Answers to Biology Questions

Could we set up a brewery in orbit, to keep the astronauts refreshed? Is there any reason we couldn't brew beer...

I am 57 years old. Do I have any original parts? In other words, how much of the baby that was born in 1954 is still...

Hello there, Naked Scientists! I am aware of Moore's law, and hope technology can find a way around it when the...

Do sunglasses fool your body into not releasing enough melanin to protect you from the Sun's harmful rays?

To assure procreation, nature offers as a "bribe" a certain amount of physical pleasure. This is easy to...

Do umbilical cords get tangled and knotted?

The pupil of an eye widens when it looks though dark-tinted glass and due to this the eye gets more sunlight than it...

Is it possible to use gene and/or stem cell therapies to enhance the thinking capacities of the brain?

Cats have whiskers, and use them to explore and understand the world around them - does a nice moustache or bushy beard...