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Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

The digested remains of a fish came out somewhere unexpected, prompting biologists to rethink their understanding of our bums

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

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Old Scientist: How to get drunk rationally

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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Health

Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

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Fold your own universe with our cosmic origami decoration

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Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum computers ditch all the lasers for easier engineering

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Quantum photocells, which look like an arrangement of grey squares on a darker background

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Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

An attempt to make more efficient solar cells shows that green light might be the least useful hue – maybe that's why plants reflect it

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Physics

Physics may be a small but crucial fraction of our reality

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Old toys will self-destruct thanks to vanishing plastic

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Physics

The world in 2076: The theory of everything is here – we think

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Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom

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