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Humans

How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke

Heard the one about the British scientist? Tales of idiotic research from the UK are common currency in Russia – a harmless stereotype, or something more sinister?

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Earth

England's soggy place names could predict the climate future

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Technology

New blues: The quest to make the world’s rarest colour

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Technology

2018 preview: Quantum computers to overtake ordinary machines

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Physics

Missives impossible: How gravity fell victim to fake news

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Earth

Bright skies at night: The riddle of the nocturnal sun

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Life

The holly hunters banking berries to save a species

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Humans

The secrets of your past that lurk inside your ears

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Life

Inside the secret chocolate garden built to avert a cocoa crisis

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Life

Cheep taste: The birds that adorn their nests with tat

From stolen underwear to clods of cow dung, some birds feather their nests with all manner of things – but what lies behind the decorative urge?

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Humans

We are not amused: Victorian experiments not to try at home

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Life

Busy doing nothing: How sloths mastered life in the slow lane

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Physics

Superheated water makes microwaved eggs explode when you dig in

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Physics

A 'magic number' of people walking across a bridge makes it sway

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