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Can sea water keep roads frost-free? Why does the LHC need to be so cold? How does antifreeze work and what's the freezing point of beer? This week we run the risk of frostbite to tackle the coolest science questions as well as warming up in the hot tub to hear what household appliances devour the most power! We also find out how researchers are growing stem cells from umbilical cord blood, the scientific reason why a needle is so hard to find in a haystack, and how the smell of a fertile women boosts a man's testosterone. Plus, do people really look like their pets?
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We discover the geology behind the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti...
How many days in a month can a woman become pregnant?
Do Women attract men more when fertile by subconsciously acting differently? Perhaps they wear more perfume without realising?
Why are my windows so drafty? My understanding of the second law of thermodynamics is that heat moves from a hot body to a cold one. So, can you explain to me why cold air is flowing into my very nice warm room through a gap in a badly fitted window? I’ve proved that cold air ...
When comparing medieval times to present day, the lack of hygiene back then seems pretty offensive. Were people then just not as smelly as we are today? In other words, does the processing additives, antibiotics and hormones in the food that we have today for instance affect ou...
Does too much calcium make your bones brittle?
Meera Senthilingam becomes Sherlock Holmes to investigate the uses of Artificial Intelligence in the world of online gaming... and possibly in call centres!
I'm actually having a little bit of an argument with my husband at the moment regarding our electricity bill. It’s almost doubled in the last year, and he seems to think that it’s because I leave the lights on constantly. I disagree. I think that it’s possibly the fact that he...
Yeah, G’day. I'm Greg from Australia. I got a question about the Large Hadron Collider, I was hoping you could answer. I'm curious about the temperatures that they run the experiments at. Just wanted to know if you could explain why the temperatures are so low. I think it’s ...
How do mosquitoes lay their eggs? We never see them doing so...
Can we create artificial nerve signals?
We were asked why councils don't use seawater to melt ice on the roads. Why not find out the answer with an experiment?
Does beer have a lower freezing temperature than water?
What volume of gas does a person has to have to affect their own weight. Does having gas make you weigh more or less?
Does tapping a drink can to stop it exploding work? Or is it a myth?
Do all satellites around a planet, star, etc orbit in the same direction? If so, why?
It’s often said that people resemble their pets or vice versa; is this a phenomenon that's been studied? Do people choose pets that resemble them, or is this a matter of us noticing when people do resemble their pets and forgetting when they don't...?
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