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  • BBC Science Focus Magazine

    Q&A

    Aug 11, 2021 5 minutes
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    YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

    … ARE GIRAFFES MORE AT RISK FROM LIGHTNING?… WHEN DID DINOSAURS BECOME BIRDS?

    … WHY DON’T MICROPLASTICS KEEP BREAKING DOWN?

    … IS TOO MUCH TESTOSTERONE MAKING ME A GRUMPY OLD MAN?

    … BUT SERIOUSLY, WHAT COLOUR IS THE SUN?

    … IS MY NEIGHBOUR’S NOISE HARMING MY HEALTH?

    … ARE THERE ANY DANGEROUS SPIDERS IN THE UK?

    … DOES MY HEART STOP BEATING WHEN I SNEEZE?… HOW CAN I SEE JUPITER AT OPPOSITION?

    … HOW ARE LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS MADE?

    … I S PROCRASTINATION GENETIC?

    … WHY HASN’T TIDAL POWER TAKEN OFF YET?

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

    OUR EXPERTS

    DR CLAIRE ASHER

    Science journalist

    NISHA BEERJERAZ

    Science and astronomy writer

    DR STEVE BRUSATTE

    Veteran palaeontologist

    ALEX FRANKLIN-CHEUNG

    Environment and climate expert

    DR EMMA DAVIES

    Food science and chemistry writer

    DR ALASTAIR GUNN

    Astrophysics lecturer

    DR ADAM HART

    Zoologist and

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