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What Happens to a Tankful of Fish in Orbit?
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 Why are there two high tides a day when there's only one moon? Would a planet made of glass be transparent? Does dreaming about exercise burn more calories? And what would happen to a tankful of fish launched into Earth's orbit? To find out, and to hear how the solar cells of the future can keep themselves clean, how researchers have uncovered a new way to combat cancer and how astronomers have spotted showers of meteors hitting Jupiter, join Drs Chris, Dominic and Dave as they blast off into a new series of the Naked Scientists in pursuit of the ultimate answers to your wildest and wackiest questions... Listen Now
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As I understand it, the moon, when it’s directly overhead, causes the oceans to rise and that’s giving us our high tide. We experience that twice every 24 hours, but the moon is only overhead once every 24 hours at the same spot. What causes the second high tide?
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If you dream that you're running, you wake up tired. Is that because your brain believes that you were actually running? And do you burn calories?
If the world was made of glass, would we be able to see through it?
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Does light travel at the same speed at either end of the spectrum?
I was swimming in the sea recently and noticed that the water had a swirling effect. Right next to where I was standing or any pillars in the water, it was really pronounced and we were trying to work out why it was happening.
Would a rogue planet (a planetar) be visible? So, planets that get booted out of their own system, then wander aimlessly through space. Can this happen, how does it happen and would we be able to see them as presumably they don't produce any light?
Considering the theory that energy cannot be created or destroyed, what happens to the energy of a coiled spring that is placed in a pot of acid?
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