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Rare swarming rays and Australian bushfires win top photography prizes

Rare swarming rays and Australian bushfires win top photography prizes

26 August 2020

Stunning images of cownose rays and Australia’s runaway bushfires are among the winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition


This week’s new questions

This week’s new questions

26 August 2020

Do the different causes of headaches create pain in different parts of the skull? And if waves are caused by wind, why do waves always appear to roll towards a beach?


Why does my Fitbit say my dog take the same number of steps as me?

Why does my Fitbit say my dog take the same number of steps as me?

26 August 2020

I attached my activity tracker to my dog. Even though she has very little legs, her step count was almost exactly the same as mine. What is going on? Readers respond


Are lids getting harder to open?

Are lids getting harder to open?

26 August 2020

How do food packaging companies decide how tight to make the lids on jars? Has this increased over time or am I just getting older? Readers give their thoughts


An AI David Attenborough is reading out people’s relationship problems

An AI David Attenborough is reading out people’s relationship problems

26 August 2020

An artificially intelligent version of David Attenborough is reading out the internet’s relationship woes, plus the penguin that was stopped by the police, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up


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Puzzle #74: Which philosopher did I say was the best?

26 August 2020

Can you solve this week’s fiendish challenge, The twisted wood? Plus the answers to puzzle #73, Changing guard


Tom Gauld has a glass of Schrödinger's red wine

Tom Gauld has a glass of Schrödinger's red wine

26 August 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles on the international conference of imposter syndrome

Twisteddoodles on the international conference of imposter syndrome

26 August 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


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