Weird science

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Discover the strange scientific studies that answer the questions you didn’t

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How It Works Magazine

19 January, 2023

The Week UK

First, take a sliver of ear: inside the animal-cloning business

The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates

How It Works

How dinosaurs became birds

Dinosaurs were prehistoric egg-laying reptiles that went extinct millions of years ago, but their survivors still live among us

Fortean Times

When animals attack

Taking a break from installing anti-bird spikes intended to keep gulls off houses in Porthleven, Cornwall, maintenance worker Darren Pardoe visited a seafront pub for a cup of coffee. Sitting outside,

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Health & science

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...

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Health & science

What the scientists are saying… Neanderthals feasted ...

BBC Wildlife Magazine

Baby come back

POND DIPPING IN SOUTH AMERICA IS surprising, mainly because it isn’t that different from pond dipping in a British ditch. There are familiar faces in the water: beetles, pond skaters, water boatmen, d

The Week UK

First, take a sliver of ear: inside the animal-cloning business

The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates

How It Works

How dinosaurs became birds

Dinosaurs were prehistoric egg-laying reptiles that went extinct millions of years ago, but their survivors still live among us

What the scientists are saying… The oldest ...

The Week UK