This week鈥檚 new questions
Why do we speak to babies and pets in cute, silly聽voices, as opposed to our normal speaking voice? And would the world be different if water聽didn鈥檛聽display a meniscus or surface tension?.
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Not to worry, no giant radioactive wasps here
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Twisteddoodles on what a cat is really thinking
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Tom Gauld on waiting for our first alien visitors
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Space
NASA’s first space photos restored in stunning detail
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Space
Get ready for a glorious Harvest Blood Moon on 7 September
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What difference would it make to temperatures if all roofs were white?
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How does the experience of reading a book differ from listening to it?
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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How a well-trained New Zealand dog took on quantum computers 鈥� and won
Feedback is alerted by a reader to the latest effort to create a quantum computer that can factorise extremely large numbers, and discovers an abrupt shift to K9 tech
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Tom Gauld on calculating the number of books to take on
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Twisteddoodles on early human research
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Humans
Why bosses exploit their most loyal employees
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Why has crying helped me mourn the loss of my dog, Milou, to old age?
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