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If an Earth-sized rogue planet passed through our solar system, missing the planets, how much disruption would it cause?

David McKenzie,

Launceston, Tasmania

Would it be possible for an intelligent species to develop an advanced technological civilisation without the wheel?

Joe Roberts,

St Austell, Cornwall, UK

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