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Neanderthals: meet the relatives

Developments in new technology such as DNA sequencing have transformed our understanding of the...

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Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war

A Russian army stands at the gates of the capital of another country, a country that Russia has...

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How we work: redesigning the office

The pandemic has made us all rethink how we work. Where once millions of people used to travel...

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When money died: The world's worst inflation

In the summer of 1946 inflation in Hungary reached 41.9 quadrillion per cent. That’s 41.9...

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The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars

Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring has probably done more than any other to raise concerns...

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Why do we have a 7-day week?

Why do we divide our lives into 7-day chunks? Unlike the day, month or year, there’s no natural...

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Forugh Farrokhzad: a trailblazing voice for women in Iran

Forugh Farrokhzad burst into the public consciousness with a series of poems that sent shock...

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The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece

Today’s counter-culture and alternative movements question mainstream norms, such as putting too...

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Calories: How to fuel a human

Calories are fundamental to the way many of us view food and our own bodies - you’ll find them on...

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Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe

Belarusian lands have seen dramatic upheavals throughout the twentieth century and today, like...

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Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control

Activist Margaret Sanger is responsible for one of the most significant medical and social...

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Alice Guy: the first female movie mogul

In the late 19th century, when the motion picture camera was invented and cinema was born, a...

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The Epic of Gilgamesh: a quest for immortality

Unearthed from the ruins of ancient cities in modern-day Iraq, the reconstruction of the epic...

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Uruguay 1930: The first football World Cup

As the spotlight falls on Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, we tell the story of how the world's...

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Moths: the story of the butterfly of the night

The moth is an insect that’s almost 200 million years old. Throughout human history, its...

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The end of civilisation: Bronze Age collapse

More than 3,000 years ago a group of powerful and intricately connected Mediterranean kingdoms...

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From Straw Poll to Opinion Poll

Today, we can’t imagine an election without an opinion poll gauging public opinion on who’s...

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Süleyman the Magnificent: longest-reigning Ottoman sultan

The 46-year reign of Süleyman the Magnificent across central Europe, the Mediterranean and the...

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William Cobbett: Champion of rural workers

William Cobbett was a 19th century English writer, politician and campaigner, at a time when...

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How the paparazzi transformed photojournalism

They are the bane of every celebrity’s life: that pack of press photographers who stake out the...

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