Weird & Wonderful

Adapted from Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong by Matt Brown, publihsed by Batsford. Illustrations by Sara Mulvanny.

Five “facts” about planet Earth that are completely wrong

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 28: Justin Rose of Europe lines up a putt on the 7th green during the morning fourball matches of the 2018 Ryder Cup at Le Golf National on September 28, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Golf: the neuroscience of the perfect putt

The Story of S*** by Midas Dekkers is out now (£12.99, Text Publishing)

Five reasons to be positive about poo

10 lazy ways to save the planet © Adam Gale

10 lazy ways to save the planet

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Top tips on how to photograph the Perseid meteor shower

Blood moon: lunar eclipse myths from around the world © Getty Images

Blood moon: lunar eclipse myths from around the world

Five incredible journeys by seabirds (and some unusual underwater behaviour) © Getty Images

Five incredible journeys by seabirds (and some unusual underwater behaviour)

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Jurassic Park: five things we now know about dinosaurs 25 years on

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Six animals that could power up the World Cup

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Alien invasion (of sorts)! 10 of the friendliest aliens in film

Jupiter's southern hemisphere © NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS

35 breathtaking pictures of Jupiter taken from the Juno spacecraft

How nature can help you predict the weather © Getty Images

How nature can help you predict the weather

How to fall to your death and live to tell the tale © Dave Imms

How to fall to your death and live to tell the tale

Suzhousaurus by FunkMonk (Michael B. H.) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, Link

17 of the weirdest dinosaurs to walk the planet

Here's what happens when your dead body is left to rot (plus a few, more practical, uses for it) © FBI Photo Library

Here’s what happens when your dead body is left to rot (plus a few, more practical, uses for it)