Why do some plants eat insects if they are capable of photosynthesis?
Carnivorous plants have nutritional needs that may not otherwise be met in their environments, one reader explains
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Hold the onions – and see if they make you cry
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Twisteddoodles on appropriate leaving gifts for scientific colleagues
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Tom Gauld: ‘My experiment is generating infinite power!’
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Twisteddoodles on the dangers of AI summaries
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Why are there no moons with natural satellites of their own?
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What would happen if the speed of light were half its value? part 2
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The bigger the lizard, the bigger the Wiki page, discovers ecologist
Feedback is delighted to explore research digging into the relationship between a reptile's body mass and the length of its Wikipedia entry – but would like to throw Godzilla into the mix
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Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winter homes wins award
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Tom Gauld’s pie chart of what the Mars rover can see
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Why don’t carnivorous plants just use photosynthesis? part 2
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