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Each week we set out to solve one of the world's weirdest, wackiest, funniest and funkiest scientific puzzles. And along with the answer there's a brand new question to think about for next...
John writes in wondering whether the 10,000 steps rule applies eqully to everyone, given the range of body types and fitness among the popul...
This time on Question of the Week, James Tytko is being given a mental work-out thanks to this listener question on muscle fatigue. We learn...
Listener Krzysztof has written in to ask how skin is protected from potentially harmful UV radiation by sun cream products. To help him with...
Ian from Stockport has had a thought. If heat pumps transfer thermal energy from outside into our homes, will they counteract the relative h...
Bhavesh wants to know how guided missiles find their target. James Tytko took on his question with help from Dr David Galvao Wall, Head of t...
In response to our programme celebrating 10 years since the first detection of gravitational waves, listeners got in touch with fascinating...
Trent wants to know why trees of the same species, in the same geography, seem to change the colour of their leaves at different rates. He's...
Sva writes in, asking whether stories of snakes being tamed by human milk have any grounding in science. James Tytko took on the question wi...
In some parts of the world, some groups will fire guns directly into the air in celebration. Mike wants to know what happens to these bullet...
Maddie wants to know what a daring adventurer might find if they journeyed to the centre of one of our Solar System's gas giants: Juptier an...
Iain wants to know whether recent experiments have gotten us any closer to deciding which interpretation of quantum mechanics is most likely...
Girts sends a question about which animals can mate to produce viable offspring. How is it that different breeds of dogs can come together t...
Jon wants to know, how do the cells in the human body, in all their variety, differ at the genetic level? James Tytko took his query on... L...
Geoff has written in asking whether AI will offset its vast energy appetite by facilitating environmentally conscious initiatives. James Tyt...
Laurie writes in, wanting to know whether the nuclear reactions which power Mars rovers means small nuclear reactors could power our towns a...
Leonard is asking how one acquires Lyme disease, and how doctors diagnose it. James Tytko asked Jack Lambert, Professor and Consultant in In...
Simon wants to know, since we saw a dip in greenhouse gas emissions during the pandemic, why haven't we seen climate change slow down? Is gr...
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When Tony is cycling around, he notices that the clouds above him are not always moving in the same direction as he feels the wind blowing h...
Donald wants to know, 'how big is a photon?' Marushka Soobben took on his query with help from Ben Allanach, professor of theoretical physic...
David wants to know, 'How much do the senses take up in brain capacity and what sense occupies the largest part of the brain (I would guess...
This time on Question of the Week, Mark wants to know what effect lower levels of oxygen in aeroplanes might have on how we feel after a fli...
Darren wants to know, 'Why can we see the light from the first galaxies. Why hasn't that light already passed us if it is from so long ago w...
Joao wants to know what happens when stem cells of our own, which have been cultivated outside the body, are reintroduced to the bloodstream...
Will wants to know what the implications would be for our world if the landmass was rotated 90 degrees, so current day Mexico was nearer the...
Brian wants to know, if 2 AI's were to have a conversation with one another, what would they talk about? James Tytko put this query to the t...
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Kiran wants to know how animals like dogs are able to follow commands from humans. James Tytko asked Nicky Clayton, Professor of Comparative...
Alan writes in, acknowledging that many animals use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation purposes. Given the shifts in poles and field...
In 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman detected a narrowband radio signal, far stronger than any that have been recorded before or since, using Ohi...
Thanks to John Travers for the answer!Listener Francisco asked: I have been told that jumping on a trampoline is healthy for humans. It is c...
Silke is writing all the way from French Polynesia, asking what's best to do with all the plastic rubbish she picks up from the beach, and w...
Listener to the show, Elaine, wants to know whether her mother, who was a thalidomide baby, might have passed on effect of the drug to her c...
Garth wants to know, given the skin can block water from passing through it, how do certain skin creams allege to permeate into our body? Ja...
Garth writes in wanting to know why the prevalence of lactose intolerance is nearly 100% in countries like South Korea, but down in the low...
Dan wants to know what the likelihood is of him being here if neither him, his parents, nor his grandparents had had any vaccinations. James...
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Bill sends his question in all the way from Australia. A regular listener, he enjoys our programme through bone conduction headphones. But w...
Kevin wants to know, assuming many of us will be driving electric cars in the future, what will happen to the vast quantities of petrol curr...
George writes in to ask whether his gum-chewing habits are related to his tinnitus, or whether it's just a coincidence that it comes back wh...
In our Question of the Week, Andrew wants to know why many people may experience dreams differently when holidaying in the mountains. To fin...
Damian wants to know, if at one stage all of the continents were joined together, what was on the other side? Was it all just water? James T...
Dave writes in wanting to know whether there is any way to get nuclear energy onto the grid without heating up water to turn a steam turbine...
David wants to know, after looking at distant galaxies in the night sky, how long it took to create them. James Tytko took on the question w...
Parasites have to come up with all sorts of tricks to evade the immune system of their hosts. But Kate wants to know, how do they know they'...
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Rick wants to know why the Canada geese he's been observing, who are preparing to migrate for the winter, are honking so incessantly while f...
Van writes in with, 'A friend is encouraging me to take a cancer screening test that screens for many different cancers. A review of one tes...
If dinosaurs hadn't been wiped out by a mass extinction event, would there have been room for humans to grow into the successful species we...
Pamela wants to know whether the distribution of chemical isotopes is the same on other planets as it is on Earth. Take carbon, for example,...