Are there good viruses? What would happen if all viruses disappeared?
There certainly are good viruses, say our readers - who also paint a gloomy picture of what would happen if all viruses disappeared
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Why do our nostrils point down, not straight out from our faces?
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This week’s new questions
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Life
Fancy pigeons flaunt their feathers in this striking photo series
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Life
Why giving Jurassic Park’s velociraptors feathers is a good thing
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Space
Incredible images show the moment SpaceX’s Starship exploded
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Health
The evidence that suggests you don’t need alcohol as a social crutch
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Tom Gauld on the latest in cow science and technology
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Health
The science of exercise: Sticking to your New Year’s workout plan
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Twisteddoodles on news from space’s biggest celebrities
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Space
Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars
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How and why did grammatically complex languages such as Latin develop?
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Why did some species survive the Cretaceous-Palaeogene extinction?
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This week’s new questions
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