Product Description: Amazing and intriguing questions and answers from the team behind the international phenomenon Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? The popular-science magazine behind the runaway international bestsellers Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps? takes on another irresistible batch of the strange, silly, and mind-boggling questions that plague curious minds the world over: - Can pigeons sweat, can fish get thirsty, and can insects get fat?- Could a person commit the perfect murder by killing someone the day after receiving a full blood transfusion?- Is there a way to beat the odds of the lottery by using math?- How much mucus does a nose produce during the average cold?- If forced to eat parts of yourself to survive, which non-vital organs would be the most nutritious?Culled from New Scientist's popular "The Last Word" column and edited by Mick O'Hare, the author of How to Fossilize Your Hamster, Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? is guaranteed to amuse and amaze as much as it informs...read more

The bestselling collection of scientific trivia, now on audio for the very first time

A lighthearted compendium of scientific factoids by the creators of the popular New Scientist magazine considers such topics as why boomerangs return and what time it is at the North Pole. By the authors of Does Anything Eat Wasps? Original. 40,000 first printing.

Presents excerpts from the 'Last Word' column of the British magazine New Scientist, providing answers to a series of unique questions about various aspects of science and biology.