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The 5 roles you may have to affect climate change

The 5 roles you may have to affect climate change

6 October 2021

Many people have a disproportionate impact on climate change – here's how to harness that power for good, write Kimberly Nicholas and Kristian Steensen Nielsen


Why some people find it so hard to find food in the fridge

Why some people find it so hard to find food in the fridge

6 October 2021

The frequency of felines in our dreams, plus problems with fridge foraging and more nominative determinism in Feedback's weird weekly round-up


A close up of a common housefly on a green flower.

This week’s new questions

6 October 2021

Assuming free will exists, how complex does an organism have to be to exhibit it? And when bullets are fired up into the air, what speed do they return, and could they cause injuries?


Bird droppings on a car. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Why are bird droppings white, considering all they eat? (part 2)

6 October 2021

According to one reader, the whiteness of bird droppings might not be due to uric acid after all


Time concept. Men back in front of a clock.

How can we know that time exists?

6 October 2021

Time doesn’t really exist, say our readers, but we can still observe its action


Mature Woman Experiencing Hot Flush From Menopause Using Fan

Are there any evolutionary advantages of perimenopausal hot flushes?

6 October 2021

Hot flushes could just be a side effect of the perimenopausal changes in hormones, but could there be any benefits to them?


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Living Proof review: A unique take on Scotland's environmental history

6 October 2021

Archive footage from Scotland's industrial history tells a tale of people, landscape and environment as the nation prepares to host the COP26 summit, says Simon Ings


Dopesick --

Don't Miss: Dopesick is an intense drama about the US opioid crisis

6 October 2021

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


hadzabe man picking honey out of a tree

Eating to Extinction review: Are our bland diets bad for the world?

6 October 2021

In Eating to Extinction, Dan Saladino argues that our health, our culture and the environment will suffer unless we broaden our dietary horizons


Astronaut looking planet earth from the window of his capsule. Concept about science and space exploration

The Apollo Murders review: Chris Hadfield's novel is a space thriller

6 October 2021

No one is better qualified to write a space thriller than Chris Hadfield, who has been there and lived to tell the tale. His debut novel, The Apollo Murders, is an accomplished story


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