Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpaceX & NASA: One Bad Meeting in Moscow Changed Space Forever
Season 1 Episode 31
Daniel wants to know why SpaceX exists if NASA already goes to space.
The answer starts with a man who flew to Moscow to buy a rocket -- and came home…
6 days, 21 hours ago
Michelin Stars: Why Does a Tire Company Rate Restaurants?
Season 1 Episode 30
Daniel picked a three-Michelin-star restaurant for his birthday.
Then he asked the obvious question. What does a tire company know about food?
The answ…
1 week ago
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We Still Change the Clocks?
Season 1 Episode 29
Mom lost an hour of sleep. She wants to know why we still do this.
So does Daniel.
Most people think daylight saving time goes back to Benjamin Frankli…
1 week ago
Why Are School Buses Yellow? One Man. Fifty Paint Swatches.
Season 1 Episode 28
Mom noticed a school bus on the drive home and asked Daniel if he knew why it was that specific shade of yellow.
He didn't. Neither do most people.
Bef…
1 week, 1 day ago
Automated External Defibrillator - The Red Box That Can Save a Life
Season 1 Episode 27
Daniel was playing tennis when he noticed a new red box on the wall at the courts.
It said AED on it. He had no idea what it was.
Turns out it might be…
1 week, 1 day ago
Why Do Animals Have Different Lifespans?
Season 1 Episode 26
Daniel wants to know why a mayfly lives one day, a dog lives fifteen years, a giant tortoise lives over a hundred, and a Greenland shark might live f…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Billion-Dollar Bee Migration Nobody Talks About
Season 1 Episode 25
Every February, thousands of trucks drive through the night toward California.
They're not carrying groceries or furniture or packages. They're carryi…
1 week, 2 days ago
Strait of Hormuz - The Waterway That Controls Your Gas Price
Season 1 Episode 24
Daniel keeps hearing the same name on the news. He doesn't know what it is. But it sounds like a really big deal.
It is.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narr…
1 week, 2 days ago
Why Do We Have Different Blood Types?
Season 1 Episode 23
Daniel wants to know what blood type he is.
Mom tells him. Then he wants to know what that actually means — and why we don't all just have the same bl…
1 week, 2 days ago
Why Is Glass Transparent?
Season 1 Episode 22
Daniel is tapping on a window and wondering why he can see straight through it.
The wall next to it is solid. The glass is solid. So why does one bloc…
1 week, 2 days ago