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Tom Gauld reveals science鈥檚 most inefficient winter warmer

Twisteddoodles: The perilous position of pensive people鈥檚 pens

American flamingo

Life

Stunning birds shown off to glorious effect in new photography book

We found this object a couple of weeks ago in the surf on Kilvickeon Beach on the south end of the Isle of Mull in Scotland. It was originally dark and got lighter as it dried out. It has a bit of an odd smell! Both sides which look very different. Taken a few days apart, tic-tac box for scale!

What is this strange object found on a Scottish beach?

CX0F9Y M74, Phantom Galaxy Spiral Galaxy type NASA Hubble photograph

Where do galaxies begin and end?

J6125R 3D illustration. Stylized image of a brain inside a liquid with air bubbles around.

This week鈥檚 new questions

2AAJ6F5 Gardener picking ripe Crimson Crush tomatoes in late summer in greenhouse of organic vegetable garden

Why do tomatoes get hit by blight and how can you stop it?

Humans

Whirlwind romance: What a tornado can do for your relationship

Tom Gauld’s illustrations on the evolution of the headless horseman

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Twisteddoodles: ‘I hear the body’s temperature is going up’

Environment

COP26: Exhibition displays air from dawn of the industrial revolution

Space

How to use Orion to find Canis Major and Canis Minor

Is it normal behaviour for rooks to bury bread rather than eat it?