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Wally Funk and Mercury 13

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Wally Funk and the future of female astronauts

Between 1960 and 1961, thirteen American women - all pilots - qualified as astronauts. The Mercury 13 passed the same physical tests as America’s first male astronauts, yet they never made it beyond Earth's atmosphere. Wally Funk was one of them.

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Homemade cultured butter is more buttery than normal butter

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Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

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Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

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How to sniff out the good coronavirus studies from the bad

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How to sniff out the good coronavirus studies from the bad

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Drinking coffee appears to cause epigenetic changes to your DNA

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Drinking coffee appears to cause epigenetic changes to your DNA

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Jess Wade: The magic of mirror molecules and incredible nanostructures

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Jess Wade: The magic of mirror molecules and incredible nanostructures

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Mike Sulu at 51¶¯Âþ Live

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Microorganisms: the future of food, fuel and medicine

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Infrared-reflecting paint can cool buildings even when it is black

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Infrared-reflecting paint can cool buildings even when it is black

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Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

Physics

Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer

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Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

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Dulce de leche: How to turn condensed milk into a tasty caramel sauce

How to use the Maillard reaction to make delicious dulce de leche – the ultimate comfort food when you are stuck indoors, says Sam Wong

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Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

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Baking without eggs: How to use aquafaba to make meringues

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Can you really grow enough fruit and veg to be self-sufficient?

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The City We Became review: N. K. Jemisin pits New York against aliens

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