Answers to Science Questions

04 April 2017

Can you do genetic testing on trees to find out which individual trees are related?

04 April 2017

If we had a telescope powerful enough to see all the way back to the Big Bang, what direction should we point it?

28 March 2017

Is one or two steps at a time more energy efficient?

21 March 2017

The "flying hypodermic" can pass on malaria, but what about AIDS?

14 March 2017

When should you replace your bulbs: as they break or as soon as possible?

07 March 2017

How do the new glass bridges appearing all over China not break when hit with a sledgehammer?

07 March 2017

what changes in your body from start to finish?

07 March 2017

What's the minimum number of photons our eye can detect?

07 March 2017

At what altitude above the Earth is zero gravity experienced?

07 March 2017

Are hairy men better at producing babies?

07 March 2017

Why don't we just use diamond-tipped blades?

07 March 2017

How does Jupiter's moon Io get the energy needed to heat it up?

07 March 2017

Will someone in the Arctic circle be less sensitive than someone in Australia?

07 March 2017

Why do new planets have such terrible names?

07 March 2017

Is there anyway to fix a shrunken jumper?

07 March 2017

We test our panelists' knowledge of their fruit and veg...

07 March 2017

What's the cause of the splitting headache we sometimes get when eating something cold?

07 March 2017

Is the frozen water on the Moon, Mars or anywhere else in space drinkable?

07 March 2017

What will the Event Horizon Telescope see?

07 March 2017

What is the plant version of a stem cell?

07 March 2017

Or is there something else in the natural world that trumps it?

07 March 2017

If I jumped just before the elevator hit the ground would it mitigate the effects on my body?

07 March 2017

What's so special about the size of the Earth that makes life more likely?