262 Episodes

  1. How do broken bones heal?

    Published: 9/6/2024
  2. How do wind turbines work?

    Published: 8/23/2024
  3. Do earthworms have eyes?

    Published: 8/9/2024
  4. How do we learn to swim?

    Published: 8/2/2024
  5. What’s it like to compete in the Olympics?

    Published: 7/26/2024
  6. Why do we wear clothes?

    Published: 7/12/2024
  7. Who invented pizza?

    Published: 6/28/2024
  8. Why do oranges have peels?

    Published: 6/14/2024
  9. Do people eat bugs?

    Published: 6/7/2024
  10. Why do cicadas come out every 17 years?

    Published: 5/31/2024
  11. Where does the sky end?

    Published: 5/17/2024
  12. What's cool about cockroaches?

    Published: 5/3/2024
  13. How do crocodiles chomp?

    Published: 4/19/2024
  14. Why do ballerinas wear ballet shoes?

    Published: 4/5/2024
  15. What is a solar eclipse?

    Published: 3/22/2024
  16. How do invasive species take over?

    Published: 3/8/2024
  17. Can snowstorms have thunder?

    Published: 2/23/2024
  18. Why do we need glasses?

    Published: 2/9/2024
  19. Why do we have two eyes if we only see one image?

    Published: 1/26/2024
  20. What if the world started spinning backward?

    Published: 1/12/2024

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