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Earthworms roped into making quantum dots

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Earthworms roped into making quantum dots

Fed the right raw materials, earthworms can churn out tiny chunks of semiconductor material with the ability to fluoresce

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Victorian counting device gets speedy quantum makeover

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Victorian counting device gets speedy quantum makeover

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Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

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Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

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Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

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Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

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Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

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Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

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Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

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Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

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Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

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Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

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Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

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Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

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Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

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Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

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Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

With cartoon frescoes, shadow theatre and a rudimentary form of animation, our ancestors knew how to bring their stories to life, says Catherine Brahic

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Are there really 50 Eskimo words for snow?

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Gastrophysics: A network theory recipe book

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Roll up, roll up…

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