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  1. How fast do sperm swim and how do they find the egg?

    Nov 8, 2009 · So the sperm are pretty snappy. They get to the egg pretty fast, certainly within a day or so. How do they find the egg? They recognise it by two means: one is a thermal …

  2. How fast do sperm swim? | Science Questions - The Naked Scientists

    Jul 21, 2002 · About 3 mm per minute. Interestingly, scientists have found that mouse sperm are very altruistic and line up nose-to tail to swim along in convoy, thus helping more of them …

  3. What would happen if you covered a swimmer with a hydrophobic …

    Mar 22, 2016 · So to go back to the question, the main thing with going fast is drag. If you can have a hydrophobic substance that repels water, this can make a small increase, but the main …

  4. How fast a rocket can humans safely travel in? | Questions | Naked ...

    Nov 5, 2019 · Answer "How fast a rocket can humans safely travel in?" Space science journalist Richard Hollingham answered this question for us... Richard Hollingham - Okay. That's the …

  5. Spinosaurs did not swim | Interviews | Naked Scientists

    Dec 15, 2022 · Then we put it in water to see how and how well it could swim, what the forces were against the body with a big sail. This was an awkward animal to be swimming in water. …

  6. How quickly can a person exsanguinate from a cut artery?

    Sep 14, 2008 · You can't supply blood to your brain, you can't supply blood to your heart. You conk out pretty quickly. If it's in terms of getting all the blood out of you it probably wouldn't …

  7. Tales of Evolution: How fish conquered the land

    Aug 7, 2017 · However, in some fish, the swim bladder doesn’t split off from the gut tube - it stays connected. This means, instead of depositing gases into the swim bladder from the blood …

  8. QotW: Do we process sound or light faster? - The Naked Scientists

    Aug 18, 2020 · Eva - That’s my excuse for next time I miss the ball playing tennis… But what do we process faster, sound or light? Brian - When an object emits a sound and a light …

  9. How do mantis shrimp punch so fast? | Science Questions

    May 15, 2018 · Step aside Captain America, shrimp are the world record holder for the fastest punch. But how do they do it?

  10. Is there enough food for everyone already? | Interviews

    Apr 9, 2024 · These are small changes that they can make that will make a massive, massive difference. And all of that would also reduce water use, which is really important in the context …