Answers to Science Questions

Sometimes when I put my beer (330mL glass bottle) in the deep freeze to rapidly chill it, I can take it out and it...

Why does your hair turn grey as you get older?

What is a mosquito eating when it isn't eating me?

Why is it that bubbles are always round?

Do plants and trees communicate?

How do insects manage to fly in the rain?

Why after eating asparagus does your urine smell so strong?

Do white blood cells multiply by mitosis?

Is it really possible to drive a car onto a moving trailer like Knight Rider did?

When fireworks are released into the air they turn into smoke and dust. Is there any danger from this?

How many different things can we memorise, what is the most anyone could memorise?

Where does the microwave background radiation come from, how was it made and why is it still around?

Why is memory triggered by smells and music etc?

When I got towards retirement age, I started to get hairs growing out of my nose and my ears. Why?

Why do genetic diseases sometimes only develop in later life?

Is gravity around the planet constant? If you have a spinning ball and put a penny on it, it will be thrown off at the...

I cracked open a large chicken egg this morning and out came the white, an egg yolk, and another fully-formed shelled...

I've come across a website for a gas made using water, that ignites but is not hydrogen. I was wondering what your...

I've thought about it many times, but why is it that some people can memorise more things than other people? Is it...

When fruit is rotting in a bowl, you get horrible black flies coming out of them. How do they get there?

Why does the moon look larger on the horizon?

In your programme about allergies, you mentioned that the cause of cat allergy is the saliva in their skin. Could you...

How do magnets work when they're used to treat injuries such as a frozen shoulder?