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Tom Gauld on hazardous science

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

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Twisteddoodles on the evolution of cars

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Smiling-Damselfly-?Benjamin_Salb This is a stacked image of a damselfly I encountered on an early morning macro outing this spring. The expression of the damselfly is remarkable, and the large pseudopupil area gives it an almost cartoonish quality. This is my favorite damselfly capture to date.

Life

Incredible close-up images of insects scoop photo contest honours

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E06NGF An upper class Bolivian girl sits in her very fancy toy remote controlled car that is admired by a poorer boy in Sucre, Bolivia.

Mind

Struggling with envy? Here are some science-backed ways to help

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Comment

How a theory about maleness could explain the state of the world

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Does life require Earth’s rate of rotation to lie in a certain range?

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Should we genetically modify humans we send to Mars? Part 2

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This week’s new questions

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Tom Gauld: Do you have a spare minute, professor?

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Health

Why exercising outdoors is better for your health

Numerous studies have found that exercising outside has a slight edge on boosting both our physical and mental health, even when the conditions outside are less than ideal

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Twisteddoodles: science, but gossipy

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Life

Striking artworks reveal the beauty of mushrooms and other soil life

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Could there be an advanced technological society without iron?

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What happens to our electronic cloud records when we die?

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