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New ÒÁÈ˾þÃ's popular Last Word series gives readers the opportunity to answer each other's questions about everyday science phenomena, from the shape of scones to the evolutionary history of toenails. To answer a question or ask a new one, email lastword@newscientist.com

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Space

If an antimatter meteor came into our solar system, how would we know?

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2M5GPCD Preparations of plants with bubble wrap for the winter

Life

Should bubble wrap face the inside or outside of the object? Part 2

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Life

Must the evolution of any adapted trait in nature reach a limit?

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This sequence of artist's illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star. 1. A normal star passes near a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy. 2. The star's outer gasses are pulled into the black hole's gravitational fie

Life

This week’s new questions

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Issue no. 3569 published 15 November 2025

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