Question of the Week

Why does time seem to go quicker as we age? It seems that the longer we live, the shorter the days seem to be....

Where should you put your bags to best balance your bike? Will groceries on the handlebars waste your pedal power? We...

How do you get the best out of your batteries? Should you discharge them completely, or keep them permanently topped up...

Why do songs, even those you hate, sound better the more you hear them? We find out why familiarity can defeat contempt...

Why do we have different blood groups, such as A, B, O and rhesus positive or negative? Do animals have blood groups?...

Why do eyebrows, and other bodily hair, grow out of control as we get older?

Sharks seem to smell blood underwater from miles away in mere seconds - but how fast do smells really travel underwater...

Are Glow-in-the-Dark watches a radiation hazard? Should you store your best timepiece in a lead lined box? Find the...

Does our memory have a limited capacity? In this Question of the Week, we'll find out if learning something new...

Do we drink the same water that dinosaurs drank? Has your water passed through the countless bladders of the past? In...

How old is the oldest organism? In this Question of the Week we find out if any organism has found the secret of...

How does the Bornean Flat-Headed Frog breathe when it has no lungs? No, it's not a bad joke, it's our...

Why are dreams so hard to remember? In this Question of the Week, we find out why your night time imagination slips...

Why are copper compounds so colourful? In this week's Question of the Week we find out how one metal can have so...

If you burn your Pizza to a crisp, are you left with a low calorie (if not very tasty) meal? In this Question of the...

Being struck by lightning can be a heart-stopping experience - but could a second strike re-start your heart? In this...

Most fish live in either freshwater or saltwater, but some live in both. In this Question of the Week we find out how...

How do you make a didgeridoo do what it does do? For this week's QotW, we find out how the length and shape of the...

If we ever do find alien life around other stars, just how would E.T. phone home? We find out what technology we would...

How long was a big dino's lifespan? Did they live for hundreds of years, or a short but glorious reign?

Wearing earplugs may help to cut out external noises, but why does it make it impossible to eat crunchy crisps? In this...

What keeps the Olympic torch alight, in flight? To keep the Olympic spirit burning, it must need to travel on...

When will we run out of oil? In the 1970s, it was predicted that oil wells would run dry by the year 2000, but new...

Should you turn off the TV in a thunderstorm? In this electrifying Question of the Week we find out if an attached...