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Tom Gauld attends the Annual Conference of Vampire Scientists

Tom Gauld attends the Annual Conference of Vampire Scientists

28 October 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles imagines a ghost giving a conference speech

Twisteddoodles imagines a ghost giving a conference speech

28 October 2020

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


The baffling problem of why cows prefer sleeping on their left side

The baffling problem of why cows prefer sleeping on their left side

28 October 2020

Bovine laterality, plus an abundance of roundabouts and time-travelling ancestors in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up


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Puzzle #83: Albatross

28 October 2020

Why is Tom the cabin boy so sure he knows how to work out how fast the stone was moving when his captain hit the albatross with it?


Star Wars: Squadrons shows the Force is still with us

Star Wars: Squadrons shows the Force is still with us

28 October 2020

The new Star Wars game puts you inside the cockpits of the iconic X-wing and TIE fighter spacecraft. It's fun, but Star Wars: Squadrons is a good game rather than a great one, says Jacob Aron


Don't Miss: Quiz codebreakers on a virtual tour of a computing museum

Don't Miss: Quiz codebreakers on a virtual tour of a computing museum

28 October 2020

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss


Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading

28 October 2020

Why did a dying 19th-century robber want his skin to become a book cover? This Halloween, Anatomica and Dark Archives reveal our changing relationship with the body


Carlo Rovelli’s new book: Eclectic essays on physics, history and more

Carlo Rovelli’s new book: Eclectic essays on physics, history and more

28 October 2020

Carlo Rovelli’s bestsellers saw him dubbed the poet of physics and showed a mind seeking knowledge for its own sake. His new book, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, reminds us why we need more minds like his


Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

28 October 2020

What happens to matter in a black hole? The question has spawned many paradoxes, and in an extract from his latest book, physics superstar Carlo Rovelli proposes an answer


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Another source of genetic diversity for women?

28 October 2020


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