Is it a matter of surface area?
Question of the Week
We solve the weirdest, wackiest, funniest and funkiest scientific questions, queries and puzzles...
01 April 2019
Jack Tavener has been crunching through some research to get to the root of this question.
18 March 2019
Why are they so unhappy in monogamous relationships?"
04 March 2019
We know the effects of getting drunk, but why are some parts of the brain more affected than others?
18 February 2019
Why are some people better than others at accents and imitation?
04 February 2019
Why does a candle start to make more smoke and smell after it's blown out?
28 January 2019
How does a person who is born completely deaf structure their thoughts?
21 January 2019
And why don't trees create great holes in the ground?
14 January 2019
Is it a matter of surface area?
17 December 2018
What happens to air bubbles in water in zero-gravity?
26 November 2018
How do dogs identify other dogs?
19 November 2018
Which planes are suited to hurricane research?
12 November 2018
Could you pick a Neanderthal child out of a line up?
29 October 2018
How are wombat droppings cube shaped?
22 October 2018
How dangerous is second hand smoking?
01 October 2018
Are we better off being barefoot?
24 September 2018
What makes Blu-Tack so sticky?
17 September 2018
Can we terraform the Moon so it's habitable to humans long-term?
03 September 2018
Do wild animals get allergies, and if so, do they get them as much as we do?
20 August 2018
We do this question by the numbers...
06 August 2018
What's the science behind non-stick pans?
31 July 2018
We got the lay of the land for this question!
16 July 2018
Does the brain respond differently to reading versus listening?
02 July 2018
Why do we get bored and what is the advantage of boredom?
25 June 2018
Astronaut Michael Foale weighs in on a question that's out of this world...