Ask The Naked Scientists

Why are humans so successful? Are new species still appearing? Is the sea getting saltier?

Could a blind chameleon change colour? How are hurricanes named? How do birds navigate?

What is spontaneous human combustion? Why did Luis Suarez bite someone?

How much damage can bodies repair? How do I know how to whistle? How likely are aliens?

What causes itching? Can parasites manipulate our behaviour? Why do we yawn?

Are mothballs poisonous? How do chameleons change colour? Why do people open their mouth when they apply mascara? What...

What does coffee do to my heart rate? Why are hailstones round? How do you avoid getting seasick? Are energy drinks bad...

What sort of star is the Sun? How are calories in food calculated? What gives water its colour? What is sleep paralysis?

Are flies getting harder to swat? Why does more food in the microwave take longer to cook? Should penicillin-allergic...

The building blocks of life, what is a virus? Why don't whales get the bends? How do 93 and 95 octane fuels differ?

Plus, are you better off circumcised? And can planets exist without a parent star to orbit?

The Naked Scientists appear in the flesh at Primedia Place, home of 702, to answer questions from the live audience...

How have doctors grown new vaginas in vitro? Are fires feasible in space? Why does the moon always show to same face to...

What's inside Enceladus? How do we make water safe for drinking? How Sunny is it on Saturn's moons? What...

How do scientists make synthetic chromosomes? How does heat radiate? Where does oxygen come from? Why does anxiety make...

Is gravity waves from the Big Bang a big deal? Is evolution still occurring? Why does water boil at lower temperature...

How the processing power of a brain compares with a computer and why the bubbles in Guinness go downwards...

Can weather be manipulated? Will wet coal produce less electricity in a power station? Why does curry make my nose run?

Can a mobile phone between the legs affect fertility? Why does wet cornflour stiffen when squeezed? Does light at night...

The cause of a blood red moon, upper limits for temperature and are e-cigarettes safer?

How does acid produce stem cells? Why do carpets creep across the floor? Where does dust come from? What's special...

How does light accelerate in a less-dense medium? How do climbing plants twist around a stake? Why would stainless...

How do GM and cloning differ? Will lightning fry a swimmer? Why does beetroot make urine red? How do comets come by...

How is the scale of coronal mass ejection (CME) measured? How does evolution work? What causes magnetic field flips?...