What time is it at the North Pole? Should you pickle your conkers? Why does my aubergine look like Elvis? This title compiles readers' answers to the questions in the "Last Word" column of "New Scientist", one of the world's best-selling science weeklies.
Following the phenomenal success of DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS?, this new collection includes recent answers to scientific riddles. Yet again, many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers. And some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation.