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Science Questions and Discoveries
This week’s new questions in science explore why dogs don’t look up at low-flying aircraft, how fish recognize their own species, and the insights from a memoir on quantum physics. Additionally, a book of rescued Antarctic photos offers new perspectives on Frank Hurley's expedition.
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New Scientist
Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane or helicopter passes overhead? I’ve never seen one do this. And what changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away from us?
2026-07-15 17:00 UTC
New Scientist
Some expert weigh in on this issue, which turns out to be much more complicated than it looks
2026-07-15 17:00 UTC
New Scientist
Frank Hurley rescued hundreds of photo negatives from the Endurance when it sank off Antarctica in 1915. Now a book of his surviving images casts new light on the fateful expedition
2026-07-15 17:00 UTC
New Scientist
There is much to like in Janet Jones's look at horse "language" and the equine mind, A Horse's World, but beware unexpected issues, says Christa Lesté-Lasserre
2026-07-15 18:00 UTC
New Scientist
New Scientist reporter Karmela Padavic-Callaghan combines memoir and science writing to great effect in their first book, Entangled States
2026-07-15 18:00 UTC