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Why do animals like rhinoceros and triceratops have horns while deer and elk have antlers?
Colin Oatway,
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK
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Is there any scientific evidence disproving the notion we are part of a vast simulation run by an advanced civilisation?
Philip Simmons,
Culver City, California, US
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