Born in Wartime
Radar, penicillin and the jeep: wartime needs that outlived the wars that made them.
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Radar, penicillin and the jeep: wartime needs that outlived the wars that made them.
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1Some bridges swayed themselves apart; others were built wrong, and taught us why.
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1A clock in Prague has shown the sky and a parade of apostles for six centuries.
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1A decoded telegram helped pull the United States into the First World War.
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1The dictionary took seventy years, and the cathedral is still going up.
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1The daring, the odd and the ancient: how the world's boldest bridges came to stand.
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1Gunpowder stars, colour chemistry and the Chinese invention that still lights up the sky.
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1Early Tour de France riders took trains between stages until they were caught.
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1What it is really like to live, work and wash windows hundreds of metres up.
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1Three keepers vanished from a Scottish lighthouse in 1900, and no one knows why.
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1What robots really do for a living, in factories, warehouses, hospitals, farms and kitchens.
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1Cleaners turn a bullet train around in seven minutes, spinning every seat.
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1Margarine, nylon stockings and ersatz coffee: products born when something ran out.
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1The rivalries and bold bets behind the race to build the world's tallest tower.
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