Life
Spectacular red palm weevil scoops top award in bug photography prize
This red palm weevil looks like it is ready for a boxing match. The close-up shot won Mofeed Abu Shalwa Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020
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Tom Gauld attends the Annual Conference of Vampire 51动漫s
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Twisteddoodles imagines a ghost giving a conference speech
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Life
Exquisite plant portraits created using Victorian photography method
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Humans
How to use smart soil science to colour your hydrangea bush
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Do any species of bird hiccup? If so, why would they do this?
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How much of the movement of clouds is due to Earth鈥檚 rotation?
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Why do duvet covers swallow other laundry? (continued)
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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Life
The baffling problem of why cows prefer sleeping on their left side
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more
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Tom Gauld’s favourite areas of mathematics that double as album titles
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Twisteddoodles on quizzing a researcher about how mice run
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Environment
How many birds do cats kill? Help this science project find out
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Are birds that walk more advanced than those that hop?
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