Another eviction and we lose 11 more scientists from the competition – hope you’re all voting!
Scientists evicted:
Brain Zone – Ben
Digital Zone – Marina
Drug Development Zone – Yalda
Food Science Zone – Rachel
Health Zone – Phil
Medical Physics Zone – Jim
Space Zone – Shawn
Technetium Zone – Debbie
Ruthenium Zone – Ed
Rhodium Zone – Nicola
Palladium Zone – Janet
The remaining scientists are still battling for the prize money, here’s what happened today:
Did you know…
- It’s near impossible to selectively breed a unicorn:
shanewarwickrocks : can you make a unicorn by ether selective breeding or ginetic engineering
laurasoul : You could try crossing horse and a narwhaal! (it wouldn’t work). Unless a horse had a mutation where one of its teeth started going the other way, or they started fighting by headbutting each other then no unicorns sorry!
- Maths could help you to succeed at playing Angry Birds:
Do you calculate angles while playing Angry Birds? Image by Juho Paavisto for Wikimedia
colinmorgansbabe : What level are you on angry birds? Do you find you can apply any scientific knowledge to help you excel at this game?
amytyndall : I love angry birds! Maths is more important to win at that, as you use trigonometry (angles) to judge where to throw your bird to do most damage…
- The colour of the ocean is measured using a radiometer:
illiamarnold : how can you tell the diffrence in the colour of the sea
hayleyeversking : great question! We use instruments called radiometers – they measure light, at different wavelengths (which are basically equivalent to colours) – if you combine those different measurements you can actually make a picture that looks just like a photograph!
3500+ questions and counting
Another little taster for you…
- If you give a cow chocolate will its milk be chocolate?
- Why can’t we have see through skin so that we know what is wrong with the body?
- Could you capture a comet?
- Is it true that when you die your brain still keeps on thinking for 7 minutes?
- Could you make a pig fly?
As always, more in each zone.