Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question
Answers to Science Questions
How quickly does your cup of tea get through your body?
Would a mirror lightyears away in space show us our planet's ancient history?
If an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but birds are dinosaurs, what the heck is going on?
How do critters procreate under the waves?
How great is the damage humans are causing to the oceans by discharging so many chemicals and excreted drugs into them?
How do we get back to earth from the moon?
If apes have brown eyes why do we have many different colours?
Why do we still have physical keys when passcodes are so effective?
If cats can't see red light, why do they chase lasers so much?
What percentage of the atoms we are born with, do we die with?
What's the difference between a US and a UK billion?
Why don't lightning strikes on the ocean kill marine life?
Do our medical professionals get sick more than the rest of us?
Seeing as Earth is just right for life, does that make hunting for ET futile?
Could plankton be modified to eat plastic?
If pi just keeps going, how do we keep finding more numbers?
Which animal would come out of the ring alive?
Do any other animals go through the menopause?
Can we make gravity by spinning a spaceship?
Is the blue whale really the longest animal?
If you started counting when you were born, what number would reach before you died?
Why don't compasses point to East or West?
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