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Oppenheimer

Earth

Danger and drama on mountains of lava: Tales of a volcano chaser

Strange customs and legends spring up around volcanoes, and globetrotting volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has heard some of the most bizarre myths around

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Humans

Reputation is everything: Unearthing honour culture in America

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Technology

Beyond batteries: This technology could revolutionise energy

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Avinash Aujaveb

Health

The moment my hallucinations made me ask if I was dead

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whaling history

Earth

Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks

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Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

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Félicie Albert

Physics

I use the world’s biggest laser to recreate the inside of stars

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Humans

Death: A special report on the inevitable

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Health

You are hallucinating right now to make sense of the world

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humanoid robot face

Humans

Exploring the uncanny valley: Why almost-human is creepy

From sinister clowns to humanoid robots, we're freaked out by faces that are like ours, just not enough. Now we're finding out why

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Technology

The road to artificial intelligence: A case of data over theory

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Environment

Lab mice are sending us on a wild goose chase

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Physics

Cosmic dark matter and energy balance – for now. Coincidence?

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Physics

The universe lines up along the ‘axis of evil’. Coincidence?

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