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12 February 2012

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

05 February 2012

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...

29 January 2012

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

08 January 2012

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

11 December 2011

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

13 November 2011

Do umbilical cords get tangled and knotted?

06 November 2011

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

30 October 2011

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

30 October 2011

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