This book is a collection of 115 questions and answers from the Last Word section of 'New Scientist' magazine. The questions are posed by readers followed by one or more answers from other readers, with the remark from the editor to clarify what was being said. It is categorized into various sections such as human bodies, food, animals, domestic science and many more topics, answering questions across the science fields. The chosen answers being sometimes funny, sometimes weird, give explanations to those things that we ponder in our everyday lives. The range of questions vary from like 'Why are windows in ships round?', 'What is the diameter of a lightning bolt?', 'Do the living outnumber the dead?', 'Why ants are unharmed in the microwave?', etc. A quick and amusing addition to the fun science Q&A genre, and fun read for all ages.
