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Science Questions of the Day

Updated 2026-10-14 16:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Two questions from New Scientist’s Last Word series explore scientific answers: why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? and is it faster to jog up stairs one at a time or two at a time?

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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
2026-10-14 16:34 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
2026-10-14 16:35 UTC
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