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Mythbusters: Are bats really blind?

by • 28th October 2020

Shreya Dube discusses whether being told "you're blind as a bat!" is really an insult at all... ...

The dangers of reheating rice

by • 8th May 2018

Should you or shouldn't you? Jack Coles has the answers....

Could you bite your finger in half like a carrot?

by • 8th March 2018

The most infuriating of the popular body myths: the idea that breaking off your finger requires the same force as breaking a carrot. It isn’t fascinating because it’s stupid;...

Elephant moon

Would all the Earth’s elephants stretch to the moon?

by • 12th February 2018

Callum Costello jets off around the world to measure up this old wives' tail....

Did we really land on the moon?

by • 11th December 2017

Conspiracy theorists believe NASA faked the Apollo landing, explains Chris Little....

Can Brown Eyed Parents Have a Child with Blue Eyes?

by • 27th November 2017

Science writer Ng Yi Min explains how genetics influence our eye colour....

It’s the Twenty First Century But Is the Earth Flat?

by • 23rd October 2017

Twitter is awash with conspiracy theories the Earth is flat - it can't be? Can it??...

Mythbusters: Do you really need your appendix?

by • 16th October 2017

Is it pointless? Is it evil? Or just misunderstood? Science writer Ng Yi Min unravels myth from truth......

GameMyth: Fallout 4 – Synthtastic!

by • 8th May 2017

Is the player character in Fallout 4 a Synth? Jack Coles peers down the apocalyptic rabbit-hole...