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Engineering | Physics

Can anti-noise silence a highway?

27 June 2017

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

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How do we know meteorites are from Mars?

13 December 2016

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Why does a broken magnet form two new ones?

29 November 2016

We find out how broken magnets still 'know' they're magnets...

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Why do cold weather fronts move faster than warm fronts?

15 November 2016

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Why does it go dark when we turn the lights off?

15 November 2016

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Physics | Technology
 

Is wireless charging more or less efficient than wired?

15 November 2016

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Could a microwave be used to heat a home?

15 November 2016

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Biology | Medicine | Physics | Space
 

Does gravity affect how the body ages?

15 November 2016

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Is the world polluted beyond redemption?

15 November 2016

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What would be the gravitational consequences of Noah's flood?

15 November 2016

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Chemistry | Physics | Space
 

Can light exert a force to move an object?

24 October 2016

Why don't you get thrown backwards when you switch on your torch? Kerstin Göpfrich found out from Dr Anna Lombardi.

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Biology | Physics | Space
 

What would happen if I moved to Jupiter?

18 October 2016

Could a jaunt to Jupiter be the physics-version of anti-wrinkle cream?

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If you pop a balloon in space, would the vaccuum cause the gas to expand at an ever increasing rate?

04 October 2016

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Can you tell the difference between hot water and cold water by listening?

04 October 2016

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Physics | Space
 

If aliens could see us what would they see?

04 October 2016

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Is black a colour?

04 October 2016

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Physics | Space
 

Is the universe expanding evenly in all directions?

04 October 2016

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Physics | Space
 

How does heat travel through space?

06 September 2016

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Can we see remnants of the moon landing with telescopes and prove it happened?

06 September 2016

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Earth Science | Physics | Space
 

Does the earth have an excess or deficit of electrons?

06 September 2016

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Physics | Technology
 

How does a microwave burn food?

06 September 2016

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How do objects orbit in space?

06 September 2016

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Medicine | Physics
 

How efficiently do we use calories?

09 August 2016

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Archaeology | Physics
 

How easy is it to pursue a science career later in life?

09 August 2016

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Why does Venus have an atmosphere?

09 August 2016

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