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Cryptic crossword #42: I eat under Jupiter's moon (6)

Cryptic crossword #42: I eat under Jupiter's moon (6)

15 October 2020

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


A steamy romance novel about the coronavirus is going viral

A steamy romance novel about the coronavirus is going viral

14 October 2020

Kissing the coronavirus, plus more of the worst jobs in science and spiralling into an online black hole, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up


This week’s new questions

This week’s new questions

14 October 2020

If you eat three meals a day, does it make a difference if they are taken within, say, an 8-hour window or a 14-hour one?


Why does light reflect in a mirror but go straight through glass?

Why does light reflect in a mirror but go straight through glass?

14 October 2020

Why does light reflect in a mirror but go straight through glass?


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Why do cabbages exist when their shape prevents photosynthesis?

14 October 2020

What is the point of having a tight bundle of leaves that don't attract pollinators and shield each other from the sun? Does its structure affect its ability to photosynthesise? Readers respond


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Puzzle #81: What's the longest it could take Tom to cross the bridge?

14 October 2020

Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle "A bridge too far"? Plus the answer to puzzle #80 "Vive la difference"


Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

14 October 2020

Earth and Mars are closer this month than they have been since 2003. To spot the Red Planet, look for a bright red object towards the east after sunset or west before sunrise, says Abigail Beall


Twisteddoodles on the way scientists see a half-filled glass

Twisteddoodles on the way scientists see a half-filled glass

14 October 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


Tom Gauld's grandfather paradox and mother reaction

Tom Gauld's grandfather paradox and mother reaction

14 October 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award

Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award

13 October 2020

This poignant image of an orphaned baby macaque awaiting its fate at a market in Bali won an award in the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition


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