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Michael Owen eyes up a new career in cryptocurrency

Michael Owen eyes up a new career in cryptocurrency

30 March 2022

As the footballer tells us blockchain is here to stay, Feedback also looks into the shifting position of a UK Overseas Territory, and the volcanic eruption that shook Essex


Common frog (Rana temporaria) leaping into a pond, controlled conditions, UK.

This week’s new questions

30 March 2022

If frogs return to breed at the place where they hatched, how do they spread across the entire country? And does Earth’s magnetic field affect the weather?


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Why do I love my dog when there are no evolutionary benefits to me?

30 March 2022

The reason we love our dogs could be a hangover from the Stone age, say our readers


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If Earth were flat, when would a ship disappear from sight?

30 March 2022

On a flat Earth, the distance at which we could no longer see a ship could range from 200 kilometres to 13 billion light years, say our readers


The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

30 March 2022

Film-maker Joshua Zeman searches for a singing whale that can’t be understood by its own kind, in a journey that says much say about the plight of the marine mammals


Don't miss: Apollo 10 1/2, a fantastical tale of a boy sent to space

Don't miss: Apollo 10 1/2, a fantastical tale of a boy sent to space

30 March 2022

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


Pink flowers of the native rose, Boronia serrulata, growing amongst burnt blackened tree branches. The Australian bush regenerating following a bushfire in Sydney, NSW

What is Regeneration? review: A dive into the science of regrowth

30 March 2022

From hydras to humans, this short book by two marine biologists explores the peculiar process of regeneration, showing that it is a far bigger subject than it might at first seem


Cow review: A moving and uncomfortable cow's-eye-view of farming

Cow review: A moving and uncomfortable cow's-eye-view of farming

30 March 2022

Andrea Arnold’s documentary debut, featuring a loveable dairy cow, prompts difficult questions about raising animals entirely for human benefit


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Message to Kirk: No need to time-travel to get whales

30 March 2022


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The problem with some tree-planting schemes

30 March 2022


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