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How do crocodiles chomp?
Episode 234
Why do lizards have scales? Why are reptiles cold-blooded? Why do lizards have long tongues? How do lizards grow their tails back? Are croco…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why do ballerinas wear ballet shoes?
Episode 230
Why do people dance? Where did ballet come from? How do you make pointe shoes for ballet? How does practice make you better at things? But W…
2 years, 5 months ago
What is a solar eclipse?
Episode 229
A solar eclipse is coming to North America on April 8, 2024. The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun, blocking out the…
2 years, 6 months ago
How do invasive species take over?
Episode 228
Why are there Burmese pythons and chameleons in the Florida Everglades? We might not know how those animals arrived but they are causing dam…
2 years, 6 months ago
Can snowstorms have thunder?
Episode 227
How is snow made and what’s it made out of? Why is it white and sparkly? Why do snowflakes look different? Can snowstorms have thunder? Wh…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why do we need glasses?
Episode 226
How do glasses work? Why do some people need glasses and other people don’t? Why do we have different eye colors? We answer your questions a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why do we have two eyes if we only see one image?
Episode 225
What shape are our eyes? What are they made of? How do they work? What’s the point of having two eyes if we only see one image? Why do we bl…
2 years, 8 months ago
What if the world started spinning backward?
Episode 224
We’ve collaborated with our podcast friends at What If World to bring you the first (and only) episode of…But Why If World! In this episode …
2 years, 8 months ago
What makes you happy?
Episode 223
For our last episode of each year, we often like to ask our listeners around the world to send us something fun. This year, we wanted you to…
2 years, 9 months ago
What's it like to be bilingual?
Episode 222
Almost half the people in the world speak at least two languages. And, it turns out, that includes a lot of But Why listeners! In this episo…
2 years, 9 months ago