Weird science

A round-up of the strangest science stories from around the world.

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Driving change MY FIRST WAYMO IS LOCKED IN A STANDOFF with a human rival. I’ve hailed the driverless cab in a tricky triangular parking lot in Austin, and when it pulls in—a hulking white all-electric

Counting the instances of the letter “r” in “strawberry”. Generating an image to show kicking the bucket, monkey business or another idiom – or no elephants in a room. These are all examples of viral

During four decades of classic car enthusiasm, I’ve personally encountered only three real examples of a barn find: I recall a straw-filled barn (literally) at a Cornish farm we camped on as a child,

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