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What are eels?
Episode 291
What are eels? And why are some eels electric? We head to Poughkeepsie, New York to learn about eels with Chris Bowser, Hudson River estuary…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why does green mean go and red mean stop?
Episode 290
Why is there traffic? How do traffic lights work? How do they know when to turn red and green? Why does green mean go and red mean stop? Why…
5 months ago
Are Komodo dragons really dragons?
Episode 289
Can’t get enough of lizards? We’re back with a bonus episode answering more of your lizard questions with Adam Clause of the San Diego Natur…
5 months, 1 week ago
How do lizards grow their tails back?
Episode 288
Deep in the basement of the San Diego Natural History Museum, there are thousands of jars filled with preserved reptiles and amphibians. In …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
But Why turns 10!
Episode 287
But Why turns ten years old on April 1, 2026! To celebrate this milestone, we’re listening back to our very first episode. We’ve got owls an…
6 months ago
What's it like to be a Kid Governor?
In the United States, voters in each state elect a governor every two or four year terms. The governor is the top official in the state gove…
6 months, 1 week ago
How do we know life is not a dream?
Some questions are so big they’re existential, meaning that they get right to the heart of human existence. These are also sometimes called …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
How did bird dinosaurs survive the meteor?
Episode 284
Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Many of you have learned about the meteorite that scientists say hit the earth 66 million years ago and ki…
7 months, 1 week ago
Why are brothers and sisters so annoying?
Episode 283
Why are brothers and sisters so annoying? Why do siblings often look a lot alike? Why do siblings fight? Can your sister be your best friend…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Do bunnies come out at night?
Episode 282
Why are rabbits called bunnies? Why do they have fur? Why do bunnies have puffball tails? Why do rabbits have eyes on the sides of their hea…
8 months, 1 week ago