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Digital drinking buddy replaces ill-advised tweets with cat pics

19 July 2017

Better than a breathalyser – build a clever coaster to ensure there’s no more Twitter after too much liquor

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

19 July 2017

It's an entrepreneurial horse race in some of the poorest villages in Siberia, as "tuskers" hope to strike it rich by selling prehistoric ivory to Chinese buyers

You must be yolking

19 July 2017

My wife recently broke three eggs into the frying pan in quick succession, and all were double-yolked. Does this mean there would have been three sets of chicken twins?

Snap, crackle, pop

19 July 2017

I can usually make sense of my kitchen radio, even if someone else is talking or the phone is ringing. This isolation of a single noise among others is known as the "cocktail party effect". However, just crumpling the bag inside a cereal packet renders...

Never bettered

19 July 2017

During a recent cycle ride I was passed at some speed by an ancient Rolls-Royce car, which was far and away the quietest vehicle I encountered all day. Given the huge advances in engineering, materials and design techniques in the 60 or 70 years since...

Remote scenting

19 July 2017

How far away can flies smell potential food? We see very few flies in our garden, yet by the time a sparrowhawk had finished his breakfast on our lawn a few days ago, the remains were covered with flies. Do they hold a record for keenness of sense of...