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CrowdScience: Why Do Insects Fly Towards Lights?

Crowd Science Alates insects light bulb and night

13/04/2018 GMT

Why Do Insects Fly Towards Lights?

BBC World Service - CrowdScience, Why Do Insects Fly Towards Lights?

What does the Higgs boson do for the Universe? Why do insects fly into lights?

Will gravity on earth ever change? What does the Higgs boson do for the Universe? Marnie Chesterton and pals try to answer a selection of questions from the CrowdScience inbox.

Will gravity on earth ever change? Why do insects fly towards the light? Is the plasma in a TV the same as plasma in a fusion reactor? Why are mosquito bites so itchy? What does the Higgs boson do for the Universe? In a Q+A special, Marnie Chesterton is joined by scientists Malcolm Fairbairn, Kate Lancaster and Erica McAlister to tackle a selection of questions from the CrowdScience inbox. 

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton
Producer: Alex Mansfield

(Photo: Alates insects light bulb and night. Credit: Getty Images)

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