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Finding the fun in science - Dara Ó Briain (Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes)

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Finding the fun in science – Dara Ó Briain

Where does jealousy come from? © Getty Images

Where does jealousy come from?

An Alfred Edward Chalon watercolour of Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Ada Byron) circa 1940 © Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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How Ada Lovelace’s notes on the Analytical Engine created the first computer program

Can humanity survive in the age of AI? © Getty Images

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Can humanity survive in the age of AI?

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers © Getty Images

What we got wrong about pandas and teenagers

Can an algorithm deliver justice? © Getty Images

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Can an algorithm deliver justice?

Science Focus Podcast: This is how to invent everything © Getty Images

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This is how to invent everything

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

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The Immunotherapy Revolution

There's something inscrutable and mysterious about liquids © Getty Images

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There’s something inscrutable and mysterious about liquids

The Story of S*** by Midas Dekkers is out now (£12.99, Text Publishing)

Five reasons to be positive about poo

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The Big Mac and the bee

How do your household gadgets actually work? © Getty Images

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How do your household gadgets actually work?

A brief introduction to imaginary numbers © Getty Images

Everyday science

A brief introduction to imaginary numbers