Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Food and drink; 2 Domestic science; 3 Our bodies; 4 Feeling OK?; 5 Plants and animals; 6 Our planet, our universe; 7 Troublesome transport; 8 Weird weather; 9 Best of the rest.;Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? is the third compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? (2005) and the even more spectacularly successful Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? (2006), this latest collection includes a bumper crop of wise and wonderful answers never before seen in book form. As usual, the simplest questions often have the most complex answers - while some that seem the knottiest have very simple explanations. New Scientist's 'Last Word' i.