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It made food taste better and had multiple medicinal properties, but now that therapeutic value could put it at risk again.
How my favourite colour is linked to one of my favourite drinks, and how its discovery broke new ground in fashion and science.
When nature’s truth is as strange as the Western world’s most famous myths.
An attempt to discover the story behind an iconic photograph celebrated in magical circles.

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How the sounds of a word determine its impact and insult.
The words and ideas that stood out to me in 2022.
How these horse-riding, weapon-wielding nomads won the hearts of ancient artists, and what modern science is revealing about their skills and status.
Learning about two of the world’s earliest creation stories and the amusing part our favourite alcoholic beverage plays in one of them.
A pair of stories about irregularities in the species classification record.
The evidence of the real-life inspiration for Dracula’s English home, Carfax.
Louvain Rees explains what her job is all about and shares some of her favourite discoveries.
The fact and the fiction behind a spooky museum specimen.
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