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Dr Yan Wong and a team of experts from The Open University and the Beacons for Public Engagement have answered over 100 of your stimulating questions, many as video.
And Dr Yan has recently tackled four more of your science puzzlers, which you can watch on the new Bang website:
1) Butterflies, 2) Night-vision goggles, 3) Stinging nettles, 4) Glow in the dark
Why do some paper planes fly better than others?
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To answer a question from Joshua in Sheffield, Dr Yan does some flight testing.
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