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Could we run out of musical note combinations to create new melodies?

If composers can escape from the confines of piano notes and Western scales, the possibilities are almost infinite, say our readers 鈥� even one whose bagpipes only play nine notes

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Life

Amazing aerial photos show humanity’s impacts on Earth

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Space

How you can get involved with the hunt for gravitational waves

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Sinking under the mortgage costs of 鈥榥ew normal鈥� undersea homes

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Tom Gauld reveals science鈥檚 most inefficient winter warmer

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Twisteddoodles: The perilous position of pensive people鈥檚 pens

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American flamingo

Life

Stunning birds shown off to glorious effect in new photography book

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We found this object a couple of weeks ago in the surf on Kilvickeon Beach on the south end of the Isle of Mull in Scotland. It was originally dark and got lighter as it dried out. It has a bit of an odd smell! Both sides which look very different. Taken a few days apart, tic-tac box for scale!

What is this strange object found on a Scottish beach?

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CX0F9Y M74, Phantom Galaxy Spiral Galaxy type NASA Hubble photograph

Where do galaxies begin and end?

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J6125R 3D illustration. Stylized image of a brain inside a liquid with air bubbles around.

This week鈥檚 new questions

If every atom in my brain was replaced by identical ones, am I mentally still me? And what is the universe expanding into?

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Why do tomatoes get hit by blight and how can you stop it?

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Humans

Whirlwind romance: What a tornado can do for your relationship

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Tom Gauld’s illustrations on the evolution of the headless horseman

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Twisteddoodles: ‘I hear the body’s temperature is going up’

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