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Where do flies go in winter?

12 February 2019

Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question

How does the Mars Phoenix Lander analyse samples?

10 August 2008

Is hydrogen being created in the universe?

10 August 2008

Physics | Technology

My satellite dish is full of holes. Wouldn’t it be easier and cheaper to take all the holes out and just make a smaller dish?

10 August 2008

Why do storm clouds have such a clean, flat top?

10 August 2008

Biology | Medicine

If I have B+ blood and so does my wife how can our son have O+ blood?

27 July 2008

Archaeology | Biology | Medicine

Why are yawns so contagious?

27 July 2008

What is the composition of fire?

27 July 2008

Chemistry | Technology

Why do glow-in-the-dark objects glow in the dark?

27 July 2008

How do plants make tannins when attacked by caterpillers?

27 July 2008

Medicine | Physics

Why do vegetables like swedes cook quicker when they’re chopped up?

27 July 2008

If human body temperature is 37 degrees why do we feel hot when it’s 37 degrees outside?

27 July 2008

Why is a king cobra not affected by its own venom?

27 July 2008

What's happening when your stomach rumbles?

27 July 2008

Chemistry | Earth Science

Drinking Water that Dinosaurs Drank?

27 July 2008

I was taught when I was young that we drink the same water today that the dinosaurs drank when they were alive, is that...

Biology | Medicine

How do dogs detect human seizures before they occur?

27 July 2008

Biology | Medicine

Why do insect bites itch even after the insect has gone away?

27 July 2008

Chemistry | Earth Science | Physics

What makes planes leave vapour trails?

27 July 2008

Where does the milk in a coconut come from?

20 July 2008

Biology | Medicine

Are there any hereditary psychiatric conditions?

20 July 2008

Physics | Technology

Will an iPod weigh more when it's full of music?

20 July 2008

Biology | Medicine

Are any organisms immortal?

20 July 2008

I’d like to know if there are any life forms: plant, animal, fungus, whatever that are effectively immortal?

Chemistry | Physics

What is a Dalton?

20 July 2008

Biology | Medicine

Are there different body types when responding to drugs?

20 July 2008

How do you train antibodies to attack skin cancer?

20 July 2008

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