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Twisteddoodles: Catering to pet palates

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2GRH9F9 Man watering a Maranta Leuconeura, Fascinator Tricolor, houseplant with a plant mister bottle.

Life

Debunking gardening myths: Does misting your houseplants really work?

Hair-raising research explores the north-south divide on your scalp

20 July 1969. Neil Armstrong?s photos of Buzz Aldrin?s first steps on the Moon. This was what it all boiled down to in the end, even after the unprecedented feats of rocketry and all the extraordinary technical innovation which had safely flown two astronauts to a destination a quarter of a million miles from home: the basic human act of walking.

Space

Walking on the moon: candid photos from astronaut Tim Peake鈥檚 new book

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Why don鈥檛 marine mammals like whales get 鈥榯he bends鈥�?

The Supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, July 12, 2014. Occurring when a full moon or new moon coincides with the closest approach the moon makes to the Earth, the Supermoon results in a larger-than-usual appearance of the lunar disk. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA7D0FC401

When was it realised that moonlight is reflected sunlight? Part 2

How do dogs recognise that another animal is also a dog? Part 3

2K6A82T Artist's concept of astronauts and human habitats on Mars.

This week鈥檚 new questions

Tom Gauld: Stay safe this Halloween with our helpful diagram

Twisteddoodles: The figure in white moaned…

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Life

See a mob of seals save their pups from a shark in Planet Earth III

Mathematics

How spiral search patterns and lateral thinking cracked our puzzle

Why do fallen trees grow stems vertically from a horizontal trunk?

What makes galaxies spin in a certain direction?