Are farts infectious?
This week, James Croll and Mulitun Milankovic's contributions to planetary climate cycles; what it takes to knock a planet off-axis; where do clouds f...
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Why are only some batteries rechargeable?
This week, where Vitamin D comes from, if lab-grown protein is vegan-friendly, how mammals evolved to dive deep underwater, how genes can be used to t...
What makes a virus like Covid-19 mutate?
What makes a virus mutate? Why does bladder control become so much harder to achieve the closer I get to a toilet? How does sneezing work? How are vac...
Can science bring back extinct species?
This week it's time to join another local school to answer their burning science questions including can we bring back extinct species from the dead; ...
How does a water softener work?
What causes r-rolling difficulties otherwise known as rhotacism? Also, why do we have to stay still in an MRI scanner, why is calcium a metal, what ma...
Why does heat wipe out a magnet?
This week we ask whether we're about to start spoiling other planets with our space forays, if there is antimatter in the human body, what causes clus...
Can two light rays collide?
Is there such a thing as a true circle? Can two light rays collide with one another? What makes the sky look blue? Have aliens ever visited Earth? Wil...
In computing, how does the cloud work?
Why do I shiver when I wee? How does carbon dating work? What can I not tickle myself - is that similar to why I mind my own farts less than someone e...
Allergic to just one part of an animal?
Can you be allergic to one part of an animal but not another? What's the point of dreaming? What happened before the Big Bang? What's in wine that cau...
Does digital data weigh anything?
How do African animals withstand extreme cold in the Kalahari? Does the data we're all generating and storing weigh anything? How does relativity rela...