Top two (or three!) scientists announced in each zone
On the penultimate day of the competition, we’re down to just 2 scientists in each zone. The votes were tied in both the Quantum Zone and the Reproduction Zone, with 3 scientists in each of these zones remaining in the running for the prize money – every student vote really does count!
Today’s highlights:
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Prairie dogs have a pretty complex language all of their own… Image by Neskaya for Wikimedia
In the Reproduction Zone, we learnt how to treat wasp stings and not to eat zebra fish…
tararuby00 : Why do wasp and bee stings really hurt?
chriswhittle : They are based on acids and alkalis, bee stings are acidic I think, wasps alkaline. Best thing to do with a wasp sting is rub on vinegar!
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peterprules : can you eat zebra fish or are they poisonous
albertolapedriza : they are not poisonous, but I dont think they are very tasty either
- In the Animal Behaviour Zone the evolution of eyes was explained:
Why do shrimps not have pupils?
- An interesting question about memory in the Extreme Speed Zone:
What are memories made of in our brains?
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Apparently it would take 68 billion balloons to lift the Empire State Building. Image by Bigroger27509 for Wikimedia
And there have been some great discussions in the Quantum Zone…
mdibley : will we ever be able to communicate fully with animals, via translation?
davidfreeborn : Only a few animals, like prairie dogs, have a language like ours. Yes, we could translate that. They have verbs, nouns and adjectives just like our language.
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jonathanlehunte : How many balloons would you need to make a house fly?
davidfreeborn : calculations on number of balloons to lift buildings. To lift the empire state building, we’d only need 68,705,882,353 balloons
- …plus some good questions outside of the chats too: