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Why do ice cubes for my gin and tonic often shatter in the mould?

This can be down to minerals or oxygen in the water, say our readers, who present several solutions to this urgent problem

2HMRRGF Madrid, Spain - March 6th, 2021: Isidore of Seville statue at National Library of Spain, Madrid. Medieval Spanish scholar

Once life is established, is intelligence inevitable? Part 2

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This week鈥檚 new questions

‘Unprecedented and inconceivable’: pylon falls over after nuts removed

Tom Gauld on the Three Neolithic Little Pigs

Twisteddoodles on the latest in tanning innovation

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Humans

Haunting photos bring fictional female explorers to life

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Mathematics

How mathematics can help you divide anything up fairly

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Why didn鈥檛 green fur evolve among mammals?

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Would your brain run out of storage space if you could live forever?

No, say our readers, because that isn鈥檛 how your brain works: memories are constantly being deleted to make way for new ones

This week鈥檚 new questions

Hot news: abandoned bird’s nest ‘still there’, reports professor

Tom Gauld on not disturbing the professor while he’s thinking

Twisteddoodles takes on virtual AI assistants