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Environment

Do weeds really love poor soil? Not if you look at the science

It's a truism that weeds love poor soil, but is there anything to it? And what is a weed, anyway? James Wong investigates

2S95MK4 Tourists play a game of Snakes and Ladders at a Chinese temple ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake celebrations. Lunar New Year which falls on January 29, 2025, welcomes the year of the Snake, which will be celebrated by the Chinese around the world. (Photo by Wong Fok Loy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News

Mathematics

Bored of snakes and ladders? Some maths can help bring back the fun

ENTETC Robin, (Erithacus rubecula), garden bird standing on top of a branch in winter, UK

Do birds actually sleep more in winter?

Is the concentration of salt in the oceans gradually increasing?

2K18TC6 London, UK. 16th Sep, 2022. Shaikha Al Mazrou, Red Stack, 2022, Lawrie Shabibi - Frieze Sculpture, one of the largest outdoor exhibitions in London, including work by international artists in Regent's Park. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News

Why do we use pillows? part 2

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TUNSTALL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 24: In this aerial view people view a decommissioned cold war nuclear observation post has fallen on to the beach after clinging perilously to the cliff face for the last month on January 24, 2026 in Tunstall, England. The decommissioned bunker, known as Tunstall ROC (Royal Observer Corps), is believed to have been built in 1959 as a nuclear monitoring post during the Cold War. Rapid erosion along the East Yorkshire coastline left it exposed and caused it to collapse. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Environment

Cold War bunker collapses onto beach

Twisteddoodles: So, you’re a rocket scientist?

Tom Gauld: Our journey began with a simple question

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Environment

Startling images win water photography competition

Twisteddoodles: If AI had the skills (and the emotions) of an artist

Tom Gauld: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Professor Horatio…

What is it about human physiology that leads us to use pillows?