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Don’t believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people

A bold 1960s scheme to criss-cross America with microwave communications pipes for video calling presaged the internet – if only it had worked

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Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi

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Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

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Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

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Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

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Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

Humans have faced off with grids, dice and pieces for millennia – figuring out the rules of long-lost board games can take us inside ancient minds

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No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

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Technology

Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

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Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

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