Answers to Chemistry Questions

Does ethnobotany have the solution to antibiotic resistant superbugs?

Curious whiffs of methane are emanating from Mars: did life make them?

And how does it make water more pure?

What force makes duct tape stick to a wall?

Which is better for your health, hard or soft?

How many of these questions will you get right? They'll certainly produce a reaction...

What magic do coffee granules possess that's absent in packet soup?

How do atoms keep themselves together?

What separates the sulphurs from the sulphates?

Are the plants enough?

Or is the idea all smoke and mirrors?

Will it sterilise the sponge?

And if so, is it growing or shrinking?

What powers the light and how long can they keep it up?

When you add pasta or rice to boiling water, why does it suddenly boil over?

Listener Manik wanted to know how you can tell whether a painting is of a sunset or a sunrise...

Ljiljana Funk answers our final question of the show.

Let's blow the lid off this Q&A!

...and what can it do?

This one's a stinker.

It's a word you hear a lot, but what does it actually involved?

Kit Chapman sniffs out an answer to this chemical query...

Kit Chapman from Chemistry World took on this chemical query from listener David.