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13 February 2020
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Tom Gauld on working as a theoretical scientist
13 February 2020
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This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
Fungi's fabulous future in mental health and sustainable materials
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These images showcase the incredible ways mushrooms can be used for everything from boosting well-being to fashioning baroque high heels
Election cyberattacks? It’s incompetence we need to worry about
12 February 2020
Concerns about adversaries hacking democracy abound, but it’s sheer incompetence we should really be worried about, writes Annalee Newitz
Why our understanding of concussion has been completely wrong
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Concussion is often portrayed as "seeing stars", which people quickly recover from. But we are now beginning to understand that the condition is far more serious, says Elizabeth Sandel
This week's new questions
12 February 2020
Have we always known our heads are where thinking happens, and what causes radio interference. If you know, tell us
Water effect: Why is it hard to put on gloves when your hands are wet?
12 February 2020
Water often reduces friction between surfaces, so why is it harder to put on gloves when your hands are wet?
Running on empty: Is runners' second wind real?
12 February 2020
Runners often say they experience a second wind. Is it real, and if so, is it physical or psychological?
The strange world of 6-dimensional eyebrow feathering
12 February 2020
First dates on the moon, plus snack bars made of “only real ingredients” in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up
