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15th Jan 2006

Plant Science, Composting and Mosquito Repellents


Chris Smith

Kat Arney

This week we go green as Dr Alison Smith from Cambridge University discusses how algae get their vitamins, the Superintendent of Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Dr Tim Upson describes the science of composting, Heather Gorringe and Richard Fishbourne from Wiggly Wigglers dish the dirt on what worms get up to in your compost heap, Prof. John Pickett from Rothamsted Research talks about his research on natural mosquito repellents, we find out about Ant School from Prof. Nigel Franks at Bristol University, and in Kitchen Science, Derek is itching to reveal how ants lay chemical trails to their food.

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Questions

 

Where do flies go at night time?


 

How do Venus fly traps sense their prey without nerve cells and how do they contract without muscles?


 

Why does the addition of bicarbonate of soda to the cooking of cabbage make it much softer and the colour stay much brighter?


 

I want to whether the analysis of the Stardust comet dust can tell us about the origins of the universe and the theory of the Big Bang.


 

It's always intrigued me that someone can have an accident, crash into a fence that pierces their body, and survive without any problems, and yet a little bullet can pierce the body and kill you. Why is that?


 

I'm curious about why some people get bitten more than others. In summer I can have some quite good bites on me. Is there any way that I can change my diet to prevent being bitten in this way?


 

For the last week there have been flies at work and they're more annoying than ever. By this I mean that they continually fly around your face, even when you've physically hit at them. I was wondering if there was any kind of smell or attractant that the human emits that attracts these flies, or is it something to do with moisture?








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