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  • BBC Science Focus Magazine

    Q&A

    Oct 29, 2020 5 minutes

    YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

    … WHY DO PEOPLE GRUNT WITH EFFORT?

    … HOW DO WE CALCULATE DISTANCES TO GALAXIES?

    … WHEN DID HUMANS FIRST START WEARING CLOTHES?

    … COULD AN APE PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS?

    … WHY DO WE GET A RUNNY NOSE AFTER WE CRY?

    … WHAT CONNECTS VOLCANOES AND FRANKENSTEIN?

    … HOW DO THUNDERSTORMS FORM?

    … DO WET SHEEP SHRINK?

    … WOULD SPANISH FLU BE AS DEADLY TODAY?

    Email your questions to questions@sciencefocus.com or submit on Twitter at @sciencefocus

    OUR EXPERTS

    DR EMMA DAVIES Chemistry expert and science writer

    ALEXANDRA FRANKLIN-CHEUNG Environment and climate expert

    ABIGAIL BEALL Science and space writer

    MARCUS CHOWN Cosmology expert and science writer

    DR ALASTAIR GUNN Astronomer and astrophysicist

    DR JEREMY ROSSMAN Virology and disease expert

    BEN HOLDER Science writer, TV producer

    DR CHRISTIAN JARRETT Neuroscientist and psychologist

    DR NISH MANEK Medical expert and GP trainee

    DR HELEN PILCHER Biologist and science writer

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