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Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

Life

Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

Can we beat the unholy alliance between human gait and the physics of drinks containers and kill our spills, asks Bob Holmes

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Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

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Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

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Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

Photo puzzle: Can you make the connection?

CultureLab

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

Life

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

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Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

Life

Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

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Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

Life

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

Technology

Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

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Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Life

Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

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Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

Life

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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Life

Three gods: The hardest logic puzzle ever

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Life

Marvellous mistletoe: Giving forests the kiss of life

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Life

Dangerous liaisons: Fatal animal attractions

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Technology

Warning, speedsters: you can't fool quantum radar

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