Technology
The rise and fall of the metal airship
In 1844, Parisians with a franc to spare could marvel at the construction of a new mode of transport: a balloon made of brass
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Physics
Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer
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On the trail of Tahiti’s elusive vanilla orchid
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A well full of stars
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Health
When doctors battled for medical beer
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Eleven of the greatest scientific hoaxes
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When concrete boxes were for healthy living
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Earth
Who really discovered the ozone hole?
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Environment
The world’s biggest whopper
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Life
Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal
Why did Russian zoologist Ilia Ivanov try so hard to create babies that were half-human, half-ape?
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163 ways to lose your job
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Life
Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name
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Earth
Past masters of coastal geology
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Earth
The monk who went to hell in a basket
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