Space
How to catch a glimpse of a five-planet alignment this June
If you are up early this month, you might see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn line up in the morning sky, says Abigail Beall
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Humans
Is Uttoxeter鈥檚 World Parts Centre the answer to the world鈥檚 problems?
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Tom Gauld on a professor’s latest discovery
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Twisteddoodles categorises some numbers
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Earth
Dazzling photo of a pink salt lake shortlisted for major competition
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What makes the slipperiness of slides vary so much from day to day?
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Taking near-boiling water off the hob immediately creates steam. Why?
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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Humans
How science can help you bake a loaf of bread that stays softer longer
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Last chance to buy a pickled cockroach full of moon dust
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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Tom Gauld looks into the Journal of Palm Tree Studies
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Twisteddoodles on a campaign to stop using fossil fuels
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Life
Dazzling close-up images of the natural world, from flowers to flies
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Why are there more consonants than vowels in alphabetic languages?
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