Why do we feel emotional about fictional characters?
Readers provide different perspectives to tackle the question of why humans so readily adopt fiction into our lives
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Why don’t we sneeze when we are asleep?
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Are there plants that could survive as a food source on the moon? Part 2
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This week’s new questions
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Can ‘quantum musical agents’ really make a melody better?
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Tom Gauld on picking the right staff
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Twisteddoodles on a brand-new type of robot
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See the stunning contenders for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Do all bee species speak the same language?
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What size of planet would prevent space travel due to gravity? Part 2
Our readers continue to grapple with this question, coming at it from different angles – and also considering how big a planet has to be to retain its atmosphere
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Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 4
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This week’s new questions
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Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive
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Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab
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