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Conspiracies and FBI secrets: Why we love UFOs © Getty Images

Conspiracies and FBI secrets Why we love UFOs

An interview with Isaac Newton on his legacy, alchemy and the apple (Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), 1710. Private Collection © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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An interview with Isaac Newton on his legacy, alchemy and the apple

How long could you live off body fat alone? © Getty Images

How long could you live off body fat alone?

Where does the sense of direction come from? © Getty Images

Where does our sense of direction come from within the brain?

Dr Rahul Jandial "Some people like skiing, or mountain climbing, or playing poker. I like operating on people’s brains"

How to discover a new particle © Getty Images

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How to discover a new particle

© David Tipling

14 stunning photos of birds making incredible journeys across the Earth

Calories and nutrients: the complex calculations we do every day © Getty Images

Calories and nutrients: the complex calculations we do every day

Two easy outdoor science experiments for kids © Getty Images

Two amazingly easy indoor food experiments to try out with the kids

Why a carbon tax could be the answer to climate change © Getty Images

Why a carbon tax could be the answer to climate change

How Carl Linnaeus used scientific naming to throw some serious shade © Getty Images

How Carl Linnaeus used scientific naming to throw serious shade

Is women's health really all that bad? © Getty Images

Is women’s health really all that bad?

© Nicky Ackland-Snow

Zoology in 30 seconds: conservation and extinction

Could a lot of monkeys write Shakespeare? © Jason Anscomb/Rawshock design

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Could a lot of monkeys write Shakespeare?

The Bone Wars: how a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology © Frederick Gutekunst (Public domain)

The Bone Wars How a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology