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Secret London spy tunnels to become WWII museum

Ancient ceramic water drainage system uncovered in China

The eccentric engineer: The darkest days in Rjukan

Simon Johnson on ‘Power and Progress’ and ‘the thousand-year backstory for ChatGPT’

Pinpointing lost treasures already in museums

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Book review: ‘Flight Not Improbable’ by Simine Short

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Book review: ‘The Battle of the Beams’ by Tom Whipple

The eccentric engineer: America’s most unlikely measurement

Le Mans: 100 years of motorsport at its limit

The eccentric engineer: The biggest kit in the world

Eccentric Engineer: How the golf ball got its dimples

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Book review: ‘The Soviet Century’ by Karl Schlögel

Flying Scotsman steams into Edinburgh to mark centenary

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I am AI and I made this cover image for E&T's art special

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Book review: ‘Invention and Innovation’ by Vaclav Smil

The eccentric engineer: The forgotten great American inventor

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Book review: ‘We Are Electric’ by Sally Adee

The eccentric engineer: diving to Pluto

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After All: Of ‘Vril’, Bovril and the ‘Vril’-powered ‘Kril’ya’

Researchers crack mystery of why Roman concrete lasts so long

The eccentric engineer: solving the Christmas wrapping conundrum

London council abandons plans to scrap traditional gas lamps for LED bulbs

The eccentric engineer: The surprising origins of the train set

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