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How to boil an egg so the yolk ends up on the outside of the inside

How to boil an egg so the yolk ends up on the outside of the inside

7 September 2022

Feedback reports on important new egg-related research, as well as delving into exhaustive egg and tadpole-tasting studies from years gone by


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Watch a lunar occultation of Uranus

7 September 2022

If you live in Europe, north Africa or north-west Asia, you can watch Uranus pass behind the moon and emerge on the other side in a rare lunar occultation this month


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This week’s new questions

7 September 2022

Who is the average person on Earth? And are there limitless permutations of QR codes, or do they eventually get used again?


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Do any other animals have a sense of humour? (Part 2)

7 September 2022

Our readers reveals how parrots, mynah birds and giggling rats might enjoy a joke too


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Why are the highest peaks of the British Isles so close to the coast?

7 September 2022

The coastal location of the highest mountains of the each of the countries of the British Isles could be down to geology or chance, but it is probably a results of tectonics, say our readers


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What is the optimal number of holes to pierce a microwave meal’s film?

7 September 2022

The number of punctures needed in the film of a microwave meal is probably lower than the number you are tempted to make, say our readers


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Puzzle #184: Can you solve this rather unusual addition sum?

7 September 2022

Can you solve this week’s arithmetical challenge, Cipher sum? Plus the answer to puzzle #183


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Remastered Apollo mission photos are simply out of this world

7 September 2022

Half a century after the last person walked on the moon, original footage has been digitally overhauled to show NASA's lunar missions in a new light


Tom Gauld on the precarious nature of life in our universe

Tom Gauld on the precarious nature of life in our universe

7 September 2022

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon


Twisteddoodles interprets a map

Twisteddoodles interprets a map

7 September 2022

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles


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