Answers to Engineering Questions

SPOILER: It's not bricks.

What are the chances that a bridge will stay standing?

Are we getting close to the limits with construction?

Is digging deep the most efficient way to build in a crowded city?

Cape Town may have to turn the taps off...

You'll be hungry for an answer to this pasta problem...

Anthony wants to know if launching a rocket from a tube would make it travel faster.

Would it ever be possible?

Was is put there on purpose?

Would a car protect you from a lightning strike, and what would happen if you were driving?

Gold is created in stars, but why does it clump together to form nuggets?

Is there a future for wearable computers?

Cracking the code of code machines...

Could hyperloops make commuting a thing of the past?

It's vitally important we know which one we are talking about...

Is it possible to create noise-cancelling headphones, but for an apartment?

Once it's flung off into space, what actually happens to used spacecrafts?

Is there any technology which can help us run faster or be stronger? Like the iron-man suit?”

In May 2017, the Naked Scientists reported on the discovery that the caterpillar of the wax moth can break down plastic...

My standard way of opening a stubborn metal lid on a glass jar for the first time is to run hot tap water over the lid...

How do waterproof coats work? And how does that differ from water resistance?

What are the stats for accidents involving space crafts? How does landing compare to launch in terms of safety?

Is it real or just a special effect in movies and cartoons?

How do the new glass bridges appearing all over China not break when hit with a sledgehammer?