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Why do animals like rhinoceros and triceratops have horns while deer and elk have antlers?

Colin Oatway,

Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

Is there any scientific evidence disproving the notion we are part of a vast simulation run by an advanced civilisation?

Philip Simmons,

Culver City, California, US

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