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Technology

The rise and fall of the metal airship

In 1844, Parisians with a franc to spare could marvel at the construction of a new mode of transport: a balloon made of brass

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Health

How your friends’ friends can affect your mood

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Earth

Why storms are good news for fishermen

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Physics

Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC

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Technology

We have the technology to rebuild ourselves

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How to make your own high-tech Christmas gifts

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Humans

Magicology: Casting a spell on the mind

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Technology

The return of Elektro, the first celebrity robot

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Earth

How kangaroo burgers could save the planet

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Humans

How to knit a brain

After seeing her first colourful images of the brain, psychologist and textile artist Marjorie Taylor was spellbound – and so was born a new genre of visual art: scientifically accurate fabric brains

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Technology

Online shopping and the Harry Potter effect

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Earth

Chocolate in peril

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Mind

How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage

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Humans

DNA dating: Can genes help you pick a mate?

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