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Why do I feel hungry?
A buffet of food & flavour questions from listeners reaching from stomachs to outer space
What happened to my sense of smell?
What happens when our sense of smell is disrupted or disappears all together?
Does my equator look big in this?
Is the Earth getting heavier or lighter?
Why do I have such a sweet tooth?
How our genes help determine how much sugar we should eat
What is the point of menstruation?
Why did humans evolve to have periods and do we have to have them each month?
Is my neighbour’s noise harming my health?
Noise can be a source of annoyance – but could it even be damaging to our health?
How old are the elements?
Can you pick a random atom on earth & tell how old it is, or what its cosmic history is?
Could we turn poisonous plants into edible crops?
Detoxifying plants may reveal untapped food ready for the picking
Why is learning stuff harder as you get older?
Why as children we effortlessly absorb new skills but as adults we don’t
Why are seeds such different sizes?
Why are seeds the size they are? Does their size affect how big the plant grows?