I went on a data diet and all I got was ads and paranoia

8 November 2017

Tired of your dirty data habits? Here's how to regain control over your privacy and stop leaking more than you need to the big tech companies

Thorny problem

8 November 2017

I am puzzled by brambles, raspberries and blackberries. They have sweet, juicy fruit, presumably so they will be eaten by animals who will spread their seeds. But they also have prickles. What's the good of that?

Rising damp

8 November 2017

I work on farms in the fens of East Anglia, UK, where the water table is quite high. Even when there has been no rain, the fields seem dry when tides at the coast are low, yet at high tides, the water seems to rise and make the fields wet. We all know...

Survival of the fittest

8 November 2017

The more physically attractive you are, the more likely you are to have lots of sex, reproduce and pass these traits on to the next generation. Or so the theory goes. So how come we don't all look like movie stars and supermodels? Or so it seems from...

Feedback: Want to improve your Dutch? Head to the pub

8 November 2017

How alcohol can improve your language skills, plus: more climate skepticism in the US, Rhode Island's missing donkeys, a class on despair, and more

Crossword #12

8 November 2017

Compiled by Richard Smyth

For the record

8 November 2017

A test for artificial intelligence, right here

8 November 2017

So does nothing have a mass after all, then?

8 November 2017

These dinosaurs may be accidental piscivores

8 November 2017