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Adam Pearson and co-host Angela Saini investigate the murky world of eugenics in Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal © BBC/Furnace Ltd

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A history of dangerous ideas Adam Pearson on the lasting effect of eugenics

Were the Egyptian pyramids built by slaves? © Getty Images

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Were the Egyptian pyramids built by slaves?

Can you use honey to treat a burn? © Daniel Bright

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Can you use honey to treat a burn?

Do you need a crane to build a crane? © Getty Images

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Do you need a crane to build a crane?

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The Science Focus team: What’s inside November’s issue?

Who invented soap? © Alamy

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Who invented soap?

What's the loudest a sound can be? © Getty Images

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What’s the loudest a sound can be?

Do subatomic particles have a colour? © Getty Images

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Do subatomic particles have a colour?

What happens to money taken out of circulation? © Alamy

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What happens to money taken out of circulation?

Coronavirus: 33-year-old patient 'reinfected' months after first getting COVID-19 © Getty Images

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What can the world do to avoid future pandemics like COVID-19?

Why do eggs taste so different, depending on how they’re cooked? © Alamy

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Why do eggs taste so different, depending on how they’re cooked?

Will there ever be a robot that does all the housework? © Getty Images

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Will there ever be a robot that does all the housework?

How did people make ice before freezers? © Getty Images

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Why do ice cubes crack when you put them in water?

Could computers get a virus that’s as contagious and difficult to eliminate as the coronavirus? © Getty Images

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Could computers get a virus that’s as contagious and difficult to eliminate as the coronavirus?

Why do roads shimmer when it’s hot? © Getty Images

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Why do roads shimmer when it’s hot?