Answers to Science Questions

If water freezes at zero, we get frost at three degrees C?

In Middle Ages they thought the world was flat. Is the universe flat, or does it just go on and on and on, or is it a...

My girlfriend and I were talking about flying in a plane and the fact that the higher you go, the colder it gets. How...

My husband is colour blind and we recently had a baby girl. I know that colour blindness is an X-linked recessive trait...

When you're trying to go to sleep at night, why does your body jump and start twitching when you're about to...

Why is it that car front windscreens appear more prone to icing than the sides and the rear? This is even when the car...

What's the smallest thing you can detect in the body with an MRI or a CT scan? Is it 10 millimetres or smaller?...

How does something like radiotherapy treat prostate cancer?

Why is it that when you pour cola in a glass with ice, there's more foam than when you pour it in a glass with no...

Can two black holes merge together if they get close enough to each other?

How is it that visible light and radio waves are harmless, but microwaves and gamma rays have adverse effects on life?...

Why does water bubble when it boils?

At this time of the year you often get cold hands. A quick but painful way of warming them up is by sticking them into...

How do laptop mousepads and iPod scroll wheels work?

Why does 27 degree air feel hot but water of the same temperature feels cold?

What causes my manure heap to heat up and steam?

Why does stress cause palpitations and then anxiety or chest tightness?

Is there a way that I can train myself in advance to avoid the risk of altitude sickness? I'm going to Tibet early...

What's the difference between good fats and bad fats, and are good fats actually good for you or just not as bad?

Jet streams flow laterally due to centripetal forces. If CFC gases caused the hole in the ozone layer over the poles,...

How is it that when an insect such as a ladybird dies, it folds it's 6 legs up under itself. Why does it do that...

I've heard that the eruption of Krakatoa causes massive cooling in the atmosphere and these effects are...

With so many active volcanoes around the world how does the pollution from industry over the last 150 years compare...

A lot of smart people think global warming is just part of a natural trend that humans have very little influence on....