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The rise and fall of the metal airship

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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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Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer

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Archimedes and the 2000-year-old computer

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On the trail of Tahiti's elusive vanilla orchid

On the trail of Tahiti's elusive vanilla orchid

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A well full of stars

A well full of stars

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When doctors battled for medical beer

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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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Who really discovered the ozone hole?

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Who really discovered the ozone hole?

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The world's biggest whopper

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The world's biggest whopper

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Blasts from the past: The Soviet ape-man scandal

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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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Five scientific discoveries that got the wrong name

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Past masters of coastal geology

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The monk who went to hell in a basket

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