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Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species first edition more than doubles estimated selling price

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species first edition more than doubles estimated selling price

Lithium-ion battery pioneers awarded 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (Nobel)

Lithium-ion battery pioneers awarded 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Does anybody actually know what time it is?

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Does anybody actually know what time it is?

Why does toothpaste contain sweeteners? © Getty Images

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Why does toothpaste contain sweeteners?

2019 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for understanding evolution of the Universe and “Earth’s place in the cosmos” (Nobel:PA)

2019 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for understanding evolution of the Universe and “Earth’s place in the cosmos”

How cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability research lands British scientist share of Nobel Prize for Medicine © Nobel:PA

How cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability research lands British scientist share of Nobel Prize for Medicine

Why does no one at work care about my lovely summer holiday? © Dan Bright

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Why does no one at work care about my lovely summer holiday?

Do I really need to leave my food to stand after it comes out of the microwave? © Getty Images

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Do I really need to leave my food to stand after it comes out of the microwave?

The invention of spears and bows and arrows may have helped early humans drive Neanderthals to extinction © Getty Images

The invention of spears and bows and arrows may have helped early humans drive Neanderthals to extinction

Striking photos from the 2019 Royal Photographic Society’s Science Photographer of the Year shortlist tb © Viktor Sýkora

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Striking photos from the 2019 Royal Photographic Society’s Science Photographer of the Year shortlist

Aleks Krotoski: The art of good storytelling © Giulia Neri

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The art of good storytelling With a potential audience of millions, it’s important not to be flippant with the facts

A scientist’s guide to life: how to embrace boredom © Burak Beceren

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A scientist’s guide to life How to embrace boredom

What would be the effects of light having mass? © Getty Images

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What would be the effects of light having mass?

Where do smells go? © Getty Images

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Where do smells go?

How psychopaths control their ‘dark impulses’ © Getty Images

How psychopaths control their ‘dark impulses’