Cryptic crossword #79: Bird that's a novice (6)
17 March 2022
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Tom Gauld documents Godot's ongoing failure to show up
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Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles: the self-cancelling problem of 'anxiety power'
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This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
Radioactive gummy bears, renewable trams and moon geese
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An abridged collection of weird things Feedback learned at New Scientist Live, plus an odorous new unit for clean energy and astonishing invertebrate anuses
How to perform the culinary technique of spherification at home
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A hallmark of top-tier modernist cuisine, spherification is nevertheless something you can try in your own kitchen. It's time to conquer your spheres, says Sam Wong
This week’s new questions
16 March 2022
Why is the lichen distributed in a strange way on this road sign? And would it be possible to fly a spaceship through the centre of a gas giant planet?
Why can’t I judge bathwater's temperature with my left hand? (cont)
16 March 2022
The difference in sensitivity to temperature of different hands could be down to the same reason that hot steel feels hotter than hot charcoal at the same temperature
What is this shell-like structure (pictured) found in a disused mine?
16 March 2022
The mussel-like object found on rusting metalwork in an abandoned slate mine could be one of two very different things, say our readers
Why does a candle make more smoke just after it has been put out?
16 March 2022
A candle doesn’t actually produce smoke after being extinguished, say our readers, and offer some try-at-home experiments to prove this
Why does sticking my tongue out seem to help me concentrate?
16 March 2022
Sticking our tongues out might just be a mental by-product of carrying out a fiddly task with our hands, and one reader finds that it helps clear their head
