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Given Earth rotates, can I travel by waiting in midair? Part 3

Our readers continue to grapple with this one, with the latest batch of answers giving a more hopeful response to any readers planning to journey in this unusual fashion

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Man clicking his heels while mowing a lawn

Does my petrol mower emit more carbon than the grass captures? Part 2

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The Garden spider is the UK's most common orb web spider and is abundant in gardens, grassland and woodland "u2013 it can be found almost everywhere, in fact. It builds a 'typical' spider web (spirals with radial threads) out of sticky silk.

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Are slow spinning “space ports” to create artificial gravity feasible?

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Man clicking his heels while mowing a lawn

Does a petrol lawnmower emit more carbon than the grass captures?

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Is it better to keep a fart or burp in, or let it out?

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Is short-sightedness found in other animals?

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2CE6RC8 Drone view over Santorini, aerial view over the whitewashed village of Oia with luxury vacation resort with infinity pools in Santorini Greece

What difference would it make to temperatures if all roofs were white?

There would be pros and cons to doing this, say our readers - and there are other roofs available too, including green ones

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How does the experience of reading a book differ from listening to it?

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Why has crying helped me mourn the loss of my dog, Milou, to old age?

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Why can squirrels run straight down trees? And could my cat do it too?

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