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Revival of the fittest

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Revival of the fittest

In 1803, a Dutch merchant took a sample of seeds while docked at Cape Town - 200 years later, those seeds have been rediscovered and coaxed to grow

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Guess what's coming to dinner

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The phone that roared

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The phone that roared

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Blasts from the past: Superstar soprano males

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Blasts from the past: Superstar soprano males

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Histories: Desperate measures

Histories: Desperate measures

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Blasts from the past: Europe's Year of Awe

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Blasts from the past: Europe's Year of Awe

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Histories: Dear diary, met Napoleon

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The bulletproof priest

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Brimstone and bicycles

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Marathon madness

How Thomas Hicks survived his trainer's belief in the benefits of strychnine and brandy to win the marathon at the 1904 Olympics in St Louis

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Francis Crick, DNA pioneer, dies

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For the love of Venus

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Meats, no shoots, no leaves

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Blasts from the past: Mr Babbage and the buskers

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