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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Introducing 13 Minutes to the Moon Season 2
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
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Gutenberg press
A revolutionary technology - so why did its inventor struggle to make money from it?
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Slot machines
Spinning wheels, flashing lights, and the business of addiction
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Chess algorithms
What chess reveals about the power of computers
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Auctions
Are things only worth what people are willing to pay for them?
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Dams
The benefits they bring can be huge - but so can the problems
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Tulips
Did colourful flowers really cause a financial bubble?
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Sanitary towel
Selling a product that some people found too embarrassing to mention
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Wardian case
How miniature greenhouses were a powerful tool for British colonisers