What is quicksand?

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

JD Savage investigates a mysterious, invisible force that rules the universe. Just watch out it doesn’t pull you in!

Neutron stars can suffer quakes far more powerful than anything on Earth

The garden at Caisson House, near Bath, Somerset The home of Amanda and Phil Honey

Amazing answers to your curious questions

Childhood memories bring a new sense of purpose to Evelyn