Question of the Week

Does the brain respond differently to reading versus listening?

Why do we get bored and what is the advantage of boredom?

Astronaut Michael Foale weighs in on a question that's out of this world...

Would it be possible to eat any aliens we found?

We sniffed out an answer to this cool conundrum!

How come smaller animals seem to survive falls that a larger animal wouldn't?

Is boiling them alive inhumane?

Should you run to reduce the amount of time out in the cold, or do the adverse effects of moving faster outweigh the...

And why doesn't dried pasta do the same?

The Waite family wanted to know if fish yawn, so Heather Wark spoke to Iain Barber from Nottingham Trent University to...

Would a giant gun be a suitable launch vehicle for the next generation of spacecraft?

What makes it so satisfying?

Is it safe? Or will the engine cut out?

In the 1940s, there was a chicken who survived for 18 months without a head. How long can humans survive without a head?

Could living near a cell phone tower harm your health?

Does approaching a fly slowly allow you to swat it more easily?

Does cooking burn off alcohol?

How does your pet dog's intelligence compare to other animals?

Why do our clothes dry even though the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius?

If we could get energy from the sun, like plants, how big would our skin need to be?

Are the residues from common manual dish washing significantly toxic to humans in the short or long term?

Is it possible to create noise-cancelling headphones, but for an apartment?

Does being hot help to warm up your muscles quicker?

Like with physical exercise, if we practice difficult mental tasks, does our endurance at those tasks improve over time?