Tom Gauld sees a slithery opportunity to test the effects of a placebo
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Space
Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award
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Space
How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky
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An improbable plan to make the US-Mexico border a particle accelerator
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Tom Gauld ponders the downsides of life in biohazard lab
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How storms get named, according to Twisteddoodles
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Why Neuralink鈥檚 mind-reading device gave neuroscientists the hump
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How do we measure sea level if it is always rising?
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Why do duvet covers swallow other laundry? (continued)
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This week鈥檚 new questions
What is the point of lettuce when its leaves don鈥檛 attract pollinators and shield each other from the sun? And are there any species of bird that hiccup?
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Life
Image of whooper swans flying in harmony wins bird photography award
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Tom Gauld on how we communicate with computers
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Twisteddoodles on the real reasons honeybees do the waggle dance
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Life
Beautiful blooming phytoplankton create swirling art in the Baltic Sea
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