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Why are some people more squeamish than others?

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Brendan Walker on designing rollercoasters

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What is ‘peer review’ for a scientific paper?

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Stephen Hawking Was he courageous, or just doing 'the only thing possible'?

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Are synthetic chemicals really bad for you?