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What makes underwater animals glow?
... creatures use a type of bacteria. Some creatures use their own chemicals which are then put together. It's essentially ... column. This creature called the loosejaw fish creates its own red light. Nothing else can see it because no fish really ... there isn't any red light down there. If you make your own red light and you can see it yourself then you've got ...
Why do deep sea creatures glow?
... either use sound or the other alternative is you make your own lights. Lots of animals in the deep sea use something ... bioluminesce, where they're actually able to create their own light. They do that sometimes with the help of some ...
Life from Outer Space?
... are the backbone of the organic molecules that make up our own DNA. The chances of being able to find life elsewhere in ...
Why does some wood spit and crackle when you burn it?
... as the wood gets very hot. The expansion is like its own mini explosion. When you put wood on a fire, why does ...
Can plants solve the antibiotics crisis?
... really provide some important clues because even in our own work, we found that healers don't always treat an ...
Do animals photosynthesise?
... It can capture energy from the sun and use it in its own body. Dave: In a slightly less extreme way I think there ...
Why is gooseberry jam red when gooseberries are green?
... but not for gooseberries as they're sour enough on their own. In this case, I think it's rather the fact that during ...
Will we be able to eradicate malaria?
... it as leaky. Basically when it makes copies of its own genetic material, it's like when you make a photocopy of ...
How do things emit light by giving off photons?
... were already there, then why doesn't everything emit its own light instead of just reflecting light? How do things ...
Does internal gas affect your weight?
... volume of gas does a person has to have to affect their own weight. Does having gas make you weigh more or less? Does ...
Why does my beer sometimes explode?
... all sorts of possible explanations. I sometimes brew my own beer. When I open a bottle of beer that I’ve brewed, ...