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The Monday morning blues were quickly banished by means of a show of school students and their excellent questions in the live chats.

alan1421 : @emma how come on earth there oxygen and in space theres none i mean why doesn’t the oxygen go from earth and fill in the space
emmatrantham : @alan1421 Brilliant question! I didn’t know the answer to this until recently. At least part of the reason is that the gravity of the earth attracts the oxygen to it (Niobium Zone)
hamsa : Why is there no mammal with green fur? Green is a good camouflage color, and nonmammals (for example, frogs, snakes, and birds) do come in green. Why not mammals? (Earth Zone)
mayerar01 : could the moon have moonquakes??
shaunarose : Since clouds contain tiny water droplets, why are rainbows not permanently present?
johnwelford : @shaunarose, there needs to be quite a lot of sunlight as well as rain clouds with enough water in them, that’s why you only see them in quite specific weather conditions (Zirconium Zone)

We noticed that there were also quite a few body-based questions today;

• What do you think humans will evolve to do in the future? (Laser Zone)
• would you encourage students to become scientists (Yttrium Zone)
• How do you make your metabolism work faster? (Molybdenum Zone)
• where do dreams and imagination come from? (Pathology Zone)
• what is the difference between our two eyes? (Organs Zone)

There’s definitely still time to book a live chat if you’d like one this week, and still plenty of time for students to ASK questions and VOTE, ready for the first evictions on tomorrow afternoon!