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Previous Questions from 2008:


December 25, 2008
Why don't we run our motor vehicles on water instead of gas?

December 18, 2008
My friend got their appendix taken out. What does it do and is it needed?

December 11, 2008
Do wolves howl at the moon?

December 04, 2008
Why is radiation dangerous for cells?

November 27, 2008
Do you think our government or world will ever be run by cybernetic organisms (robots)?

November 20, 2008
How does the queen bee know what's going on in the hive?

November 12, 2008
If you delete something on a computer is there a way to get it back?

November 06, 2008
Where did the word science come from?

October 30, 2008
What is sand made of?

October 22, 2008
How do animals make adaptations to the changing environment?

October 15, 2008
Why do you need to get a Tetanus shot if you've already had one?

September 29, 2008
Where do sound waves go after they are heard?

May 28, 2008
What percentage of kids are overweight?

May 21, 2008
Why don't humans have gills?

May 14, 2008
Why are yawns contagious?

May 07, 2008
How many thoughts or ideas can a person's brain hold?

April 30, 2008
What is rabies and how do animals get them?

April 23, 2008
Where does space end? What, if anything, is after the end of space?

April 16, 2008
How do jellyfish eat?

April 09, 2008
How does a curveball work?

April 02, 2008
Why do you hallucinate when you don't eat or drink or if you're too hot?

March 28, 2008
How are Siamese twins, in humans and animals, formed? What cells have to be mutated or deformed, if cells are deformed or mutated at all?

March 21, 2008
Why can't they split up the animal kingdom into more groups?

March 14, 2008
What makes lead toxic?

February 10, 2008
How likely is it to have a tornado in New York?

February 03, 2008
How can you tell the difference between a cancer cell and a regular cell?

January 27, 2008
Do animals see in color or in black and white?

January 20, 2008
What causes body odor?

January 13, 2008
What was the first dinosaur found?

January 06, 2008
How many brain cells do you lose when you bang your head into something and does it make you any stupider?

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