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Does holding a car remote to your head make it work better? Why does a boat float? Are triple rainbows real? What'...

Are babies born to swim? Can you escape from a black hole? Can an egg with a double yolk yield two chicks? Why is the...

Naked Scientists team Ben Valsler, Chris Smith and Ginny Smith joined the 702 crew and a studio audience live in...

Why don't satellites collide? Do bullets fire upwards still kill people? And why doesn't glue stick to the...

Who was John Snow? Why do things shrink in the wash? How does carbon dating work? Is intelligence down to mitochondria...

Does a cloudy day aggravate arthritis? Was the biblical flood real? How does a gastric bypass work? Will a knife in...

How did horse meat end up in the food chain? Is baking foil bad for you? How big are viruses? How are urine and sweat...

Why do ovaries run out of eggs? Why does diesel smell nice but burning engine oil is unpleasant? More of your science...

How does alcohol cause liver cirrhosis? Can we make matter massless by removing Higgs particles? How did spiders evolve...

Are helium-filled balloons less likely to pop? How does a cordless toothbrush charge? Is there much mercury in compact...

What is involved in blood doping in sports? Can beetroot make urine red? Can mosquitoes transmit HIV? How do dung...

Why humid air feels hotter, why distant lights twinkle, can we increase the odds of twins and where do stepped-on...

Carp with compasses, why we have earwax, can genes re-write their own code and do bananas in brown bags stay fresher...

Why do we age? Are mosquitoes attracted to some more than others? What is epigenetics? Join Dr Chris answering...

Do blood donors live longer, is water safe in plastic bottles, is Earth gaining weight and are space probes sterile?...

What causes hurricanes? Why do we go grey? Do parallel universes exist? What causes hot flushes? Do plants benefit from...

Why aren't bubbles coloured like the soap they came from? Does holding a remote control to you head make it work...

How do atoms change inside stars? How did Felix Baumgartner accelerate to over 800 miles per hour? What is inside a...

Why is skin the mouths of animals pink? Why doesn't water immediately fall out of clouds? How do we use light to...

Is the Earth about to gain a new tectonic plate? What is pompholyx and what are the treatment options? Why does...

How is the effectiveness of environmental interventions measured? What's the scientific definition of nothing? Why...

Why does a local anaesthetic make my face feel fat? How do worms get into food? Would a taxi driver find a map of a new...

How did NASA get their cameras to work in the cold on the moon? How does a cordless electric toothbrush charge itself?...

Is a heater more efficient than a lightbulb? Why does your tongue stick to ice? Do planes alter the weather around...