BBC Ideas newsletter - Discover More with the BBC

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Discover more with the BBC

Hello  SDC RadioWorks, Welcome to the latest BBC Ideas newsletter. I’m Beth, the executive editor of BBC Ideas, thank you for reading - and for all your feedback. In this month’s newsletter we’ve got some real gems – from the joy to be found in a ‘beautiful, strange and glorious’ sect of physics – to the fascinating history of the instant noodle (who knew they were the most highly traded legal item in US prisons?)  Enjoy!

A potted history of instant noodles How counting by the dozen could make life easier

Five things we can learn from the past about sleep

'What quantum physics taught me about queer identity' How to win at rock-paper-scissors

How do you cope with knowing how you might die?

The secret life of vowels What would aliens make of us?

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