Deep-sea hydrothermal vents team with life. How are they colonised?
Hydrothermal vents are oases of different life forms in the midst of a dark, seemingly lifeless ocean. So how do these organisms get to a new vent?
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Why do waves always appear to roll towards a beach, not the other way?
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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Twisteddoodles on why it’s hard to spot scientists in the snow
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Tom Gauld sees a slithery opportunity to test the effects of a placebo
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Space
Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award
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Space
How to spot a Starlink satellite in the night sky
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An improbable plan to make the US-Mexico border a particle accelerator
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Tom Gauld ponders the downsides of life in biohazard lab
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How storms get named, according to Twisteddoodles
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Why Neuralink鈥檚 mind-reading device gave neuroscientists the hump
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How do we measure sea level if it is always rising?
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Why do duvet covers swallow other laundry? (continued)
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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