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El Niño was linked to famines in Europe in the early modern period

A study of 160 European famines between 1500 and 1800 shows that El Niño weather events led to the onset of some famines and extended the duration of others

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The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

Space

The century-long hunt for the gigantic meteorite that vanished

Features

Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

Space

Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

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Aurora Borealis dancing over Tromso Urban Skyline. Tromso Panorama and winter night landscape with Northern Lights (Aurora Polaris) on a cold night, with starry sky, polar lights and snowcapped mountains on Kvaloya Island in the background. Cityscape with Brightly Street Light of the Arctic Capital, Northern Norway

Earth

The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras

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A woman looking at a species exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Life

A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums

Culture

Humans

Excavation in Sudan shows Roman Empire wasn’t as mighty as it claimed

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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

Physics

A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

Physics

Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

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How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

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How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

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Environment

Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fall of Rome

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded the collapse of the Roman Empire

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Physics

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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Environment

Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits

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Humans

Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to South America

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Health

How diseases like smallpox survived long ocean voyages

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