• ASK THE EXPERT

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Ask the expert is an animated series, developed especially for the web, featuring quick and fun explanations about the fascinating world around us. Discover what would happen if the sun suddenly disappeared, where dead elephants go, why babies can't walk, what static electricity is all about, and why you can't tickle yourself! Oh, and what happens to all those stray bullets shot straight up into the air?

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Ask the Expert: FAREWELL MY SUN
    According to current estimates the sun will be around for at least another five billion years. But what if it were to suddenly disappear?
  • Ask the Expert: THE (DEAD) ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
    When faced with five tons of dead Jumbo, a zoo typically chooses the most common means of disposal. But what are the options?
  • Ask the Expert: BABY STEPS
    If human adults are so clearly superior when compared to other animals, why are human babies so inferior?
  • Ask the Expert: JAWSBREAKER
    Although you are more likely to be hit by lightning than attacked by Jaws… is it possible to scare off a shark?
  • Ask the Expert: RETURN TO SENDER
    The boomerang is a type of throwing stick most closely associated with Australian aborigines. What makes a boomerang return to the person who threw it?
  • Ask the Expert: A COMET TALE
    We are not alone in the universe. There is a massive amount of celestial activity constantly occurring throughout the cosmos, so what would happen if the Earth were to pass through the tail of a comet?
  • Ask the Expert: FIRED UP
    What goes up must come down… so is it possible to be killed by a bullet shot straight up into the air?
  • Ask the Expert: THUNDERBOLTS AND LIGHTNING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING
    If there is no smoke without fire, can there be lightning without thunder?
  • Ask the Expert: SHOCK AND AWE
    Why does static electricity build on televisions, computer monitors and human hair?
  • Ask the Expert: TICKLE ME, MYSELF AND I
    As well as being fun, the humble tickle has been used as a form of torture… but have you ever tried to tickle yourself?
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