The Fourth Dimension
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
How would a fourth dimensional being appear to humans?
"It would look just weird" is one way to answer the question 'How would a fourth dimensional being appear to humans?' But it's more complicated than that - theoretical cosmologist Andrew Pontzen describes how objects are viewed from one dimension to another, and how it might affect parking spaces.
Also on the programme: our panel of experts discuss bubble experiments, a theory that the Black Death was a virus, space elevators, algae as a biomass fuel, what affects the speed of digestion in our gut, a short definition of dark energy and the question is it true our DNA has alien properties?
With Helen Czerski, department of mechanical engineering, University College London; virologist Jonathan Ball, University of Nottingham; and cosmologist Andrew Pontzen, University College London.
Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at crowdscience@bbc.co.uk.
(Image: Stripes and points of light, one guess what a 4th dimension might look like, Credit: Thinkstock)
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