New Scientist: Why don't Penguins' Feet Freeze, Do Polar Bears get Lonely, Does anything eat Wasps

This three-book collection from New Scientist gathers together curious science questions rooted in everyday life. Presented in a question-and-answer popular science format, it explores familiar observations and unexpected puzzles through a wide range of topics.

Across Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions, Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions and Does Anything Eat Wasps: And 101 Other Questions, the books move from fingerprints and bumblebee flight to onions, eggs and superglue, alongside questions about garlic breath, striped toothpaste, ‘pins and needles’, handedness and whether fish get thirsty. The final volume draws on reader-submitted problems featured in New Scientist’s ‘Last Word’ column, highlighting how a single question can lead to an answer that is either surprisingly complex or unexpectedly simple.

Included titles

• Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
• Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions
• Does Anything Eat Wasps: And 101 Other Questions

Key details

• Three-book collection from New Scientist
• Question-and-answer popular science format
• Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? includes 114 questions
• Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? includes 101 questions
• Does Anything Eat Wasps includes 101 questions
• Does Anything Eat Wasps draws on reader questions from the ‘Last Word’ column

Synopses

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions

A wide-ranging selection of science questions inspired by everyday observations, spanning topics such as fingerprints, bumblebee flight, onions, eggs and superglue.

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

A further collection of intriguing queries, including questions about garlic breath, striped toothpaste, ‘pins and needles’, handedness and whether fish get thirsty.

Does Anything Eat Wasps: And 101 Other Questions

Drawn from reader submissions to New Scientist’s ‘Last Word’ column, this volume brings together questions that can be unexpectedly straightforward or surprisingly complex. Topics include why green potatoes are not edible, why airliners can suddenly plummet, whether a compass works in space, why dogs howl at emergency sirens, how a tree can grow from a chimney stack, why bruises change colour, and why the sea appears blue inside caves.