Last Word is New Scientist’s long-running series in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions, ranging from the minutiae of everyday life to absurd astronomical hypotheticals. To ...

Flamingos are unique birds. They eat upside down, stand on one leg and have pink feathers! While these traits make flamingos fun to watch, it is even more fun to learn why flamingos are the way they ...

Animals do some pretty strange stuff: flamingos stand in the water on one leg, ostriches hide their heads in the sand... Or do they? There're a lot of false facts about animals and we're getting to ...