Answers to Science Questions

How do snakes digest big animals?

12 February 2019

Jason Head from Cambridge University covers the basics on snakes

Medicine

Can you repair the mind?

13 September 2009

Do we all see colours as the same?

13 September 2009

Can colourblind people play cricket?

13 September 2009

Earth Science | Physics

What dictates the frequency of waves?

13 September 2009

Do waves really come in cycles of 7?

Does Shaving make hair grow faster?

06 September 2009

Physics | Space

Can you run faster on the moon?

06 September 2009

Biology | Chemistry

What is Limonene?

06 September 2009

Physics | Space

Why can light not escape a black hole?

06 September 2009

Technology

Can Refrigerators be made more efficient to actually generate electricity?

06 September 2009

Chemistry | Medicine

Why does tea taste nicer out of china cups?

06 September 2009

Can talking to plants make them grow faster?

06 September 2009

Physics | Space

Why aren't planets compressed by gravity like stars are?

06 September 2009

Chemistry | Technology

Why is laundry lint always blue?

06 September 2009

Why can we not gain immunity to the common cold?

06 September 2009

Chemistry | Physics

Bed sheets make a fluorescent light bulb glow?

06 September 2009

Do plants have immunity?

05 September 2009

Animals have wonderful and complex immune systems, with antibodies, compliment, t-cells... But what about plants?

Can proteins eaten by a mother get into her breast milk?

02 August 2009

Medicine | Physics

If you urinate on an electric fence will it shock you?

02 August 2009

How do marine mammals control their salt intake?

02 August 2009

Medicine

Why is TB contagious?

02 August 2009

Physics | Technology

Could a camera flash move a piece of plastic above it?

02 August 2009

Medicine | Physics

Why does squinting help you to see more clearly? How does it work?

02 August 2009

Medicine

How much water is actually produced by a human on an average day of metabolism?

02 August 2009

Why do chilli peppers change colour when they go ripe?

02 August 2009