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TR9YKG Volunteers at a community kitchen prepare a meal for diners in need.

Mind

I am in a rut. Is there a way to regain my zest for life?

Apathy can overcome many of us 鈥� even our advice columnist, David Robson. Here are some tips on getting back your lust for life

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In a post-apocalyptic world, how long would canned food remain edible?

This is a 3D illustration of Three Merging Supermassive Black Holes.

Do black holes look the same from any angle?

Handsome young man sleeping in the bed at night in his bedroom. Snoring and having breathing problems.

This week鈥檚 new questions

Do chickens blush? And if they do, what makes them blush the most?

Tom Gauld on a party for time travellers

Twisteddoodles on the anatomy of a task

This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82. It is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.

Space

Stellar views of some of the most spectacular sights in the universe

Why does the return journey seem much shorter than the outward leg?

A8R854 House Mouse Mus musculus scurrying across garden lawn Kent UK

Can a trapped mouse really find its way back from a mile away?

Our readers point out that removing a mouse from your house just leaves space from another mouse - and share their own humane mousetrap inventions

This week鈥檚 new questions

Why does hair pulling hurt? Blame your myelinated nociceptors

Chemistry

The chemistry behind making a perfect caramel sauce

Tom Gauld: ‘I prefer her earlier, funnier theories’