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New Scientist's Last Word Series
Readers of New Scientist contributed answers to a series of intriguing questions, including whether there can be olfactory illusions and why land mammals that returned to the sea did not evolve gills.
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New Scientist
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
2026-09-30 16:50 UTC
New Scientist
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
2026-09-30 16:50 UTC
New Scientist
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
2026-09-30 16:50 UTC