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Wealthy families in prehistoric Europe may have had live-in slaves

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Wealthy families in prehistoric Europe may have had live-in slaves

Ancient DNA suggests that during the Bronze Age, wealthy families once lived with poorer individuals, suggesting live-in slavery could be 1300 years older than we thought

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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

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Longer life, flying, mind-bending drugs: Dreams that science made real

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How beautiful scientific instruments transformed Britain

Technology

How beautiful scientific instruments transformed Britain

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How the US almost introduced a universal basic income – 50 years ago

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Louisa Aldrich-Blake: a trailblazer for female surgeons and a war hero

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Louisa Aldrich-Blake: a trailblazer for female surgeons and a war hero

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Mosquitoes may have killed half the people who ever lived

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Why genetically modified 'golden rice' failed to conquer the world

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Why genetically modified 'golden rice' failed to conquer the world

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The wheel

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When was the wheel invented?

Perito Moreno glacier

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Ancient Earth reveals terrifying consequences of future global warming

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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Ignaz Semmelweis

Ignaz Semmelweis was the first doctor to discover the importance for medical professionals of hand washing.

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Joseph Lister

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Robert Koch

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Robert Hooke

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Ivan Pavlov