Do polar bears get lonely?

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New Scientist magazine's popular 'Last Word' column offers an endless array of fascinating questions and answers from its readers. "Do Polar Bears Get Lonely" is the eagerly awaited, brand-new collection of the very best of them, in another dazzling mixture of serious enquiry, brilliant insight and hilariously unexplained.

"Do Polar Bears Get Lonely & 101 other intriguing science questions" is edited by New Scientist's Production Editor: Mick O'Hare.

Questions include:

• Do insects get fat?

• If you had to eat parts of yourself to stay alive, which non-organs would be the most nutritious?

• Does a dog know its a dog?

• Do fish get thirsty?

New Scientist is the bestselling science weekly magazine, with over 100,000 UK readers a week.

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Mick O'Hare is available for interview.