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鈥淚 don鈥檛 really understand why water has so many properties on different scales ranging from very large and cosmic to very small quantum and quarky - Could you help by zooming in and out on water to explain what is known about it? "Asks Neil Morton in Stirling.

鈥淲hy does boiling water sound different to cold water?鈥� asks Barbara Dyson in Brittany in France

Ollie Gordon, in Christchurch in New Zealand, wants to know 鈥榳hy water is essential for all life as we know it?鈥�

And many more questions on the weirdness of water are tackled by super science sleuths Hannah Fry and Adam Rutherford.

With assistance from:

* Quantum physicist Professor Patricia Hunt, at the Victoria University in Wellington in New Zealand

* Science writer and author of 鈥楬2O 鈥� a biography of water鈥� Philip Ball

* Physicist and bubble expert in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UCL, Dr Helen Czerski.

Producer: Fiona Roberts

First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in October 2021.