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Your Guide to the Third Hobbit Movie

The final chapter in Peter Jackson's trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried Easter eggs for die-hard fans to enjoy

William Harvey, Misunderstood Genius

A new video from the World Science Festival tells the story of this medical pioneer

Europe is a Carnivore Hot Spot

In a rare success story for wildlife, bears, lynx, wolverine and wolves are increasing in numbers across the continent 

Did Civil War Soldiers Have PTSD?

One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder

Hanging by a String

Evidence that the universe is made of strings has been elusive for 30 years, but the theory's mathematical insights continue to have an alluring pull

Rethinking How We Think About Time

Physicists engage in a strange debate about whether time really passes

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