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Air fresheners: how the chemistry behind scented sprays work
These scented products are able to neutralise, mask or absorb bad odours
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The chemistry behind snowflakes
How do these delicate frosty snowflakes form, and are they truly unique?
Meet the Megasharks
As one of the world’s largest prehistoric predators, the mighty Megalodon could eat whales for breakfast Deep beneath the surface of the Mediterranean, slicing through the open ocean, an iconic silhouette approaches a whale....
What if you fell into a black hole?
Travelling into the singularity of one of these objects would be the one-way trip of a lifetime A black hole has one of the strongest gravitational pulls of any object in the universe; get...
Defibrillators: how does restarting hearts work?
How defibrillators use electric shocks to bring struggling hearts back to life
Debunked: “PLANES ARE SPRAYING TOXINS OVER US”
We uncover some of the biggest falsehoods in technology
MicroRNA: the junk DNA controlling our genes
Discover the microRNA ‘junk DNA’ that controls at least 30 per cent of our genes
The SS Richard Montgomery: the explosive WWII wreck beneath the Thames
The WWII ship, the SS Richard Montgomery, carries cargo which could blow up at any moment
What if all our antibiotics stopped working?
Bacteria are waging war on our drugs, and defeat is not an option Until the 1940s, one in 20 children died before their first birthday. Tuberculosis and pneumonia had no cure, and a simple...
