Alexandra Franklin-Cheung

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What causes gusts of wind? © Getty Images

What causes gusts of wind?

Is there any truth behind the saying ‘red sky at night, shepherd’s delight’? © Dan Bright

Is there any truth behind the saying ‘red sky at night, shepherd’s delight’?

How can my cat know that a thunderstorm is on its way an hour before I do? © Getty

How can my cat know that a thunderstorm is on its way an hour before I do?

Can the weather affect the behaviour of a cricket ball? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Can weather affect the behaviour of a cricket ball?

Why do low-pressure systems turn anticlockwise? © Getty

Why do low-pressure systems turn anticlockwise?

How do trees grow straight up, even on a slope? © Getty

How do trees grow straight up, even on a slope?

Why does rain smell so good? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Why does rain smell so good?

How far back in time would we be able to go and still breathe our planet's air? © Getty Images

How far back in time would we be able to go and still breathe our planet’s air?

When trees grow, where does the matter come from? © Getty Images

When trees grow, where does the matter come from?

Could climate change turn Earth into Venus? © Getty Images

Could climate change turn Earth into Venus?

What is the CO2 per mile for electric cars charged from the mains? © Getty Images

Everyday science

What is the CO2 per mile for electric cars charged from the mains?

Can plastic bottles be reused in the way glass bottles were in the past? © Getty Images

Everyday science

Can plastic bottles be reused in the way glass bottles were in the past?

How much of a cereal box gets reused when it is recycled? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How much of a cereal box gets reused when it is recycled?

Will Europe get more hurricanes in the future? © Getty Images

Will Europe get more hurricanes in the future?

Can we filter greenhouse gases from the atmosphere? © Getty Images

Can we filter greenhouse gases from the atmosphere?