Quick crossword #95: Non-reproductive part of a flower (8)
4 November 2021
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Tom Gauld reveals science’s most inefficient winter warmer
3 November 2021
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles: The perilous position of pensive people’s pens
3 November 2021
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
Whirlwind romance: What a tornado can do for your relationship
3 November 2021
Natural disasters boost couples’ satisfaction, plus growing concrete and the microbes having sex in your Stilton, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up
Why do tomatoes get hit by blight and how can you stop it?
3 November 2021
Home-grown tomato plants can get ravaged by blight, but there are easy steps you can take to prevent it, says Clare Wilson
This week’s new questions
3 November 2021
If every atom in my brain was replaced by identical ones, am I mentally still me? And what is the universe expanding into?
Where do galaxies begin and end?
3 November 2021
Finding the edge of a galaxy isn’t a simple matter - and depends on mysterious dark matter
What is this strange object found on a Scottish beach?
3 November 2021
According to New Scientist readers, this “beach blob” could have come from whale, a tropical plant or the rear end of a horse
Puzzle #138: Who is right about this ice cream mystery?
3 November 2021
Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle Ice cream coincidence? Plus the answer to puzzle #137
Stunning birds shown off to glorious effect in new photography book
3 November 2021
By turns majestic and intricately detailed, the birdlife photographed for Tim Flach’s new book, Birds, offers a beautiful showcase of avian diversity
