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Tornado Environment

Video: Tornado Rips House Apart

Watch this incredible CCTV footage of a tornado tearing a house apart in Parkersburg, IA, USA on 25 May 2008.
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Credit Jens Peterson Environment

How do fish gills work?

How do fish breathe underwater?
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Credit Timo Newton Syms Environment

How do glowworms glow?

How do these critters light themselves up?
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Foundry (credit Márcio_V) Environment

What metal has the highest melting point in the world?

Nathaniel Marten from the Science Museum gives us the scorchingly good answer.
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What is the biggest tree in the world?

Read on to find out the answer.
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Rusty_(PD) Environment

What is natural selection?

Just what does ‘survival of the fittest’ really mean?
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Bradypus Environment

Why are sloths so slow and lazy?

Beware! Here be answers.
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Credit: Terry Goss Environment

What is the biggest shark in the world?

No, it’s not the shark from the infamous film ‘Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus’…
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KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA Environment

How do stalactites form?

Drip, drop, drip, drop.
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1153645_Rain_clouds_(PD_credit-Flavio_Takemoto) Environment

Why are rain clouds dark?

Read on to find out the answer.
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Black widows explained

How do these deadly spiders kill their prey?
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PUBLIC DOMAIN Water_strider Environment

How do water striders walk on water?

The aquatic insect that uses water tension to stay on top.
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A school of Black-striped Salema Environment

Why do fish live in schools?

How and why do large numbers of fish group together in massive shoals?
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Fly_(PD_credit-Mark_Span) Environment

Why do flies rub their legs together?

Hannah Cornish from the National History Museum tells us what these insects are up to.
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DIGITAL CAMERA Environment

What is the hardest natural material on Earth?

I wonder if it bullies all the other materials…
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© Mdf Environment

Why can owls see so well at night?

We take a look inside the eyes of these nocturnal animals.
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Up you go Environment

Can dogs look up?

“Yeah, but Big Al says dogs can’t look up!” Can they?
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White_Rhino Environment

Why is the white rhino white?

No, it didn’t accidentally wander into a Tipp-Ex factory.
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Top Five Facts: How is coffee grown?

All the info you’ll need to enjoy your favourite brew
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Credit Jerome Charaoui Environment

Why do salmon swim upstream?

You’ll jump for joy after learning these fantastic facts.
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