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History

Health

The ‘ancestral diet’ doesn’t make sense and relies on lazy stereotypes

Eating like your ancestors did 5000 years ago is a fad on the rise. James Wong wonders if following the "ancestral diet" means he should eat pangolins or live a life of abject poverty

News

Physics

Sixty years ago the world’s largest particle accelerator switched on

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Little Joe film

Physics

Don’t miss: Emotional veg, antique innovations and spooky maths

Culture
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Humans

Who invented the alphabet? The untold story of a linguistic revolution

Features

Humans

The life of Veronique Le Guen, record-breaking caver

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Rocky point, Australia

Humans

The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

Features
picture of mulberry tree, China

Life

The odd history of the mulberry tree’s ties to silk, music and money

Culture
space auction artwork

Humans

Einstein’s jacket and Apollo 11 tapes: Inside the science auction

Features

Environment

How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

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Humans

The Bhopal disaster 35 years on: Why the full truth remains unknown

On the night of 2 December 1984, a chemical leak from a pesticides plant killed thousands in the Indian city of Bhopal – but no one has really been called to account

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Physics

The plucky probe that put the big bang theory to the test

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Humans

The Tenth Muse review: A story in which the women count

Culture

Technology

Flop, an exhibition about failure, shows the joy and pain of mistakes

Culture

Health

Will the planet ever be free from the scourge of polio?

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