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Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

Life

Soft, strong and long: The story of toilet paper

If the medical establishment had got its way, we would still be wiping our behinds on newspaper

Features

Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

Life

Tricksy type: how fonts can mess with your mind

Features

Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

Life

Feast for the senses: Cook up a master dish

Features

Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

Life

Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus

Features

Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

Technology

Shiver me timbers: The coolest warship ever made

Features

Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Life

Skidology: Winter research that lets things slide

Features

Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

Life

Prehistoric cinema: A silver screen on the cave wall

Features

Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

Life

Getting sloshed: It's the way you walk

Features

Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

Life

Superdoodles: The science of scribbling

Features

Warning, speedsters: you can't fool quantum radar

Technology

Warning, speedsters: you can't fool quantum radar

A technique borrowed from quantum cryptography could make it impossible to spoof military and police radar systems

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Life

Gut instincts: The secrets of your second brain

Features

Is the obesity epidemic caused by too much sugar?

CultureLab

Health

Lose weight without eating less – just cut down on fat

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Earth

Europe in 2050: a survivor's guide to climate change

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