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Each week we set out to solve one of the world's weirdest, wackiest, funniest and funkiest scientific puzzles. And along with the answer there's a brand new question to think about for next time...... more
FAQs about Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists:How many episodes does Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists have?The podcast currently has 669 episodes available.
July 12, 2009Egg VentilationWe find out how developing bird embryos get their oxygen whilst trapped inside an egg. Plus, we ask what makes breakfast cereals go, "snap, crackle and pop?" Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
July 05, 2009Night SneezingIn this Question of the Week, we ask if we sneeze in our sleep? What stops us from 'atchoo'ing while we're snoozing? Plus, we ask how oxygen gets into a developing egg. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
June 28, 2009Scrapping a BangerOn this Question of the Week, we askif it makes environmental sense to trade in an old car for a new one, asthere's so much embodied carbon in a car. Find out how efficient your new car would need to be to render the old one ungreen! Plus, we ask why we never sneeze in our sleep... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
June 21, 2009Dirty LaundryWe clean up the science of washing powders, how they work and why stains rather than dyes are removed by them. Plus, we ask whether it is better for the environment to continue driving an old car or have a new one made. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
June 14, 2009Raining Into SpaceWe ask if the Earth rains outwards and loses water to space! Plus, how does laundry detergent target stains but avoid dyes? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
June 07, 2009Safest Sites for Asteroid ImpactWhere would be the best place for an asteroid to strike the Earth? Would deep ocean, land or polar ice cap be the least destructive? We weigh up the options on this Question of the Week. Plus, we ask if the Earth leaks water into space. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
May 31, 2009Sunflowers Doing the TwistWe find out how sunflowers follow the sun as it moves from east to west and whether the bloomshave the same attraction to the moon. Plus, we ask where the best place would be for an asteroid to land. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more4minPlay
May 24, 2009Will the Dumb Out-Breed the Clever?This week, we ask if the human race is evolving to be less intelligent, as those with more education tend to delay breeding and have fewer children. Plus, we ask how sunflowers follow the Sun, and whether they re-set overnight! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more5minPlay
May 17, 2009Waggle Dance EvolutionHow did the waggle dance - the complex dance that honeybees use to describe the whereabouts of good food - evolve in small steps? We find out in this Question of the Week. Plus, we ask where human evolution is taking us... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more6minPlay
May 10, 2009Jumbo AerobaticsThis week's question jet propels us into the blue skies thinkingon passenger jet manoeuvrability. Can a large airliner perform barrel rolls and loops? We also ask, how did bee dances come about? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists...more6minPlay
FAQs about Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists:How many episodes does Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists have?The podcast currently has 669 episodes available.