Answers to Science Questions

Where do flies go in winter?

12 February 2019

Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question

Can plants get cancer?

17 May 2016

Physics | Space

What would the planets do without the sun?

17 May 2016

Is climate change really happening?

17 May 2016

What is the gallbladder for?

17 May 2016

Biology | Earth Science

Why don't trees make the ground subside?

17 May 2016

How do visual illusions work?

17 May 2016

Archaeology | Earth Science | Medicine

Could lightning sour milk?

17 May 2016

Could the world be self healing?

17 May 2016

Earth Science | Medicine | Technology

What is the maximum human population?

17 May 2016

Medicine

Is there any evidence for telepathy?

17 May 2016

Earth Science | Engineering | Physics

Could a can of cola stay cold for two days?

17 May 2016

Can we store excess sea water underground?

17 May 2016

Physics | Space

Could the big bang be in a repeating cycle?

17 May 2016

Biology | Earth Science

Why don't all trees drop their leaves?

17 May 2016

Could we breed gorillas to talk?

17 May 2016

Engineering | Physics | Space | Technology

Could we launch rockets from rockets?

17 May 2016

How many cell divisions make a baby?

17 May 2016

Biology | Space | Technology

Would we be able to detect an alien message if we got one?

10 May 2016

Jeff wanted to know could we understand an encrypted message from space?

Biology | Engineering | Technology

How fast can an elevator go safely?

26 April 2016

Is it true that there is no restriction for an elevator ascent but not for desent?

Why are Caribbean tides so small?

19 April 2016

Can a cockerel lay an egg?

19 April 2016

Archaeology | Earth Science | Medicine

When did humans develop tooth decay?

19 April 2016

Physics | Space

Is everything in space spinning in the same direction?

19 April 2016

Why do dogs turn in circles before lying down?

19 April 2016