Luis Villazon
Q&A expert
Luis trained as a zoologist, but now works as a science and technology educator. In his spare time he builds 3D-printed robots, in the hope that he will be spared when the revolution inevitably comes.
Recent articles by Luis Villazon
Why are there 12 notes in an octave?
This one's for the music lovers out there.
If my brain was in my stomach, would I 'think from my stomach'?
Is what we think with the same as where we think from?
If you farted hard enough in space, could you move yourself around?
You can eat as many beans as you like in space, apparently.
Here’s why living in space would be a dictator’s dream come true
From physical to societal challenges, living in space would be no easy feat.
Here’s what happened when an astronaut took a yo-yo into space
The ups and downs of a yo-yo is based on physics but will it work without gravity?
Wearing headphones might be helping bacteria grow in your ears
Sealing off the entrance to your ears can increase the population of bugs.
No, you absolutely cannot drop candy into the Large Hadron Collider. Here's why
The Large Hadron Collider accelerates protons to near the speed of light so throwing an M&M down there could be catastrophic.
This is how many humans a T. Rex would need to eat each day to stay alive
As an apex predator, the T. rex would have needed a hefty supply of flesh to meet its dietary requirements.
Rome wasn't built in a day... and here's why
Building a city is complicated and, even with a huge amount of manpower, building materials need time to cure and set once used.
Why do old batteries leak?
The chemicals inside batteries which produce electricity also produce hydrogen which can cause the seal to break.
How radioactive is my house? (Do I need to worry?)
Homeware, foods and even where you live can expose you to different amounts of radiation.
Is it possible to inhale an insect into your lungs?
Could a creepy crawly end up in your lungs?
Who will rule the world once we’re extinct?
Which animals could take over if a virus wipes out humanity?
Are there really dinosaurs in fossil fuel?
Is your car really powered by dinosaurs?
What is gunge made from?
Who remembers gunge tanks?
Which would win in a race, a centipede or a millipede?
Bug wars: Who will reign supreme in the ultimate race?
Where were my body's atoms a million years ago?
Travel back in time and discover the surprising origin story of the atoms that make up your body - a million years in the making.
What is the Magnus effect?
When David Beckham curled a free kick into the goal against Greece to take England into the quarter-finals in the 2001 World Cup, he was exploiting the Magnus effect.
How does carbon dating work?
It's used to determine the age of organic materials (e.g. wood, charcoal, and bone) by measuring the amount of the radioactive isotope, carbon-14, remaining in the sample.
Is swallowing your own phlegm harmful?
Are you sure you have the guts to find out?
Do animals have accents?
Here's how some creatures adapt their voices.
Stacked on top of each other, how tall would all the world’s germs and bacteria be?
The answer will blow your mind.
How different would Earth be, if it wasn’t hot on the inside?
Earth has been slowly cooling since it formed 4.5 billion years ago - but what if it had never had a hot, molten core?
Are you living in a simulation? The strange reason you’ll never have the answer
Elon Musk has speculated that we might be living in a simulation. If we are, then what is real and outside of this simulation?