Answers to Biology Questions

Do we really share 50% of our DNA with bananas?

What does 2019 hold for science?

Why are there so many different sizes of dogs, compared to cats?

Can you tell identical twins apart?

Why does Ireland have high rates of Cystic Fibrosis compared to the rest of Europe?

How come dogs can run for so much longer than us humans, without getting tired?

How do worms wiggle their way through the soil?

Can a Great Dane recognise a Chihuahua is a dog?

How far back in time would you have to go, to notice that us humans looked different from our ancestors?

If there are microplastics in the sea, are they ending up in the fish we eat?

What's the best time of the month to have sex, if you want to get pregnant?

Can some jellyfish live forever?

What we mean by the word "infertile"?

How much of our planet's ocean have we mapped?

What is dandruff, and why can it re-occur?

Might your smartphone be bad for your sperm?

What's going on in a wombat's stomach?

New legislation means that smokers see a graphic health warning on cigarette packaging as constant reminder of...

Aye up, duck!

"Is it like gamete wacky races?"

Or is this behaviour unique to humans?

Men have lower voices that women, can that be said for the animal kingdom?

Chris Smith put this question to planetary geologist David Rothery

Is it true? What's the mechanism behind it?