From the archives: How a cosmic illusion proved Einstein’s relativity
15 May 2019
40 years ago, a radical new design of telescope showed that two cosmic objects were one – confirming a prediction of Einstein’s theories made decades earlier
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Physicist Kate Shaw on Higgs bosons and how reality is an illusion
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Kate Shaw uncovers cosmic secrets at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. She reveals what particles tell us about the world – and how Stephen Hawking inspired her
This week's new questions
15 May 2019
Why is it that the same foods or drinks taste pleasant to some people and horrible to others?
This week's new questions
15 May 2019
What causes the fresh smell we experience just before the onset of a storm or shower of rain, which is especially noticeable after an extended dry spell?
Does your fringe grow faster than the hair on the rest of your head?
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Is there any difference in hair growth rates on your head, or do you just notice it more when your fringe gets longer? A long-haired reader responds
Kissed by a human or licked by an animal: which has more disease risk?
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Are you more likely to pick up a disease from a kiss or letting an animal lick your face? Readers give their opinions
Has all the hardware sent into space affected Earth’s gravity?
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We’ve launched a lot of spacecraft, reducing the mass of the planet. Does that affect the planet’s gravity? Our readers have the answer
Feedback: Are we dog-walking into a surveillance state?
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Dog-poo DNA registers, placenta cannibalism and the drug-addled pondlife of Suffolk: our weekly round-up from the weirder side of science
Puzzle #03 Cube shadow
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Work out the largest shadow that can be cast by a cube held under the midday sun in Ecuador, set by Hugh Hunt. And test your science knowledge with our quick quiz
Crossword #31
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Try your hand at our science-themed quick crossword, set by Richard Smyth. Plus answers to cryptic crossword #06
