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Feedback: Ghostly goat penned by police after spooking citizens

26 September 2018

Plus: Five-headed squirrel, snakes and ladders in Bangkok, flooding lab keeps getting flooded, Dairylea armour, and more

The rare-leopard spotter who accidentally caught gunmen in her traps

26 September 2018

Priya Singh spent months in the wilds of north-east India tracking elusive clouded leopards and marbled cats, but caught more than she bargained for in her camera traps

Fat and proud: Why body-positive activists say obesity can be healthy

26 September 2018

Growing calls for "fat acceptance" fly in the face of accepted medical advice, but studies show you can be overweight and healthy

A Key Question

26 September 2018

We keep the key to our holiday cottage in a four-digit key safe by the door. Because of my poor eyesight, I move only one of the digit rotors when I leave, so it is easier to open next time. Most visitors rotate all rotors on leaving. Is my behaviour...

Wisdom of the crows

26 September 2018

New Scientist recently ran an article about crows making up after a fight, or keeping their distance from another crow they had beaten (6 January). So how do crows tell each other apart? They look alike to me.

Potato tip

26 September 2018

I work in a restaurant where the chef saves time by parboiling potatoes and leaving them in the water overnight, then roasting them the following day. To stop the potatoes discolouring overnight, he puts a slice of brown bread in the water. Is this an...

Sign of maturity

26 September 2018

Last year, we had a Christmas pudding that was two years old and it was superb, whereas a one-year-old pudding wasn't nearly as tasty. I read that a supermarket won an award for its two-year-matured puddings. So, what happens over two years to bring...

Stuck for inspiration? Try this random idea generator

26 September 2018

This creativity bot’s ideas are so stupid they might just be genius, at least once in a while

The Book of Humans review – a smart update on human exceptionalism

26 September 2018

From tool use to sex, so much of what we think divides us from other animals is wrong. Culture is the new front line, says a new book – but expect surprises