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Why and how do fallen trees, such as this white gum from Western Australia, grow stems vertically from a horizontal trunk?

Anna Butcher,

Brookton, Western Australia

We know time slows down as gravity increases, so is the speed of light in high gravity different from its speed in low gravity?

Simon Walker,

Melbourne, Australia

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