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Could you surf down an erupting volcano?

Why do zebras have stripes?

Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?

Are there any green mammals?

Why do pineapples have spikes?

Why do songs get stuck in your head?

What happens when black holes collide?

Can you extract your DNA?

New Scientist has been a treasure trove of fascinating and surprising questions and answers for over a decade. From how to measure the speed of light using chocolate, to why dogs howl at sirens, Eureka! brings together 365 mindblowing questions, fascinating facts and exciting experiments.

If you’ve ever wondered how to escape quicksand, what would happen if the moon vanished, and why cats (nearly) always land on their feet, you’ve come to the right place.

]]> How Evolution Explains Everything About Life https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/how-evolution-explains-everything-about-life/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=20954 How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants.

We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the rich diversity of into plants, animals and microbes that surround us. In the process, evolution has created all manner of useful adaptions, from biological computers (brains) to a system to capture energy from the sun (photosynthesis).

But how does evolution actually work? In Evolution, leading biologists and New Scientist take you on a journey of a lifetime, exploring the question of whether life is inevitable or a one-off fluke, and how it got kick-started. Does evolution have a purpose or direction? Are selfish genes really the driving force of evolution? And is evolution itself evolving?

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]]> Eureka! https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/eureka-3/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/eureka-3/ Introduced by Jim Al-Khalili

Could you surf down an erupting volcano?

Why do zebras have stripes?

Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?

Are there any green mammals?

Why do pineapples have spikes?

Why do songs get stuck in your head?

What happens when black holes collide?

Can you extract your DNA?

New Scientist has been a treasure trove of fascinating and surprising questions and answers for over a decade. From how to measure the speed of light using chocolate, to why dogs howl at sirens, Eureka! brings together 365 mindblowing questions, fascinating facts and exciting experiments.

If you’ve ever wondered how to escape quicksand, what would happen if the moon vanished, and why cats (nearly) always land on their feet, you’ve come to the right place.

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