How do the graphs showing temperature fluctuations (say, over 100 years) on the other planets and moons within the solar system compare with those for the earth over the same period? Do we know in which direction the sun’s temperature is fluctuating? Bryan Roberts from Northamptonshire (Age: 55+)
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The Earth’s gravity holds the moon in place. The Sun’s gravity holds the Earth in place. So what holds the Sun in place? Sasha Skovron from Essex (Age: 5-14)
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Do jelly fish have organs and how do they give birth? Donnell Ingram from Swansea (Age: 5-14)
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Do jelly fish have a brain? Sam Bonurelli from Swansea (Age: 5-14)
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How many volts of electricity would it take to kill someone? Kieran Jones from Swansea (Age: 5-14)
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Do infants recognise their mother’s voice? Magdalena Chan from Swansea (Age: 5-14)
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Why is water better than juice? Zoulikha Belblidia from Swansea (Age: 5-14) Why is the normal drink water? Jemma from Kent (Age 5-14)
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Could you please give a simple Explanation for how a Gyroscope works? The explanation needs to be simple enough for a child to understand. For our Science Week event we are having a show and tell for children of all ages and I have to do something about gyroscopes, because I have a really neat [...]
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As science seems to be showing that time is running out, doesn’t that point to where the efforts and limited resources of science and engineering need to be concentrated (towards beating swords into ploughshares in these last days) – and will science and engineering prove to have the necessary ethics to safeguard the human race? [...]
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Why do people have different voices when the sound box generates in the exact same way? And why do men have lower voices than women? Elizabeth Cartwright from Tyne and Wear (Age: 5-14)
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