Question everything: 132 science questions - and their surprising answers

All science begins with questions...- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn't your own snoring wake you up? - And why is the Large Hadron Collider so ... er ... large?

And as these intriguing, imaginative and occasionally bonkers questions and answers drawn from New Scientist magazine's archives show: question everything and you might find your way to amazing, unexpected insights into our minds, bodies and the universe, and the science behind the scenes that keeps them ticking.

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Subject(s)Science
Author(s)Mick O'Hare
Age11-14
Published2014
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Shelf reference502 OHA
ISN/ISBN9781781251645
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8u5y

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