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2X5MEN6 Sisters (2-3, 6-7) eating ice cream

When we eat ice cream, does it cool us down or warm us up?

Despite being energy rich, eating an ice cream won't heat you up on a hot day, according to readers

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Exposures of clocks, watches, Time-Pieces of various kinds and periods. Photograph ?? Santosh Verma

Why are there 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour? Part 2

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Why do plastic items stay wet for longer in the dishwasher?

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3BCKRT6 Open artificial model human body with lungs and heart

Why is the heart not in the centre of our body?

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A small silver car driving round the sharp bends of a country road in the Peak District, England. Low sunlight casting shadows on the s shaped curves.

Should I accelerate when driving over hills or keep to a steady speed?

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Given Earth rotates, can I travel by waiting in midair? Part 2

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circa 1950: A chubby man sees himself a few stone lighter in a distorting mirror made at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. (Photo by Douglas/Three Lions/Getty Images)

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Exposures of clocks, watches, Time-Pieces of various kinds and periods. Photograph ?? Santosh Verma

Why are there 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour?

Our readers delve back millennia to answer this one, looking at the ancient Sumerians, the Babylonians and the Egyptians to explain the origins of seconds and minutes

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Why do so many birds like standing on one leg?

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Given Earth rotates, can I travel by going straight up and waiting?

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Does a full moon reflect enough sunlight to drive photosynthesis?

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