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Quick crossword #89: State of prolonged unconsciousness (4)

Quick crossword #89: State of prolonged unconsciousness (4)

12 August 2021

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


What to do when sharing a golf course with a crocodile

What to do when sharing a golf course with a crocodile

11 August 2021

Crocodiles on the fairway, plus a volleyball serve as fast as a blimp and playing percentages with the weather, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up


Here's how to spot invasive plants before they take over

Here's how to spot invasive plants before they take over

11 August 2021

Could the next Japanese knotweed be growing in your garden? Help find potential invasive species by grassing up the plant bullies in your flower beds, says Clare Wilson


Sea snot swirls in Turkey's Sea of Marmara reach record size

Sea snot swirls in Turkey's Sea of Marmara reach record size

11 August 2021

The striking swirls, shot by Muhammed Enes Yildirim, show deadly "sea snot" in Turkey's Sea of Marmara. Made from mucus and microorganisms, they harm tourism and suffocate marine life


This week’s new questions

This week’s new questions

11 August 2021

What's the best way to tie shoelaces so that they don't come undone? And could present-day humans evolve into two different species?


If the speed of light changed, how would it affect our lives?

If the speed of light changed, how would it affect our lives?

11 August 2021

If the speed of light changed, how would it affect our lives?


What is the smallest whole number with no interesting properties?

What is the smallest whole number with no interesting properties?

11 August 2021

Is there such thing as a boring number? Our readers delve into the paradox of the smallest uninteresting number


Puzzle #126: Which weighing machine is faulty?

Puzzle #126: Which weighing machine is faulty?

11 August 2021

Can you solve this week’s fiendish logic challenge, More chocs-a-weigh?


Tom Gauld's department of machine poetry research

Tom Gauld's department of machine poetry research

11 August 2021

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles: Hey honey, how was work in the nervous system?

Twisteddoodles: Hey honey, how was work in the nervous system?

11 August 2021

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


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