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Lovelock

Earth

The father of the Gaia hypothesis shares his greatest invention

James Lovelock is best known for his Gaia hypothesis, but it is a device he invented 60 years ago that accidentally helped to save the planet that we should laud him for

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A fountain of lava

Earth

Secrets of Earth’s birth carried in lava jets from planet’s core

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Humans

A no-strike list may shield Yemen鈥檚 ancient treasures from war

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Ancient manuscripts are in danger in Mali

Humans

Emergency in Mali as looters are plundering ancient treasures

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Humans

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Scurvy: A tale of the sailors’ curse and a cure that got lost

Culture
whaling history

Earth

Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks

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A woman bent over studying something under a microscope on the floor of a cave

Humans

Our Ice Age ancestors skinned cave lions to make roofs for huts

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Environment

Dozens of ancient shipwrecks spotted deep beneath the Black Sea

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Technology

The database that is rewriting history to predict the future

A vast store of facts about the past aims to separate history from legend. It could pin down why civilisations rose and fell 鈥� and guide the evolution of our own

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Humans

Wistful thinking: Why we are wired to dwell on the past

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Earth

First Americans must have arrived by sea, not via Alaska

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Humans

The life and work of Alan Turing: Discovery weekend

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Humans

Mystery ancient human ancestor found in Australasian family tree

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