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This week we hone our noses and sniff out the answer to this stinker of a question...."Why do toenails, and even feet in general, smell cheesy? Plus we ask can we make a magnet so strong that is squashes, rather thanks sticks to, our white goods?
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We find out why, if the gene that codes for men having hairy chests and backs provides an evolutionary advantage, don't women have beards and hairy chests too? Plus we ask why feet smell cheesy.......
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We find out if monitors, screens and e.books are more than your standard page turner leaving you tossing and turning and up all night. Plus we ask, why have women lost their hairy beard and chests.....
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This week we find out if a liberal slathering of oil based moisturiser makes up part of our daily calorie quota. Plus we ask, are monitor screens and e.books more than your standard page turner, leaving you tossing and turning and up all night?....
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This week we find out why we seek out food when we already have enough energy stored around our waists in the form of love handles and pot bellies. Plus we ask - will our skin soak up the calories in sun cream?
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This week we find out about the inequality of the temperature scale as a listener asks:
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Could you get cancer from someone else? Tasmanian devils can catch cancer transmitted through biting. Are there instances of cancers being transmitted this way in humans? Could you catch cancer through a blood transfusion? Plus we ask, why is there not an upper absolute in the temperature scale......
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If there were a large object, say a meteorite falling straight down where you are standing, what kind of warning would you notice? Would there be an accompanying sound that could warn you? Or would you not know until it's too late? Plus we ask, can you catch cancer?....
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We know that nothing persists for ever so surely plastics in the sea have to break down at some point. How long does it take? And where does the plastic end up?
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How much is now possible with genetic engineering? Plus we ask will the plastics in the sea ever degrade?
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Which film tops the charts with their most realistic use of lasers? Plus we ask, is it now possible to cross a kangaroo with a sheep to get a woolly jumper?
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We find out if fermentation yeast survive in Space and find out if it is it possible to brew up a beer at zero gravity. Plus we ask which is the most realistic fictional laser weapon?.....
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How much of the baby that you were born as is still part of you now? Plus we ask - can you brew beer in space?.....
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We're told to save electricity by switching off devices on standby. But if a home is heated solely by electricity, would there still be any savings by turning off all those devices? Plus a 57 year old male asks if any of his original parts remain.......
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This week I’ll be getting inside your head.....with a question from Jarraryd Dunn. Plus we'll be asking is there any point in switching off your lights, TVs, and phone chargers during the winter?
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When cooking caramels why does temperature rise in stages? With New Year’s Resolutions in full swing we sink our teeth into this sweet thermal caramel quandary. And we also ask how does a headache hurt when there are no receptors in the brain for pain?
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Can wearing sunglasses fool your senses into thinking there is less sun and increase your risk of getting sunburn? We take on this quandry and also wonder why cooking caramel causes temperature to increases in stages....
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