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Tom Gauld’s pie chart of what the Mars rover can see

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

E7MK5Y Insectivorous plant Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) digesting a captured mosquito. Plant house, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Why don鈥檛 carnivorous plants just use photosynthesis? part 2

Twisteddoodles on an endangered species breeding programme

Aerial view of an oasis on the edge of the desert town of Mao, known as the 'White City' for the limestone used to build local homes. For centuries, oases have enabled humans to survive, and even to thrive, in some of the harshest environments on earth. Now they are under threat from climate change.

Environment

Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara

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Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people鈥�

2BXTXNE Red giant star. Sun. Earth landscape. Moon. Venus. Solar system

When the sun engulfs Earth, will the remnants become new planets?

Tom Gauld on the worst place to sit

Mathematics

Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M C. Escher

Twisteddoodles: ‘We’re the department of climate science…’

E7MK5Y Insectivorous plant Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) digesting a captured mosquito. Plant house, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Why do Venus flytraps catch insects?

Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants don鈥檛 get enough nutrients from the surrounding soil, explain our readers

What would happen if the speed of light were half its value?

Do left- and right-handedness exist in animals? part 4

This week鈥檚 new questions

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An encyclopedia formed from AI hallucinations 鈥� what could go wrong?