Do spiders survive if thrown from a height out of a window?
Our readers try to solve this question by calculating the terminal velocity of freefalling spiders, and by envoking tarantulas
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What happens if I shine a torch, moving at the speed of light? Part 2
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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On whether dogs should, or should not, visit hospitals
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Life
Dazzling photographs of flocking flamingos
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Tom Gauld sees in the new year
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Twisteddoodles on popular science books
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Telling the story of Antarctica through 100 objects
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How to make honeycomb at home
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In which direction in the sky did the big bang take place?
The big bang wasn鈥檛 a conventional explosion, so can鈥檛 be traced back to its origin and to a point in the sky, say our readers
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Humans have 鈥済ood bacteria鈥�, but what about 鈥済ood viruses鈥�?
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What鈥檚 the best angle for a hosepipe to spray water furthest? (Part 2)
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This week鈥檚 new questions
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Twins in the dock: the strange cases that leave justice at a loss
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