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The life of Veronique Le Guen, record-breaking caver

Veronique Le Guen died in 1990, just two years after she had set a world record for the most time spent alone in an underground cavern

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Rocky point, Australia

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The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

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picture of mulberry tree, China

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The odd history of the mulberry tree's ties to silk, music and money

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Einstein's jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction

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The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth

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The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth

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Environment

How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

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Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films

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The Bhopal disaster 35 years on: Why the full truth remains unknown

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The plucky probe that put the big bang theory to the test

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The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

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The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

In her new historical novel, Catherine Chung celebrates the women who shaped modern mathematics - and wonders why they weren't paid

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Flop, an exhibition about failure, shows the joy and pain of mistakes

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Health

Will the planet ever be free from the scourge of polio?

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Stunning Tutankhamun show brings pharaoh's golden afterlife to London

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Hunting facts in the classic tale Moby-Dick makes for a strange voyage

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