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Scientist in white coat in Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (Credit: Alamy)
Science

The clock that starts ticking after someone dies

By Chris Baraniuk

Sally Kilby and Błażej Mikuła photograph inside the folds of a Medieval manuscript (Credit: Cambridge University Library)
Technology

Lost Merlin legend found in cover of another book

By Donna Ferguson
An illustration ring of figures surrounding clock (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont)
Psychology

Why rituals are so important for connection

By David Robson
Two rats in car (Credit: University of Richmond)
The Conversation

Teaching rats to drive taught scientists about joy

By Kelly Lambert
Stews in bowls (Credit: Getty Images)
Taste of Tomorrow

Decoding the oldest recipes on Earth

By Veronique Greenwood
Row of three brains (Credit: Getty Images/BBC)
Biology

Did our brains get smaller to keep us cool?

By Jasmin Fox-Skelly
The sails of the voyaging ship Marumaru Atua (Credit: Alamy)
Features

What wayfinding can teach us

By Sandy Ong
Room of people raising hands (Credit: Getty Images)
Medical Myths

Why men dominate Q&As so much

By Claudia Hammond
Crowd waving UK flags at Eurovision in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017 (Credit: Getty Images)
Burning Questions

The murky maths of Eurovision voting

By Amanda Ruggeri
King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, attend a military ceremony (Credit: Getty Images)
Coronation of King Charles III

Why is the Coronation so spectacular?

By Dimitris Xygalatas
Humans began to wear fur clothing as protection against the cold – but scientists still don't know exactly when this happened (Credit: David Trood/Getty Images)
Ask a Stupid Question

How humans lost their fur

By Jocelyn Timperley
The mysterious figure found in an ornate tomb in Varna, Bulgaria, thousands of years ago was buried with an astounding amount of gold (Credit: Zde/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0)
Anthropology

The archaeology of inequality

By Carles Lalueza-Fox
Garbology is the science of sifting trash for insights (Credit: Getty Images)
Anthropology

The revealing insights of 'garbology'

By Chris Baraniuk
Ritualistic practices and ceremonies convince our brains of constancy and predictability, buffering against the anxiety that comes with uncertainty (Credit: VCG/Getty Images)
Psychology

The surprising power of rituals

By Karan Johnson
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Laws of Attraction

The reasons humans started kissing

By William Park
Building columns and dollar bills (Credit: Alamy)
Best of BBC Future

How the Illuminati was invented

By Sophia Smith Galer