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Rollercoasters send our hearts racing and stomachs dropping. Hannah Fry dives into the science of how they work.
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Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausage
Why space debris is a looming crisis
What's inside a black hole?
Using bubbles to remove forever chemicals from our water
How sex with Neanderthals changed us forever
How did Darwin come up with his theory of evolution?
Why 'snowy' New York winters are a bit of a myth
Homo juluensis: Possible 'new ancient human' identified
How Arctic communities protect themselves from avalanches
Can new research predict 'the big one'?
Earth tides: Why our planet's crust has tides too
The science behind the 'mini moon' entering Earth's orbit
Listen to the sound of the Universe
Uncovering the sunken relics of an ancient city
In Australia, sea lions help researchers map the ocean floor
The scientists drilling into an active Icelandic volcano
Earth's spectacular and remote 'capital' of lightning
Why we may have misunderstood the Universe
Why giant hailstones are on the rise
What 'zombie fires' are and why they pose a risk for Canada
What happens when it rains space debris
Why electric vehicles struggle in extreme cold
The sacred birds of longevity revered in Bhutan
Why insects are so crucial to life on Earth
The danger of a runaway ice-albedo loop
Is New York really sinking?
Inside the world's biggest 'mirror' solar plant
Views from an observatory on top of the world
How flickering lights can help you learn better
The butterfly effect: What is chaos theory?
Scientists create world's first 'synthetic' embryos
Why can’t I remember people’s faces?
Four ways to understand the multiverse
Maui's grass-fire cycle explained
Ancient worms found in Siberia permafrost come back to life
Is this mysterious animal the key to human longevity?
The Oppenheimer dilemma: H-bomb vs A-bomb
The enigmatic blueprint to a mirror Universe
The poisonous origin of life on Earth
Why do our fingers wrinkle in the bath?
The man who discovered the 'abyss of time'
The art of taking the very, very long view of time
The 22nd-century people living among us
The enigmatic far side of the Moon
Magenta: The colour that doesn't exist
Why maggots are a medical marvel
Who discovered the equator – the Spanish or the pre-Incas?
Why the 'perfect' nature vs nurture experiment went wrong
How a controversial study split up twins
What happened after twins were separated for science?
Nikola Tesla: The forgotten genius who invented our future
There are thousands of mites living on your face
What if women never had to give birth again?
Reasons to love being a sweaty person
Inside the lab working to bring people back from the dead
What do blue diamonds reveal about our planet?
Why Vikings weren't who we thought they were
String theory - a simple way to understand the universe
Can the 'warrior gene' make you violent?
Inside the Frozen Zoo bringing animals back from extinction
The wonder material that 'protects against nuclear blasts'
Is phrenology the weirdest pseudoscience of them all?
Can a full moon really make strange things happen?
Is ashwagandha the new super herb?
The mystery of how life began on Earth
The 'floating cities' we might lose forever
Three simple ways to deactivate your bad genes
The strange science behind why doughnuts are so irresistible
Do we really use 10% of our brain?
The everyday mistake that once killed thousands
How to remain eternally youthful
How your state of mind could determine how long you live
What do our eyes say about us?
The secret Cold War mission with an unexpected legacy
The stunning images that are invisible to the naked eye
How do you control a stutter?
'Being mixed race means I could die'
Can we 3D print our food?
Why you're more heroic than you think
The awe-inspiring forest where magic happens once a night
The desert oasis with clues to early life
How medieval monks are revealing our universe's mysteries
Moon hoax? Five reasons why the landings were real
The 'time machines' unlocking Antarctica's past
Massive Attack album stored in a painting using DNA
Why water is one of the weirdest things in the Universe
Bringing Caroline Herschel out of her brother's shadow
The physicist called Einstein - but not the one you think
How can we prevent hurricanes causing such devastation?
'We're helping these girls to fly'
How Starlite was first broadcast on Tomorrow's World
The mystery substance that could have saved lives
Children pursuing their science dream
Is this African teenager a future coding superstar?
Uganda's food waste warrior
What's inside this potentially world-changing material?
The wonder material that never made it
How does the 'wonder material' Starlite actually work?
The substance that 'can withstand 75 nuclear blasts'
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