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Exploring intriguing questions about life and the universe, this book delves into topics like yawning, the behavior of the sun, and the science behind everyday phenomena. It offers insightful answers to quirky queries such as the reason for cheese's odor and the seasonal height change of the Eiffel Tower. With a mix of humor and knowledge, readers can enhance their IQ and impress friends at trivia nights. This enlightening read is a delightful gift for curious minds eager to uncover the mysteries of existence.

A joy for science lovers, Know It All is your ticket to a grand meeting of curious minds! New Scientist magazine’s beloved “Last Word” column is a rare forum for “un-Google-able” queries: Readers write in, and readers respond! Know It All collects 132 of the column’s very best Q&As. The often-wacky questions cover physics, chemistry, zoology and beyond: When will Mount Everest cease to be the tallest mountain on the planet?If a thermometer was in space, what would it read?Why do some oranges have seeds, and some not?Many people suffer some kind of back pain. Is it because humans haven’t yet perfected the art of walking upright? And the unpredictable answers showcase the brainpower of New Scientist’s readers, like the anatomist who chimes in about back pain (“Evolution is not in the business of perfecting anything.”) and the vet who responds, “Quadrupeds can get backache too!”

Warum haben Tölpel blaue Füße? Warum haben Tiger Streifen und keine Punkte? Wie kommt der Berg zu einem Hut aus Wolken? Neue, spannende, pfiffige Fragen aus der beliebten Kolumne des New Scientist Magazine - erstmals farbig illustriert! Die zahlreichen Fotos zeigen die Schönheit, die Komplexität und die Mysterien der Welt um uns herum: Von blaufüßigen Vögeln, Hologrammen im Eis über bizarre Wolkenformationen bis hin zu merkwürdig deformierten Lebensmitteln. Die Wunder der Natur werden unterhaltsam und wissenschaftlich fundiert enträtselt.

The latest title in the bestselling 'Last Word' series from New Scientist magazine.

Warum können Elephanten nicht hüpfen? Weil sie zu groß und zu schwer sind? Oder liegt der Grund in der anatomischen Beschaffenheit ihrer Kniee? Oder warten sie mit ihrer Hüpferei immer nur solange bis keiner mehr guckt? Lesen Sie diese brillante neue Zusammenstellung ebenso faszinierender wie amüsanter Populärwissenschaft und finden Sie es selbst heraus!

Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet? Will We Ever Speak Dolphin?, the eagerly-awaited new 'Last Word' collection, has the answers to these questions and many more. Seven years on from Does Anything Eat Wasps?, the New Scientist series still rides high in the bestseller lists, with well over two million copies sold. Popular science has never been more stimulating or more enjoyable. Like Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?, Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?, and Why Can't Elephants Jump?, this collection of wry and well-informed answers to a remarkable range of baffling questions is guaranteed to delight.

Why don't Penguins' feet freeze? Do Polar Bears get lonely? and Why can't elephants jump? (2010), this collection gives well-informed answers to a range of baffling science questions.

Haben Spinnen Durst? Wie lang braucht eine Kuh, um den Grand Canyon mit Milch zu füllen? Wie kommen die Streifen in die Zahnpasta? Warum sind manche Menschen Links- und andere Rechtshänder? Eine neue Sammlung ungewöhnlicher Fragen und verblüffender Antworten der Leser vom New Scientist Magazine, die uns ungeahnte Einsichten in unseren Alltag und in die Wissenschaft bietet. Denn die scheinbar simplen Fragen haben oft die überraschendsten Antworten, während die scheinbar verzwicktesten durch ihre einfachen Erklärungen erstaunen. Eine bezaubernde Mischung aus brillanter Wissenschaft und britischem Humor.

Well, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one's looking? Read this brilliant new compilation to find out. This is popular science at its most absorbing and enjoyable. That is why the previous titles in the New Scientist series have been international bestsellers and sold over two million copies between them. Like Does Anything Eat Wasps? (2005), Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (2006) and Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (2008), this is another wonderful collection of wise, witty and often surprising answers to a staggering range of science questions, from 'why is frozen milk yellow?' to 'what's the storage capacity of the human brain in gigabytes?'.

Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised, or turn out to be dead ends. Yet researchers have given hallucinogenic drugs to blind people (seriously), tried to weigh the soul as it departs the body and planned to blast a new Panama Canal with atomic weapons.Real scientific breakthroughs sometimes come out of the most surprising and unpromising work. How to Make a Tornado is about the margins of science - not the research down tried-and-tested routes, but some of its zanier and more brilliant by-ways. Investigating everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine, this book is a reminder that science is intensely creative and often very amusing - and when their minds run free, scientists can fire the imagination like nobody else.