Cryptic crossword #47: Christmas jumbo
17 December 2020
Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop
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Christmas crafts: How to make your own amazing optical illusion
16 December 2020
In anamorphic illusions, the image appears distorted until viewed from the one vantage point at which it resolves into a perfect three-dimensional projection. Follow our guide to create your own – and don't forget to share it!
Twisteddoodles finds a reindeer with a red nose genetic mutation
16 December 2020
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
Puzzle #89: Get your felt-tip pens out for the Colourful beehive
16 December 2020
Can you solve our latest logic challenge, one of a bumper selection of brain-teasers in the Christmas edition
Quiz of the year: Can you remember the science stories of 2020?
16 December 2020
The pandemic may have stolen many of the headlines of 2020, but this year has been a bumper year for other science, too. Can you remember it? Find out in our covid-free quiz
Learn to love those Christmas sprouts with simple cooking science
16 December 2020
Transforming the bitter vegetable into a nutty delight with some easy cooking techniques could turn you into a Brussels sprout lover this Christmas
Image of fairy penguins watching Melbourne lights wins photo prize
16 December 2020
This poignant image shows two penguins huddling together as they stare from St Kilda Pier, Melbourne. It won Tobias Baumgaertner an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean Photography Awards 2020
Feedback's comedy award ceremony: The strange year that was 2020
16 December 2020
Awards for Seer of the Year, Correction of the Year, Innovation of the Year and Social Distancing Measure of the Year are all dished out in Feedback's review of 2020
