How urine led to the foundation of chemistry
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The dark brilliance of John Graunt: “Father of modern statistics”
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How early human brains expanded over time
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In praise of history’s famous first words
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Asteroid anxiety: Astronomy’s 300-year quest to predict cosmic collisions
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The surprising evolutionary link between bowerbirds and human art
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America is going through its every-80-year reinvention
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When enough is “enuf”: The strange and futile history of English spelling reform
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The long history of the human aura
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