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Who Invented Noodles?
Episode 156
This week, we're revisiting one of our favorite older episodes from the past. We’re going to learn a little bit about the history of noodles…
4 years, 9 months ago
Are Seeds Alive?
Episode 155
Are seeds alive? What are they made of? Here in Vermont it's planting time, and we've been getting a lot of questions about seeds from kids …
4 years, 9 months ago
How Are Words Added To The Dictionary?
Episode 154
Our guest this week is a lexicographer. That's someone who studies words and, in this case, edits dictionaries. Emily Brewster is a senior e…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Do You Whistle?
Episode 153
How do people whistle? How does whistling make a sound? Why does your tongue change a whistle higher or lower? Can you get a trophy for whis…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Are Rocks Formed?
Episode 152
How are rocks made? Why are some rocks hard and others soft? How do rocks shine? How are geodes and crystals made? Why do some rocks have ge…
4 years, 10 months ago
Ethics: Is It OK To Break A Rule?
Episode 151
Is it OK to do something that you were told not to do and then never tell anybody? In this episode we tackle that thorny question from 10-ye…
4 years, 11 months ago
Why Do We Compete?
Episode 150
Have you ever felt competitive with a friend or a sibling? Competition comes up in a lot of different ways in life. Maybe you're running a r…
4 years, 11 months ago
Why Are Mammoths Extinct?
Episode 149
In the ice age, megafauna roamed North America: mammoths, saber-toothed cats, even giant land sloths! What happened to them? In this episode…
5 years ago
What’s Your Idea To Clean Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Episode 148
In 2019, we answered a question about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a huge mass of plastic and other trash swirling around in the Pacific…
5 years ago
What Are Robots Doing On Mars?
Episode 147
On Thursday, February 18th, a robot called a rover is expected to land on the surface of Mars, and begin collecting information scientists h…
5 years, 1 month ago