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- Is water wet? Heres why scientists arent sure | BBC Science Focus
Depending on your definition of wetness, water could be described as wet but it can also cause wetness without being classed as wet itself
- What is the biggest number in the Universe?
While it can be difficult to conceptualise a million of anything, it becomes harder still when that number rises to a billion, a trillion, quadrillion, quintillion or sextillion But where is the final figure? Just what is the biggest number? The idea that there’s a cap to the biggest a number can possibly be is one that’s stumped generations of mathematicians and scientists Can there
- Gases: Structure, properties and facts
Gases: Structure, properties and facts Gas is a unique state of matter with some extraordinary features Patrick Pester Published: July 25, 2023 at 8:00 pm
- The neuroscience of beauty: What your brain finds beautiful – and how . . .
Much of what we find beautiful is highly subjective However, experts who have interviewed large numbers of people and analysed some of the world’s most revered works of music, art and architecture have identified common attributes among the things we find beautiful These universal qualities
- Why your chewing gum could be secretly destroying the planet
Globally, people chew roughly 100,000 tonnes of gum each year, but what happens once we’ve finished with it? Ancient civilisations chewed tree resins such as chicle, but by the 1950s this had been replaced by synthetic gums Alongside this gum base, modern chewing gum contains softeners such as
- Why are electric cars expensive? | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Between 2020 and 2023 there was also a shortage of semiconductors (essential in these high-tech cars) caused by the COVID pandemic Added to this was extreme weather in Taiwan and the China-USA trade war, which pushed up prices even further
- Clocks change 2023 UK: Heres when (and why) the time goes back this . . .
Clocks change 2023 UK: Here's when (and why) the time goes back this weekend We’ve all become accustomed to the strange practice of changing our clocks for daylight savings but why does it happen and what is its history?
- Breaking the sound barrier: Why sonic booms happen – and how new NASA . . .
Breaking the sound barrier: Why sonic booms happen – and how new NASA tech could quiet them A sonic boom is a deep, thunder-like noise that can be felt as a sudden jolt or vibration, as well as heard It's often described as sounding like a loud explosion or gunshot Save 40% when you subscribe to BBC Science Focus Magazine!
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