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The monk who went to hell in a basket

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The monk who went to hell in a basket

When Friar Blas del Castillo climbed into the mouth of a Nicaraguan volcano in 1538 he became America's first volcanologist

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Viking longships brought rape, pillage and cod

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Viking longships brought rape, pillage and cod

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The 'Einstein' of the ancient Greeks

The 'Einstein' of the ancient Greeks

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Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch

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Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch

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Heroes for hard times

Heroes for hard times

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Theatrophone – the 19th-century iPod

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Theatrophone – the 19th-century iPod

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Film review: In the Shadow of the Moon

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The mutual poisoning society

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How the world let malaria off the hook

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Can't bite, cant fight

When Britain went to war with South Africa's Boer republics in 1899, tooth decay cost the army almost as many men as the Boers' bullets did

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The ice age that never was

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Histories: The spinning-top railway

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Histories: The human centrifuge

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Dr Diet's recipe for health

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