Question of the Week

Why don't you get thrown backwards when you switch on your torch? Kerstin Göpfrich made he

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

Is soap really all it's cracked up to be?

Could testing of nuclear weapons lead to earthquakes?

Could your pet be fooled by fake pills?

Clothes dried on a washing line can end up crunchy and stiff. Why does this happen?

Find out how you can unlearn something that you have already learned!

If we slice the earth in half and leave the inner and outer core intact, like cutting the avocado, what would it look...

The rumbly in our tumbly revealed!

This week, Loot got in touch to ask how the moon got its markings.

Lucka Bibic went in search of cavemen's names...

How do octopuses camouflage if they are colour blind?

How do active noise cancelling headphones work?

Solomon emailed in to ask how cooking food affects the process of digestion.

Jeff asked whether we could recognise and understand an encrypted message from space.

Is it true that there is no restriction for an elevator ascent but not for desent?

Do you get the hiccups after a super spicy curry? We try to find out why.

Is it possible for two planets to share the same orbit?

People can certainly smell whiffy and sometimes this is attractive, other times not...

Why do some lucky people seem never to get bitten? Is it just a myth?

The number of stars in space is huge, so why is it so chilly?

Listen back to your voice on an answerphone and you might be quite surprised by the sound.

Felicity Bedford spoke to geneticist Walter Bodmer to find out why faces are so variable

Listener James wanted to know what the dark circles under your eyes are for.