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Technology

The bitcoin rush: Pioneers on the financial frontier

Meet miners, outlaws and sheriffs all striving to get ahead in the volatile new world of virtual money. Financial Times reporter Kadhim Shubber is your guide

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Earth

Thaw point: Why is Antarctica’s sea ice still growing?

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Health

Let them eat steak: How to eat meat the healthy way

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Humans

Where heroes come from – and how to become one

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Health

Shoes vs barefoot: The myth of the normal foot

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Physics

Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

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Physics

Eureka relived: Rogue boiling points

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Physics

Eureka relived: Alchemy that’s more than magic

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Physics

Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past

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Physics

Eureka relived: Spark of genius proved truth of light

Heinrich Hertz's 19th-century experiments proved electricity and light were connected – and recreating them shows what a tour de force they were

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Life

Eureka relived: Wash like an Egyptian

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Humans

Rite reasons: Why your brain loves pointless rituals

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Life

Adapt first, mutate later: Is evolution out of order?

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Humans

The time illusion: How your brain creates now

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