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How do boats float?
Episode 196
How do big cargo ships and ferries float, even though they are so heavy? Why do boats float but stones sink? How do paddles make boats move?…
3 years, 3 months ago
Why do armadillos have shells? Why are sloths slow?
Episode 195
Why do armadillos have shells? How do they roll into balls? Why are sloths so slow? Can sloths actually move fast? How do they defend agains…
3 years, 3 months ago
Who invented emoji?
Episode 194
Emoji are those little images you can send in text messages to friends and family. Nine-year-old Leila in New Jersey wants to know how they …
3 years, 4 months ago
How did dinosaurs leave tracks?
Episode 193
But Why has answers to your dinosaur questions! When did the dinosaurs live? How many species of dinosaurs were alive in the Cretaceous peri…
3 years, 4 months ago
How is cheese made?
Episode 192
Kids love cheese! (So do adults: Americans consume an average of 40 pounds of cheese per person per year.) In this episode we learn how chee…
3 years, 4 months ago
How do bees make honey and why do they sting?
Episode 191
Why do bees pollinate? How do they make honey? Why do bees have stingers? Why do (some) bees die when they sting you? What's the difference …
3 years, 5 months ago
Why do sharks have so many teeth?
Episode 190
Why do sharks have multiple sets of teeth? Why do sharks lose so many teeth? Do sharks eat fish? How do sharks breathe underwater? Do sharks…
3 years, 5 months ago
How do popcorn kernels pop?
Episode 189
How do popcorn kernels pop? How do salmon know where to return to spawn? How do rabbits change colors? Why does television fry your brain? H…
3 years, 6 months ago
How do snakes slither?
Episode 188
Field trip time! Today we’re learning all about snakes while out on a search for timber rattlesnakes in New York with state wildlife biologi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why do we feel pain?
Episode 187
Why do we feel pain when we get hurt? What is pain? Why do we cry when we get hurt? Why do we say ow or ouch? We’re learning about how pain …
3 years, 7 months ago