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Where do flies go in winter?

12 February 2019

Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question

Biology | Medicine

Is metastasis a behaviour?

07 November 2010

Biology | Medicine

Do research cell lines mutate?

07 November 2010

Are viruses intelligent lifeforms?

07 November 2010

Biology | Medicine

What would the world be like if we didn't have viruses?

07 November 2010

Earth Science | Physics | Space

Does a mountain make the day longer?

07 November 2010

How many more hours of light would you get if you were sitting at the top of Mount Everest compared to someone at the...

Why are some babies allergic to milk?

31 October 2010

What are 2D barcodes?

31 October 2010

Earth Science | Physics

Why would an open carport stop frost?

31 October 2010

Physics | Space

Why are planets spherical but meteorites irregularly shaped?

31 October 2010

How do I get into Pathology?

31 October 2010

How do wounds heal when petroleum jelly is applied?

31 October 2010

Physics | Technology

Can lasers be concentrated with lenses?

31 October 2010

Biology | Medicine

Does being born by caesarean section affect intestinal flora?

31 October 2010

Carnivorous plants can photosynthesise, so why eat flies?

31 October 2010

What is an aneurysm?

31 October 2010

Earth Science | Physics

How can humidity make us both hot and cold?

31 October 2010

Do atoms break when we break something?

31 October 2010

Where does phlegm come from?

31 October 2010

Weight of red cells made in a lifetime?

31 October 2010

Chemistry | Earth Science | Physics

Which are worse for the environment, volcanic eruptions or plane emissions?

31 October 2010

Which are worse for the environment, volcanic eruptions or plane emissions?

Biology | Medicine

How true is it that some genes that protected people from the Black Death are the same genes that are now protecting people from HIV today?

24 October 2010

Biology | Medicine

Can genetically modified viruses be used to treat HIV?

24 October 2010

Biology | Medicine

How has HIV mutated over the years?

24 October 2010

Biology | Medicine

Are humans evolving to become resistant to HIV?

24 October 2010

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