New Scientist

Question 1

What’s the nearest star to our sun?

Answer 1

Proxima Centauri

Question 2

New gene editing technique

Answer 2

CRISPR

Question 3

Synuclein

Answer 3

Insoluble clumps that form in brains of those with Parkinson’s
May form initially in the gut due to a faulty microbiome

Question 4

Hallucinogen in magic mushrooms. Trial in treating depression in cancer patients.

Answer 4

Psilocybin

Question 5

When whales leap out of the water and twist on their backs

Answer 5

Breaching

Question 6

Soap product that increases bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Answer 6

Triclosan

Question 7

Planet in another solar system

Answer 7

Exoplanet

Question 8

The spacecraft due to crash into Saturn in Sep 2017

Answer 8

Cassini

Question 9

One of the moons of Saturn which vents plumes of water and has a subsurface ocean

Answer 9

Enceladus

Question 10

Eudaemonia

Answer 10

Happiness derived from a sense of purpose

Less activation of the amygdala and more activity in the ventral striatum

Question 11

Bruno

Answer 11

In the wake of Copernicus proposed the Earth revolved around the Sun and that the stars were other suns with planets.

Started as an Italian priest

Question 12

The 9 viruses of the apocalypse

Answer 12

Lassa fever
Nipah
Rift Valley fever
SARS, MERS- CoV
Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever
Chikungunya (joints)
Zika
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (heartland in the US)
Novel agent

Question 13

Serious fungal hospital acquired infection

Answer 13

Candida auris