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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, 11 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…
4 years 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…
4 years 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…
4 years, 1 month 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 …
4 years, 1 month ago
Why do we have friends?
Episode 186
Why do friends care about each other? How do you make friends? Can you have more than one best friend? How do you deal with a bully? We answ…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why do crickets chirp?
Episode 185
How are crickets so loud? Why do they chirp at night? How are they different from grasshoppers? We’re talking crickets today with Karim Vahe…
4 years, 2 months ago
Who doesn’t love ice cream?
Episode 184
That’s just one of the questions we answer in this week’s episode, which also includes instructions on how to easily make your own ice cream…
4 years, 3 months ago
Do you have to be tall to play basketball? Questions for the Washington Mystics
Episode 183
The Washington Mystics of the WNBA join us in this episode to answer all of your questions about the sport of basketball and what it’s like …
4 years, 3 months ago
Why are pandas black and white?
Episode 182
For the past 50 years, visitors to the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. have been able to observe giant pandas. It’s one of the …
4 years, 4 months ago