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12 February 2006

I know it sounds a bit crude, but I was wondering why farts seem to smell a bit worse and linger longer when we're...

12 February 2006

What is the fifth taste you can sense on your tongue?

12 February 2006

Why do we get cravings for certain foods, especially when it's for combinations of foods that we normally don...

05 February 2006

I understand x-rays and how they work, but a couple of years ago, my son had a very serious eye injury. Over a period,...

05 February 2006

My family moved to Chicago from London three years ago and since then, I've lost my accent, yet Mum and Dad still...

05 February 2006

我的血型是o型阴性,我的父母A, and my brother is Group A. I was wondering how I came to be this...

15 January 2006

I'm curious about why some people get bitten more than others. In summer I can have some quite good bites on me....

15 January 2006

For the last week there have been flies at work and they're more annoying than ever. By this I mean that they...

15 January 2006

It's always intrigued me that someone can have an accident, crash into a fence that pierces their body, and...

15 January 2006

Why does the addition of bicarbonate of soda to the cooking of cabbage make it much softer and the colour stay much...

08 January 2006

Does laughing gas really make you laugh?

08 January 2006

My question is about blood. In my medical terminology class, we were told that you can distinguish an old internal...

08 January 2006

If someone works out a lot and is in great physical shape but eats foods which are very high in fat or cholesterol, in...

08 January 2006

I've always been thin and can eat and drink what I like. Why is this? Linda in Norwich - Why is it that people...

18 December 2005

Why can't you tickle yourself?

18 December 2005

What is COPD?

18 December 2005

当你打喷嚏的时候,你为什么有时horrible smell?

11 December 2005

Why would our eyes have developed to take in more information than our brains can process? Secondly, if we only use...

11 December 2005

How and why does your skin get thin when you get older? Does it really get thin or is there something else going on?

11 December 2005

If your voice goes croaky, does anything happen to your voice box to make it go all croaky?

04 December 2005

I've heard that there's a single origin for the emergence of Homo sapiens. Is there any scientific background...

27 November 2005

From a scientific rather than a religious point of view, why should there be a universe? Why isn't there just...

27 November 2005

Why is it that we like drinks with gas, like beer or coke? If we drink these beverages without it, they taste bad, but...

20 November 2005

I have a stepson who has fragile X syndrome. He was diagnosed at the age of eight and is 28 now. I'm interested in...