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

Everyday science

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

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"

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

Calories and nutrients: the complex calculations we do every day

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Look inside a dinosaur’s skull with these pictures from the pop-up book Tyrannosaurus Rex

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

Is women’s health really all that bad?

Professor Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist. Photographed at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge © Eleanor Bentall/Corbis via Getty Images

Quiz Can you solve these deviously difficult Stephen Hawking-inspired questions?

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

Why a carbon tax could be the answer to climate change

© Nicky Ackland-Snow

Zoology in 30 seconds: conservation and extinction

Why we need to rethink the way we classify people © Getty Images

Future Technology

Why we need to rethink the way we classify people

Five women who are inventing our world and why we should celebrate their achievements © Getty Images

Everyday science

Great inventors 5 women who are inventing our world and why we should celebrate their achievements

10 tips for parents who want a relaxing bedtime and better sleep © Getty Images

10 tips for parents who want a relaxing bedtime and better sleep

The mystery of language: how children learn to speak their mother tongue © Getty Images

Everyday science

The mystery of language How children learn to speak their mother tongue

Archimedes: inventor of war machines and calculus (almost) © Getty Images

Everyday science

Archimedes Inventor of war machines and calculus (almost)