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?
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
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
Gang of ants surgically dismembers large, dead spider on Borneo
8 November 2017
Sequence of photos shows a squad of ants over 4 hours as they move in and take apart a palm-sized spider left as a sacrifice by a curious photographer
