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Cryptic crossword #32: Newton embraced by dismal musicians (4)

Cryptic crossword #32: Newton embraced by dismal musicians (4)

28 May 2020

Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop


Psychedelic skies over Chile reveal the full extent of light pollution

Psychedelic skies over Chile reveal the full extent of light pollution

27 May 2020

An image taken by astronomer Juan Carlos Munoz of the night sky above Santiago, Chile, uses optical techniques to reveal the extent of light pollution in major cities even while under lockdown


This week’s new questions

This week’s new questions

27 May 2020

Just how much stuff is there? Can we estimate the quantity of matter in the observable universe? Terry Day, by email


Do ants bury their dead?

Do ants bury their dead?

27 May 2020

A reader writes in to explain how ants deal with their dead by some members of the colony becoming "undertakers"


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Why does 'falling' in dreams happen?

27 May 2020

You can be drifting off to sleep and then the feeling that you are falling suddenly brings you back to reality. Our readers explain why this happens


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Perhaps the most convoluted way to calculate pi of all time

27 May 2020

The Georgia state government’s ability to alter time, plus the ultimate Eurovision entry created by artificial intelligence in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up


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New Scientist puzzle #61: Triple jump

27 May 2020

What chance the combined ages of triplets will ever add up exactly to their mother's age? Plus the solution to puzzle #60. Set by Rob Eastaway


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Twisteddoodles on spacey video call backgrounds

27 May 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


Tom Gauld on failing spectacularly

Tom Gauld on failing spectacularly

27 May 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


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