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Does “the earthquake chewed my data” trump “the dog ate my homework”?

Feedback ponders a novel excuse for missing data and brings readers the very latest on bonobos' preference for grapes over parsnips

Tom Gauld on the outcome of an experiment

Twisteddoodles: Researchers have made the world’s most powerful laser

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you鈥檝e never seen it before

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Space

How to spot Mars travelling through Gemini this week

If octopuses evolved to live on land, would they develop technology?

Father and 2 little boys are walking dog in winter forest

If I go barefoot in snow my feet soon hurt, yet my dog seems OK. Why?

What鈥檚 the most efficient way to load passengers into planes? (part 2)

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Study finds it is ‘barely possible to identify a beautiful scrotum’

Feedback nervously leafs through a new study comparing "men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 aesthetic assessments" of the scrotum and its "perceived attractiveness"

Tom Gauld: Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration

Twisteddoodles: We need you to highlight your research on social media

Humans

What is really going on when we microwave our food?

Why is the left hand used for intricate fingerwork on the violin?