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Festival Of The Spoken nerd © Rosemary Rance

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Who says you can’t polish a nerd?

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WIN a copy of the new comedy DVD You Can’t Polish a Nerd

Who really invented the flushing toilet? © Getty Images

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Who really invented the flushing toilet?

Is MSG bad for you? © Getty Images

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Is MSG bad for you?

Make the best meal of the day better with science

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How to make breakfast, the best meal of the day, better with science

Defect-free Mice born from same-sex parents © Leyun Wang

Defect-free mice born from same-sex parents

Is there any objective evidence of more bad luck on Friday the 13th? © Getty Images

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Is there any objective evidence of more bad luck on Friday the 13th?

Why aren't large Lego bricks used to build full-size buildings? © Alamy

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Why aren’t large Lego bricks used to build full-size buildings?

The Intersecting Storage Rings © CERN

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Has there ever been a Small Hadron Collider?

The platinum-iridium cylinder (right) was the primary standard kilogram for all metric measurements in the U. S. Known as Kilogram No. 20, it was a copy of the International Prototype Kilogram, which was preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, France. Kilogram No. 4 (left, under double bell jar), a duplicate of No. 20, was used as a secondary standard. Noth cylinders were 39 mm in diameter and 39 mm. high; they were made of 90 percent platinum and 10 percent iridium. Re-comparison of Kilogram No. 20 with the international standard in 1937 showed that the United States standard had changed by only one part in 50 million during approximately 50 years.

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A fond farewell to the humble kilo

How will Brexit will affect scientific research? © Getty Images

How will Brexit affect scientific research?

Do apples really ripen faster if you put them next to bananas? © Getty Images

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Is the sugar in fruit bad for us?

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Lise Meitner: the nuclear pioneer who escaped the Nazis

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Do guide dogs know that their master is blind?