Questions from the audience of children at the 2012 Science event from The Economist Educational Foundation. The event was held at Kings Place in London, in July 2012. http://www.economistfoundation.org/event/events-and-talks

1. How much air is in
this building?
Ryan, Millbank School

2. What makes
our body alive?
Sasan, Millbank School

3. What temperature is
it in a black hole?
Jake, Millbank School

4. How long would
your skin be if you
stretched it out?
Jake, Millbank School

5. How big
are stars?
Johnny, St Josephs

6. Why isn’t everything
the same weight?
Sarah, Millbank School

7. Will a parachute still
work in the rain?
Abdi

8. What colour
are atoms?
Charlotte, Millbank School

9. Who discovered
science, and when?
Laura, St Josephs

10. Why are the rules of
gravity so important?
Raihan

11. How do DNAs
make clones?
Claudio, Millbank School

12. Why is fire
so hot?
Sasan, Millbank School

13. Why is space so dark
if its got the sun?
Callum

14. If you drop a big
horse from a building
would it die?
Christina

15. How old is
the galaxy?
Salman, Millbank School

16. Why can’t humans
have wings?
Sada, Globe