Nikki Withers

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If you run east, are you running faster than if you run west? © Getty Images

Everyday science

If you run east, are you running faster than if you run west?

At what speed would you need to go to stop a speed camera photographing your plates? © Getty Images

Everyday science

At what speed would you need to go to stop a speed camera photographing your plates?

What is intelligence? © Getty Images

What is intelligence?

How are the seismometers that measure earthquakes calibrated? © Getty Images

How are the seismometers that measure earthquakes calibrated?

Future Technology

How do touch lamps work?

How can we be sure that medical body scans are safe? © iStock

How can we be sure that medical body scans are safe?

How much does human breathing contribute to climate change? © Getty Images

How much does human breathing contribute to climate change?

Is it bad for you to skip breakfast? © Getty Images

Is it bad for you to skip breakfast?

How much does a cloud weigh? © Getty Images

How much does a cloud weigh?

How can we stop robots rising up against the human race? © Getty Images

Future Technology

How can we stop robots rising up against the human race?

How accurate are the odds quoted by bookmakers? © Getty Images

Everyday science

How accurate are the odds quoted by bookmakers?

Why have hammerhead sharks evolved their distinctive heads? © iStock

Why have hammerhead sharks evolved their distinctive heads?

When you hold a shell to your ear, what makes the sea sound? © Getty Images

When you hold a shell to your ear, what makes the sea sound?

Is there any evidence for faster-than-light particles? © iStock

Everyday science

Is there any evidence for faster-than-light particles?

Why don't eyebrows go grey at the same time as head hair? © Getty Images

Why don’t eyebrows go grey at the same time as head hair?