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Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims

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Mass graves found on Scottish islands may be ancient tsunami victims

A rare tsunami may have struck the islands of Shetland and Orkney off the UK’s north coast 5500 years ago, killing dozens of people who had to be hastily buried

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Remembering when unverifiable anecdotes first took over the internet

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Kew Wakehurst

Life

Don't miss: The story of Ötzi, Kew's summer frolics, and medical 3D

Culture

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Life

The amazing assortment of stuff at the bottom of one Amsterdam canal

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Ancient Romans may have killed off whale species in the Mediterranean

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Ancient Romans may have killed off whale species in the Mediterranean

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DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

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DNA reveals Romans helped spread TB across three continents

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Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy

Health

Why the Sicilian Mafia owes its existence to scurvy

Features

The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

Life

The first Americans had pet dogs 1000 years earlier than thought

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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Walter Pitts

Life

How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork

Walter Pitts would have become one of the most famous names in computer science - if it hadn’t been for the frogs

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Humans

Who was the Somerton Man? Solving Australia's coldest case

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Humans

World's most-spoken languages may have arisen in ancient Iran

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Harsh: Europe's cannabis died just as the first farmers arrived

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Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

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