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S3W7DX Close up of the large nose and snout of a cow behind bars

Why do our nostrils point down, not straight out from our faces?

Could this be linked to the aquatic ape hypothesis, wonder our readers – who also point out the various other placements of different mammals’ nostrils

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OSTRAVA, CZECHIA, JUNE 27, 2023: Play of Light and Shadow on 400m Men's Race Track in Track and Field Meet for Worlds in Budapest and Summer olympic Games in Paris; Shutterstock ID 2345996631; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Could flatulence-inducing food give a runner jet propulsion?

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2DAC6P0 Sculpture 'Medics to the World' honouring the health care workers battling Covid-19

This week’s new questions

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A New Year’s resolution nightmare and strange lights in the night sky

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Tom Gauld on making new year’s resolutions – or not

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Twisteddoodles on an ill-advised new year’s detox

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Canton Z?rich, Switzerland Ice has formed around a waterfall near Gibswil. Icicles growing from the top, and ice formations growing from the bottom have coalesced into one continuous column. Page 16 + 17

Earth

Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth’s ice formations

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2WYBYF8 North America; United States; Alaska; Denali National Park; Taiga-Tundra; Winter; Natural Phenomena; Night Sky; Aurora Borealis; Northern Lights;

Space

The stargazing events to look forward to in 2025

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A young child has both his thumbs on middle C. There are stickers on each key to guide him through the octaves and notes.

Why do we only use 12 notes in Western music?

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2C166J1 Silhouette of a human with skin flora,microorganisms which naturally colonize the human skin - 3d illustration

When I die, what happens to my microbiome?

There is no delicate way to put this, says one reader: it will consume your corpse

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This week’s new questions

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Is Christmas better now it’s over? Don’t worry, that’s common

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Twisteddoodles on clearing up a winter mystery

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Life

See the world in close-up in these intricate images of nature

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