Question of the Week

Why do I fart after cottage pie? And what exactly is a fart? Do certain foods and cooking techniques affect fart...

Could you pass the flu onto your pooch? Could your dog then sneeze over your Great Aunt Mildred? We find out!

Who's your Bronze Age Ancestor?

We examine whether Earth can sustainably support this many humans.

Does the cycle of the moon affect your sleep patterns? We find out!

What are the relative risks of e-cigarettes, nicotine patches and snuff?

Why, and how, is pregnancy associated with high sensitivity to smell?

Would it kill you to have a penny dropped on your head from the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in...

We find out what happens in our brains as we dream, why we have them, and what nightmares are all about.

We find out why ice cubes can make fizzy drinks bubble over, by asking a French champagne specialist!

Could other planets make a substance like diamond?

We find out if dark matter can clump together to form dark planets, dark suns, or dark moons.

5 yr old Georgia asks how did the cells in her mum's tummy know to make her brain cells? A Nobel Laureate provides...

We brush away at this question: is it better for your teeth to suck on, or chew, your sweets?

Are babies the ultimate yoginis? How do they do their headstands in the womb? We find out!

Can we get power from poo?

Naked Physicist Dave Ansell tries to recreate Space in his garden, in order to get to grips with a listeners question...

How does training affect conscious control? What happens to automatic movements as we age?

We find out what's going on if exercise is making you sick. Plus we ponder the existance of free will.

What is the physiology behind emotional breakdown? Everybody has had the feeling in traumatic situations. But why does...

We find out if a mountain on Earth could ever reach 20 km high. Plus we ask, what is going on during an emotional...

We find out if street lights are affecting plants and birds. Plus we ask how high can a mountain be here on Earth?

We find out what happens if you take a plant into space, and we ask how does new lighting affect nature?

We find out what is wind and why do we have it? Plus we ask, why and how do plants always grow upwards?