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Why don’t thieves take my bike helmet?original ↗

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Scientists without borders original ↗

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Humbled original ↗

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Dastardly dimorphisms original ↗

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Las Meninas and me original ↗

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Nonobvious nonprimes original ↗

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Lunch in Balliol original ↗

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What varifocals really reveal original ↗

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Danaë and the shower of nonsense original ↗

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Two identical toilets original ↗

21 Jan 2016

The sun and the moon are ten miles away original ↗

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Upbeat mathematical prose original ↗

29 Dec 2015

188 buttons on my phone and TV original ↗

27 Dec 2015

Will global warming destroy our civilization?original ↗

13 Dec 2015

The armadas of 1588 and 1688 original ↗

7 Dec 2015

Triumph of good practice original ↗

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Seven biographies of Swinburne original ↗

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Cheating on your math homework original ↗

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From Mr. Terry to Yoko Ono original ↗

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