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Did public demand to watch moss grow overwhelm the 'Mosscam'?

Did public demand to watch moss grow overwhelm the 'Mosscam'?

1 March 2023

Feedback's repeated attempts to view a new webcam remotely monitoring the progress of Antarctic moss end in failure


In need of a buzzy new cosmetic? You could always brew one up

In need of a buzzy new cosmetic? You could always brew one up

22 February 2023

Feedback learns that coffee beans can be used for much more than just a delicious drink, before diving headfirst into the abyss of infinite lunacy.


The strange story of the nuclear submarine and the super glue repair

The strange story of the nuclear submarine and the super glue repair

15 February 2023

Feedback ponders reports that a nuclear submarine was fixed with everyone’s favourite adhesive, while also detailing the latest thinking on the life-saving properties of coffee and the squeaky windscreen wiper problem


When is a bear's face not a bear's face? When it is a Mars bear

When is a bear's face not a bear's face? When it is a Mars bear

8 February 2023

Feedback compares the smiling bear discernable in a NASA photo of the surface of Mars to seeing Jesus on a piece of toast, while also pondering the dangers of romance with someone who is "gross"


Do you know where your carrots come from? Science can help if not

Do you know where your carrots come from? Science can help if not

1 February 2023

Feedback explores the sad lack – until now – of methods for tracing where carrots come from, while also discovering how to recreate the sound of howling wind with a stick


God's illustrious second career as an aeronautics expert

God's illustrious second career as an aeronautics expert

25 January 2023

Feedback explores the latest publications from Prof. Dr God, setting it against the output of Satan, Buddha - and Fate


While you were sleeping: An investigation into sleeping grumpy face

While you were sleeping: An investigation into sleeping grumpy face

18 January 2023

Feedback looks into the latest research into expressions during sleep, both grumpy and happy, and introduces a new source of inside scientific information, to be known henceforth as Deep Oesophagus


Turtles nearly all the way down (and a few elephants too)

Turtles nearly all the way down (and a few elephants too)

11 January 2023

Feedback is pleased to see that a new study into fossils contains echoes of ancient cosmological myth (and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld), while also exploring the recent unearthing of the body of Gregor Mendel


On whether dogs should, or should not, visit hospitals

On whether dogs should, or should not, visit hospitals

4 January 2023

Feedback considers the differing answers provided by research into whether dogs in a hospital are a good thing or otherwise, while also looking into the pleasantness of polygons


Twins in the dock: the strange cases that leave justice at a loss

Twins in the dock: the strange cases that leave justice at a loss

28 December 2022

Feedback investigates the identical twins accused of cheating in an exam, and names the winner of the Ambiguously Titled Research Study of the Month award


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