Mermaid Raid:The Problem Solvers must free a captive Mermaid from a gang of unruly porpoises. But there's just one catch: Alfe is terrified of the water.

New Scientist'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 ...

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