Category: Brain Dump

Why do trees produce sap?

(Image credit: Nick Windsor/ Pixabay) Question from Dora Esra Tree sap is a fluid consisting of water, hormones and minerals, which is transported via the xylem or phloem cells of a tree, depending on...

Will we use hyperloops to commute in the future?

(Image credit: Wikimedia Commons/Neuhausengroup) Question from Ewan Bailey A hyperloop–an enclosed steel tube through which a vehicle moves at more than 965 kilometres per hour – could one day be used for commuting, but...

What is used to colour stained-glass windows?

(Image credit: S. Hermann & F. Richter/ Pixabay) Question from Nicholas Foster Metal salts and tiny metal particles have coloured stained glass for thousands of years. For metal particles, this uses the electron movement...