Humans
A 50-year-old brief history of universities
50 years ago, New Scientist looked even further back to the dawn of universities in an 8-page special
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Tom Gauld stumbles upon a decades-long academic feud
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Twisteddoodles on the art of small talk
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How to make noodles: the art and science of manipulating gluten
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Why you shouldn鈥檛 use Tito vodka to make your own hand sanitiser
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The nose knows: Where does the smell of rust come from?
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Radio gaga: Why does a phone cause radio noises?
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners
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Space
Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life
Could life on Mars have hidden from extreme weather in a cavern on the Pavonis Mons volcano? This 2011 orbiter image of an otherworldly crater has NASA asking just that
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Twisteddoodles lists the equipment every science lab should have
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Tom Gauld鈥檚 offices are inspired by Plato
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Use the science of garlic to bring sweetness or fire to your food
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The musical duo who have written 68 billion melodies
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