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What are taxes and tariffs?
Episode 256
No matter how old you are, you’re part of the economy, but it can be tricky to understand what the economy actually is. Plus, what are taxes…
1 year ago
Are tapeworms sticky?
Episode 255
Fleas, lice, tapeworms and ticks - these are all examples of parasites, living organisms that live on or in a host species and need this oth…
1 year ago
Why do trains run on tracks?
Episode 254
How do trains work? We went to Union Station in Washington, DC to answer a whole wagonload of questions with Amtrak's Patrick Kidd.
A few yea…
1 year, 1 month ago
How do you whistle?
Episode 253
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…
1 year, 1 month ago
Are wild cats afraid of water?
Episode 252
Are all cats afraid of water? Do wild cats bury their poop? How are the cats that live in your house related to lions and tigers roaming in …
1 year, 2 months ago
What would your superpower be?
Episode 251
If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpower to be–and what would you call yourself? That’s what we asked kids for this …
1 year, 2 months ago
Who decides what robots look like?
Episode 250
Who decides what robots look like? How do robots work and move? How are they controlled? And are robots alive? We tackle all your robot ques…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why can’t animals talk to us?
Episode 249
Why can’t animals talk to us? Are humans the only animals that can talk? Can different species of animals communicate with each other? We le…
1 year, 3 months ago
How does food turn into poop?
Episode 248
Why do we have to poop? Why does fiber make you poop? Why is poop brown? Why does it smell so bad? Why do farts smell bad, too? Yup, we’re g…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why do we have anxiety?
Episode 247
Why do we worry and how can we deal with it? Why do we get anxious? Where does anxiety come from? Anxiety or worry is a hard feeling to over…
1 year, 4 months ago