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Fall of Roman Empire linked to wild shifts in climate
Tree rings tell the history of the rise and fall of European civilisations for 2500 years
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Getting medieval: The first firefights
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Life
Fossil secrets of the Leonardo da Vinci codex
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Humans
Do Egyptian mummies have a right to privacy?
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Reconstructed: Archimedes’s flaming steam cannon
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Health
Dear diary, I am sick to death… David Livingstone
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Life
Earth calling: A short history of radio messages to ET
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Newton’s apple: The real story
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A history of walking on water
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Scuba diving to the depths of human history
Many prehistoric people lived by the sea – but rising sea levels have drowned their settlements. To raise their secrets from the seabed, archaeologists are swapping their boots for flippers
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Health
From sanctuary to snake pit: the rise and fall of asylums
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Underwater town breaks antiquity record
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What should museums throw out?
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Physics
Review: Cracking the Einstein Code by Fulvio Melia
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