rudolf Hess doppelgänger conspiracy theory

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Exclusive: DNA solves Rudolf Hess doppelgänger conspiracy theory

Adolf Hitler's deputy flew to Scotland in 1941 and was imprisoned for the rest of his life. But was the man in Spandau really Rudolf Hess? Now a DNA test has revealed the truth

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Medieval dental plaque suggests women played important role as scribes

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From the archives: When Soviet tanks crushed Czech science

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Quiz: What were these six bamboozling inventions designed to do?

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Answers: What were these six bamboozling inventions designed to do?

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Unearthed! The missing Native American city on the Great Plains

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They Shall Not Grow Old review: Restored footage brings war to life

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They Shall Not Grow Old review: Restored footage brings war to life

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The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play

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Old Ů��С��Ƶ: 1968 was the surprising year of space race gloom

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Edge of Memory: Distrusting oral tradition may make us more ignorant

Aboriginal stories about startlingly rapid rises in sea level describe real events at the end of the ice age, says a new book. Are we stupid to distrust oral traditions?

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How a janitor wowed Darwin by solving the ice age mystery

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Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

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Did ancient Mayan civilisation collapse because of a sudden drought?

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Mystery of Welsh bodies buried at Stonehenge as first stones arrived

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