This week’s new questions

Spider survival I often catch house spiders and release them some distance away. Can they navigate back? If not, what are their chances of survival?

Richard, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

In hot water I am right-handed and I find it difficult to accurately judge the temperature of bathwater with my left hand. Why?

Robert Morley, London, UK

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