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It used to be that the most predictable thing about Christmas would be what was on television, but Profile Books have changed all that with their annual best seller - Mick O'Hare's excellent collections of excerpts from the New Scientist magazine. It all began with [[''Does Anything Eat Wasps?]]'', which was followed in 2006 by [[Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?]] Can they do it again with ''How to Fossilise Your Hamster?'' I think they can. This is the best one yet.
It's a book about experimenting and seeing for yourself, not about reading the rather obscure finding of someone working in a laboratory. Most of the experiments are designed to be done in or around the home, usually with the sort of supplies and equipment which will be readily available. Some of the experiments could be carried out by children, even with minimal supervision, but appropriate warnings are given about any dangers.
