Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life
16 May 2018
This deceptive artwork was created by photographing just a few of the 5 trillion bits of plastic that pollute our oceans and shorelines
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Feedback: Did dinosaurs fart? Science says yes
16 May 2018
The ancestors of birds had some primitive habits. Plus: why you should take the advice of one Australian health food shop with a pinch of (organic) salt, and more
Dangerous Current
16 May 2018
In a bin full of old batteries awaiting recycling, what is the probability that a closed circuit will form, allowing electrical current to flow and potentially cause a fire?
Big Beasts
16 May 2018
After the dinosaurs died out, why didn't the remaining animals grow as big as dinosaurs again?
Inadvertent Omnivore
16 May 2018
I'm unsure if this is more philosophy than science, but is it wrong for a vegetarian to eat a meat-eating plant?
Water works
16 May 2018
Is hard or soft water better at removing dirt and bacteria?
Inside or out
16 May 2018
My French granny says it is more hygienic to poo in a big hole in the garden, like she did when she was growing up, than it is to go inside. Is this true? She also said that in olden days, people collected pee and used it to make plants grow better....
Old Scientist: Nominative determinism through the ages
16 May 2018
It has been done to death since the 1990s but it is the gift that keeps on giving, as a look back through the archives of New Scientist shows
