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Hollywood screen star who paved the way for Wi-Fi

The remarkable tale of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr helps signal the complex nature of innovation

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The story behind the world's most famous drawing

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Health

Promising HIV-gel trial halted in Africa

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Popular science books to put on your Christmas list

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Christmas gifts for the rationally curious

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Paint-on power, the saviour of solar

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Paint-on power, the saviour of solar

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Technology

Charge your electric car on the move

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Health

United Nations report global drop in HIV infections

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Tim Minchin uses comedy to open a door to rationalism

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Our deluded minds are just trying to make us happy

Changing the way you'll think about thinking, David DiSalvo explains What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

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How to grow old with whimsy and wit

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New power plants and factories lock us into hot future

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Humans killing at least 750 Bornean orang-utans a year

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Life

Baby apes' arm waving hints at origins of language

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