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Tom Gauld reflects on the slippery nature of reality

3 March 2022

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles: When covid-19 research hits saturation point

3 March 2022

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Cryptic crossword #78: Animal that grazes pre-run (8)

3 March 2022

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

Undersea beds: Nemo’s Garden takes terrestrial farming to new depths

2 March 2022

It may look like the setting for a science fiction thriller in these photos, but this underwater research farm for terrestrial plants is exploring novel agriculture

Can quantum mechanics help a UK council plan when to collect bins?

2 March 2022

Schrödinger’s trash, poetry by James Clerk Maxwell and snow measured in elephants, in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up

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This week’s new questions

2 March 2022

Does food cooked in the microwave really taste different to that cooked conventionally? And how many humans would be alive today if agriculture had never been invented?

The universe is expanding, but what is it expanding into? (Part 2)

2 March 2022

Perhaps the universe isn’t expanding say our readers, whose heads are hurting at the implications of its infinite nature

What is the best way to store images for the next 100 years? (Part 2)

2 March 2022

I want to preserve scenes from my childhood (currently on DVDs) for at least the next 100 years. With technology progressing so rapidly, what is the best format for this? (continued)