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There's a myth (or is it truth) that urine from a human can negate a jellyfish sting. Is that an urban legend?
When I take a painkiller, how does it know where the pain is?
Why doesn't nature make any straight lines?
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I learnt in school many years ago that food takes 12 to 24 hours to travel through the body. As I've got older,...
Why do instruments from different countries not go well together?
Have we got a time bomb in the population with mad cow disease?
I've been blind for forty years and when I dream, I can still see. I can see things I haven't seen like my...
Can you please repeat how many tonnes of blood the heart pumps in twenty four hours.
Why is it that when I pull out my nose hair I get a really painful teary response?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
How does meningitis affect the brain? I had it when I was younger and I think it might have affected my ability to...
We all know that music can affect mood. Why does it change our mood?
Why is it if you see somebody get punched in the nose, you go ouch?
Is there any way we can minimise brainwashing?
In your Christmas special you talked about why you can't tickle yourself because the brain switches it off while...
What are the islets of Langerhans? Why are these areas more richly supplied with blood vessels?