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By Alex Bellos Did you solve it? Are you smarter than a soap bubble?
The “solution” to today’s puzzleEarlier today I set a puzzle which is extremely hard to answer if you are not a soap bubble.The four towns Continue reading...
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Did you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world
The answer to today’s engineering challengeEarlier today I asked you to reinvent a component of the sixteenth century Dutch sawmill, which – according to a new book – was the world’s first industrial...
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Can you solve it? Are you ready for twenty twenty-six…seven?
The year ahead in numbersUPDATE: Read the solutions hereAs we say goodbye to 2025, let’s delight in its numerical charms one final time. The year was unique this century as being a square number.442...
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Pink platypus spotted in Gippsland far from a monochrome monotreme
Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wonderedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free...
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Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
These fungi boost plant growth and restore depleted ecosystems, but federal funding for a library housing them has been cut – and it may be forced to closeInside a large greenhouse at the University...
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Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matter
Astrophysicist Prof Tomonori Totani says research could be crucial breakthrough in search for elusive substanceNearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they...
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