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Golden lion tamarin; Shutterstock ID 121264012; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

This week鈥檚 new questions

Why aren鈥檛 we covered in hair like other primates? And how did Roman road builders know which way to go? If they were just a few degrees out, setting off from, say, Chichester, they could have ended up in Slough, instead of London.

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Finger food is now on the menu at Chopt salad chain

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Tom Gauld on Artbot Version 2.0

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Twisteddoodles on how to handle a visit from the bomb squad

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2021_ManateeHabitat

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Diving with manatees in Mexico’s unexplored caves

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Planted new trees in a park in an urban environment.

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Why staking a new tree can do more harm than good

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K4E74X The Earth from space. This image elements furnished by NASA.

If Earth stopped rotating, would this affect the force of gravity?

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purebred beagle puppy is learning the world in first time; Shutterstock ID 566398009; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Why do we say 鈥渁ww鈥� when we see small, fluffy things?

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Kudzu ( Pueraria lobata ) flowers. Fabbaceae perennial vine. Dark blue-purple fragrant butterfly-shaped flowers bloom in racemes from July to September. The roots are edible and medicinal.; Shutterstock ID 2360739029; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

This week鈥檚 new questions

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What voodoo dolls can teach us about toxic masculinity

Feedback's eyebrows are raised by a study in which participants first "have their masculinity threatened", and then play an online game involving voodoo dolls and guns

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Tom Gauld on the early stages of a project

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Twisteddoodles on a site where people can pay to watch … research

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See these exquisite images of starling murmurations around Europe

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Mathematics

Are we all related to Henry VIII’s Master of the Mint?

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