Feedback: Get the love bug with zoo's cockroach-naming scheme
13 February 2019
Perfect for the creepy crawly in your life. Plus: the £500,000 heart of space, a new scientist doll, chicken summoned by police, and more
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Take a bite
13 February 2019
Why aren't hit-and-run attacks common in the animal kingdom? Surely a barracuda or shark could take a meal-sized chunk out of the back or belly of a whale before it could respond. The same goes for smaller pairings of animals.
Puddle puzzle
13 February 2019
My cat used to drink from the garden pond and never seemed to suffer any ill effects, and you often see dogs drinking from muddy puddles. So why do humans have to be so careful and only drink clean water? (Continued)
The sound of vinyl
13 February 2019
We often hear from enthusiasts that analogue vinyl audio sounds better and fuller than that of digital systems. If this is a real difference, why isn't the digital signal tweaked to mimic the characteristics of a vinyl disc?
From the archives: 1989, the warmest year on record
13 February 2019
Thirty years ago, James Hansen became the first climate scientist to publicly blame humans for global warming
