Why Don'T Penguins' Feet Freeze? Av New Scientist

<p><b>From the phenomenal New Scientist series, with over 2,500,000 copies sold</b><br><br>The second compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of <i>New Scientist</i>, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of <i>Does Anything Eat Wasps? </i>- the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - <i>Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?</i> includes answers to the most fascinating, trivial, idiosyncratic, baffling and strange questions in popular science. <br><br>Ever wondered why we have fingerprints? Or whether bumblebees really defy the laws of physics when they fly? And why are eggs egg-shaped? And dogs' noses black? Why do our eyes water when we cut onions? Why doesn't superglue stick to the inside of its tube?<br><br><i>Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? </i>is popular science at its most entertaining and enlightening.</p>