Science
Science Curiosities
New Scientist’s Last Word series explores intriguing scientific questions, including why fluids spiral in pipes and how mirrors distort our appearance. These articles offer readers’ insights into everyday phenomena.
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New Scientist
Feedback's long-running quest to discover delightfully obscure science sites may have reached its zenith with the discovery of two excellent museums in Zagreb
2026-10-07 17:00 UTC
New Scientist
Why does music evoke emotion, and do people from other cultures feel the same way? Why do we scrunch our faces up when we taste something sour?
2026-10-07 17:00 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
2026-10-07 17:00 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
2026-10-07 17:00 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
2026-10-07 17:00 UTC
New Scientist
Christopher Gardner's Food Sense provides a refreshingly different take on what we should eat, and why. It has some real lessons to offer, finds Graham Lawton
2026-10-07 17:00 UTC