Are all self-portraits painted before the invention of photography, mirror images? Martin Grundy from Hampshire (Age 45-54)
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How do you breed tropical butterflies? What equipment do I need? Finn Duggan from London (Age 5-14)
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Some acid can burn through anything – so why won’t it burn through the glass jars it kept in? Harry from Buckinghamshire (age 5-14) If acid burns stuff how can it stay in glass bottles? Adam from Hertfordshire (age 5-14)
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When a parachute opens does the sky diver go up? Rob from Gloucestershire (age 5-14)
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Why is blood red? Chloe Smith Nadiya Basite from Swansea (aged 5-14) Preston Primary School Stockton on Tees (aged 5-14) Why is your blood red? Rosie from West Midlands (age 5-14) Why does our blood turn red when it touches oxygen? Autumn Marie Taylor from Kent (age 5-14) Sherylin McCarthy from Kent (age 5-14)
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If you stand out in the open on a grass-green meadow under a blue sky with your back to the sun, why does a white piece of paper, held in the shade of your body but still in the, supposed, blue-scattered-light; from the sky, still appear white? Is this because the eye colour-corrects to see [...]
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Why is there salt in sea water? Francesca Josephson Why is the sea salty? Bluebell class from Kent (Age 5-14) Hannah Tyler from Kent (age 5-14) Eagles Class from Kent (age 5-14)
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How do we see colour from different light frequencies? Francesca Josephson
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How do animals have instincts? Francesca Josephson
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What types of radiation are emitted from the waste from nuclear power stations? (eg alpha, beta, gamma, neutrons etc.) Why can this not be put to use to recycle? Or is the cost of re-use greater that that of diposal? Presumably the radiation is energy? Peter Creed
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