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Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

These don't look like the kinds of things you might want inserted in your body – but these instruments have been gynaecological staples for hundreds of years

Regulars

Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

Humans

Ancient Swedish massacre hints at chaos after the fall of Rome

News

The Nile

Earth

The Nile river is at least 30 million years old

News

Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

Humans

Lost villages from centuries ago found in the Amazon rainforest

News

Doomsday clock

Humans

Enlightenment now: The rise and fall of progress

Culture

Two viola players

Space

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores Bach's cosmic music

Culture

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

Humans

Biggest ever family tree shows when cousins stopped having sex

News

Should we revisit ethically dubious experiments from the past?

Humans

Should we revisit ethically dubious experiments from the past?

Leader

Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

Life

Oldest dog burial suggests prehistoric humans loved dogs as pets

News

Early Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and blue eyes

Humans

Early Briton from 10,000 years ago had dark skin and blue eyes

A genetic analysis of Cheddar Man, one of the first people to settle in Britain after the last ice age, suggests that his skin was dark

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Physics

Medieval gamblers turned their back on fate and made dice fair

News

Society

End of days: Is Western civilisation on the brink of collapse?

Features

Humans

Baby skeleton from Alaska reveals origins of Native Americans

News

Physics

Exploring the universe – and how we found our place in it

Culture

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