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Surf’s up: Learning to forecast the waves
Walter Munk worked out how to forecast surf conditions to aid amphibious invasions of the second world war 鈥� now he's a legend among surfers
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New test reveals Parthenon’s hidden colour
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How the world’s greatest golfer lost his game
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10 scientific objects that changed the world
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Explorers, don’t forget your inflatable cloak
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Temple timbers trace collapse of Mayan culture
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Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can’t be read
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Review: Newton and the Counterfeiter
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‘Lone’ longitude genius may have had help
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The man who revealed the secrets of sweat
Edward Adolph marched men around the scorching heat without water until they dropped 鈥� his discoveries made it possible to run marathons in the desert
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Cosmic numbers: Pauli and Jung’s love of numerology
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How the hidden contents of the womb became visible
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Online gaming the Victorian way
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How misery inspired Handel’s Messiah
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