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Previous Questions 2007:

December
Do bears have the same brain as us?

When did the classification system start?

What causes red algae in the Gulf of Mexico?

Why do people only have brown, black, blonde, red, white or gray hair instead of bright colors like purple, green, blue or pink?

November 15
Why does your hair fall out when you have cancer ?

November 4
How does fat get transferred to our bodies?

October 10
Why is seaweed so important to fish and sea creatures?

October 03
What is a super-volcano?

September 27
How and why did you become a scientist?

September 20
Why do our pupils get bigger and smaller?

September 13
How does earwax grow in your ear?

June 08
How cold does it have to get for penguins to survive in the arctic?

June 01
How does water evaporate?

May 24
How many carbs do you lose and gain each day?

May 17
Can poisonous plants be used for treatments?

May 03
How many people are alive?

May 01
What causes pollution?

April 26
Will California eventually fall into the ocean?

April 19
Why is the sky blue?

April 12
How did words start?

April 05
What percentage of Americans eats fast food?

March 29
Why do people change as they get older?

March 22
How do we get the skin color we are born with?

March 15
How is global warming affecting our lives?

March 08
What causes people to get dizzy?

February 28
Why are some Geese still in Binghamton this time of year?

February 22
If hot air rises why are mountaintops covered with snow?

February 15
How does our stomach know when to rumble?

February 08
Why do people laugh?

February 01
What makes a ruby red and how do you decide the clarity of a diamond?

January 25
How do you pick up a stingray?

January 18
How does cancer start?

January 11
How do scientists know about the core of the Earth?

January 4
How does the engine in a rocket shoot it up?


Previous Questions 2006:

December 22
Why does blood turn red when oxygen gets to it?

December 15
Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore?

December 08
How does the human body work?

December 01
Are we losing our wetlands and how fast are we losing them?

November 29
What is thunder?

November 22
How are seashells made?

November 15
Why don't offspring have all their parents inherited traits?

November 01
Why is tree bark brown?

October 22
How can you predict when a volcano is going to erupt?

October 15
How many different types of wolves are there?

October 8
Why do you float better in salt water then you would in a pool?

October 1
Why do we hicup?

September 28
Why are we so much smarter than anything else?

September 22
Why do people die?

September 06
What makes the world go round?

June 14
How does the human heart work?

June 07
How come some snakes could kill people?

May 31
How many polar bears were there 100 years ago and what are their reproduction abilities in the wild and captivity?

May 25
Why do cats purr?

May 18
What makes aspirin thin your blood?

May 11
Where could people go if the Earth became uninhabitable?

April 21
What kind of matter is fire?

April 14
What makes some clouds dark?

April 07
Why do people get fat by not eating too much but by eating junk all day?

March 27
Why is the human body the way it is, as in shape and form?

March 16
Why do dogs see in black and white?

March 09
Why does deep water appear to be blue, when water is clear?

March 02
How do stars get their light?

February 23
Why do male sea horses have babies?

February 15
Why does soap float in water?

February 08
Why are people different?

February 01
What is hair made of?

January 25
Why do waves on the ocean approach the coastline at an angle?

January 18
How do jet engines work?

January 11
Why don’t wolves bark?

January 04
If you had identical twin guys and identical twin girls and they had kids, would their kids look the same?


Previous Questions 2005:

December 21
Why not create a manmade magnetic field

December 14
Why can't fish breathe out of water?

December 7
Why does hellium float?

November 30
Why exactly does it hurt when aluminum comes into contact with fillings in teeth?

November 24
Why can't chickens fly like birds?

November 16
How many galaxies are there and will NASA ever explore them all?

November 7
Why does the sun darken your skin, but lighten your hair?
November 2
Why do amphibians need to be moist? 

October 26, 2005
How many more planets will there be?

October 19, 2005
Why do leaves change color in the fall and why don’t they stay green all year long?

October 05, 2005
Why do fingernails grow faster than toenails?

September 29, 2005
What is the most endangered species?

September 21, 2005
How long does it take for most garbage to decay and can it be used for fertilizer?

September 14, 2005
Who invented space travel?

June 16, 2005
How do you get an infection?

June 09, 2005
How come owls can turn their heads farther than us?

June 02, 2005
If the polar ice caps melted because of global warming, would the whole earth flood?

May 19, 2005
Do the rest of the planets in the universe have cores made out of iron and nickel?

May 12, 2005
If the sun comes too close to the black hole will people really have to start a new world on Mars?

Apr 28, 2005
How did the rind of fire form?

Apr 22, 2005
I would like to know how they found DNA and who came up with it?

Apr 15, 2005
Why can’t penguins fly?

Apr 07, 2005
What causes one to hic-cup and why doesn't it stop easily?

Mar 29, 2005
Is there a way that the weird fish at the deepest parts of the ocean will ever be discovered?

Mar 21, 2005
Why doesn’t water smell?

Mar 11, 2005
What is earwax and why does it form?

Mar 04, 2005
What causes birth defects?

Feb 24, 2005
Will they ever find a cure for cancer?

Feb 18, 2005
To date has evolution been proven to be fact or a theory?

Feb 02, 2005
Why do we only have one moon?

Jan 26, 2005
Why do men go bald and women do not?

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