Richard Garner tells what girls and boys want from science

• Why we dream when asleep and what does it mean.

• Cancer, what we know and how can we treat it.

• How to perform first-aid and use basic medical equipment.

• How to exercise to keep the body fit.

• Sexually transmitted diseases and how to be protected against them.

• What we know about HIV/AIDS and how to control it.

• Life and death and the human soul.

• Biological and human aspects of abortion.

• Eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia.

• Explosive chemicals.

• How the atom bomb functions.

• Biological and chemical weapons and what they do to the human body.

• Black holes and other spectacular objects in the outer space.

• How meteors, comets or asteroids can cause disasters on earth.

• The possibility of life outside earth.

• How computers work.

• The effects of strong electric shocks and lightning on the human body.

• Brutal, dangerous and threatening animals.

— By arrangement with The Independent