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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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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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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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Finding Britain's dinosaurs: Inside amazing fossil finds across the UK

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Finding Britain's dinosaurs: Inside amazing fossil finds across the UK

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Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

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Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

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What is dark energy, and could it destroy the universe?

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What is dark energy, and could it destroy the universe?

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The mathematician’s guide to dating and finding the perfect partner

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The mathematician’s guide to dating and finding the perfect partner

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Think of the science of fatbergs next time you flush toilet paper

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Think of the science of fatbergs next time you flush toilet paper

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What lies beneath: diving to the UK’s answer to the Great Barrier Reef

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What lies beneath: diving to the UK’s answer to the Great Barrier Reef

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How to use big data science to solve the biggest engineering problems

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How to use big data science to solve the biggest engineering problems

Danielle George explains how a world of connected devices is helping to solve some of the grandest challenges in engineering.

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Why bats and nocturnal animals hate light pollution?

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The hyperloop: will Elon Musk's technology be the future of transport?

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Homo sapiens: Why did evolution favour the brainy ape?

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Space junk: How to clean up the debris in orbit around Earth

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