Answers to Science Questions

31 October 2004

Whilst visiting a friend an electric toy belonging to her children suddenly switched on, doors opened and things moved...

31 October 2004

As a young child I woke up in the middle of night and found a man in red and white pyjamas standing at the end of my...

31 October 2004

Why can't we photograph ghosts if you can see them?

31 October 2004

I grew up in an incredibly old house. Our dog was the most placid animal, and yet it would run at the fastest pace...

31 October 2004

I lived in a house where the dining room which was always colder than all the other rooms, and both my wife and I could...

31 October 2004

I lived in a large house in Norfolk on a farm and one night I heard a coach and horses come up the drive, yet we didn...

31 October 2004

what is absolute zero?

17 October 2004

why it is that you sometimes see two rainbows in the sky?

17 October 2004

Does the sun affect the tides like the moon?

17 October 2004

What causes sleep apnoea?

17 October 2004

I'm getting less and less sleep due to back pain and recently I developed red and dry eyes - what can you...

17 October 2004

Why don't I ever dream?

17 October 2004

is it true that people in Switzerland get the day off if their biorhythms go off kilter?

17 October 2004

What causes narcolepsy?

17 October 2004

I've been diagnosed with a phase delay sleep disorder following Glandular Fever, and I've tried various ways...

17 October 2004

why don't I get tired?

10 October 2004

I'd like to know why the sky is blue normally, but red at sunset?

10 October 2004

I read somewhere that if you were to follow the human embryo from conception to birth, it goes through every stage of...

10 October 2004

what causes hydrocephalus in babies, babies with large heads?

10 October 2004

my father had a stroke 6 years ago, I'm very interested in cell transplant treatments. How far has this treatment...

10 October 2004

what is a stitch, what causes it and how can we deal with it?

10 October 2004

How do whales hunt and eat prey without swallowing gallons of water?

10 October 2004

an alternative to aspirin. I was wondering if it's safe to take it all the time?

10 October 2004

If your eyes respond to light, then how can you see black?