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Biology

Where do flies go in winter?

12 February 2019

Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question

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Biology | Medicine
 

Why can you hear a humming sound inside your head?

12 August 2007

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Have 90% of large fish disappeared?

12 August 2007

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Physics | Technology
 

Why do magnets affect a tv screen?

12 August 2007

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Earth Science

Why do streetlights mke the sky glow?

12 August 2007

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Chemistry | Medicine
 

What makes a cake rise?

12 August 2007

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Biology | Medicine | Technology

What information do you get from CT images of the brain?

12 August 2007

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Engineering | Medicine | Technology
 

How does a stent open out when it’s put in there?

12 August 2007

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Biology | Medicine

What is it in soap that kills all the nasties?

12 August 2007

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Biology | Chemistry | Medicine

Why are there so many chemicals in cigarettes?

05 August 2007

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What are the main components and causes of household dust?

05 August 2007

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Octopus Arm Control?

05 August 2007

How does an Octopus keep track of all eight arms? Does it have one brain for each arm?

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Biology | Chemistry | Medicine

How do you make anti-venoms?

05 August 2007

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Medicine

Is it possible to have sinus problems without the pain around the nose and eyes?

29 July 2007

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Medicine

Why does my nose go runny when I cry?

29 July 2007

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Would a candle flicker on a hot air balloon?

29 July 2007

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Physics
 

Why do towels absorb the water off your body after a bath?

29 July 2007

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How much heavier do deciduous trees get when they grow leaves in the summer?

29 July 2007

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How do clouds stay up?

29 July 2007

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Does the moon exert an influence on cloud formation?

29 July 2007

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Is the world running out of water?

29 July 2007

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Do the cells in a transplanted organ get replaced by your own?

29 July 2007

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On a potato shaped object would gravity be the same all over?

29 July 2007

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Could you have solar powered air conditioning?

29 July 2007

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Synethesia and being blind?

29 July 2007

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