Material: IQ tests, life on Mars, Santa up a chimney

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Why IQ tests don't test intelligence, how a broken boiler control is hampering the search for life in Antarctica, why that frozen continent is a good model for life on mars and how Santa gets down a chimney courtesy of childrenâ€™s presenters Dick and Dom.

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