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Ask Us Anything: Are There Electronic Defenses Against Drones? [Video]

By Daniel Engber

 /  Dec 17, 2014

 

How Did That Spiderweb Cross The Road?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Dec 12, 2014

 

Could An Asteroid Impact Knock The Moon Into Earth? [Video]

 /  Dec 7, 2014

 

FYI: Could A Virgin Birth Ever Happen?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Nov 18, 2013

 

Why Does Crying Make My Nose Run?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Dec 4, 2014

 

FYI: What’s The Most Durable Way To Store Information?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Nov 26, 2013

 

FYI: Why Doesn’t Plan B Work For Heavier Women?

By Francie Diep

 /  Nov 27, 2013

 

FYI: How Much Weight Can You Gain From Thanksgiving Dinner?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Nov 28, 2013

 

FYI: Why Not Just Dispose of Nuclear Waste in the Sun?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Apr 13, 2010

 

Does a fever always mean you have an infection?

By Cassidy Mayeda

 /  Aug 18, 2017

 

Could an Asteroid Impact Knock the Moon into the Earth?

By Sandeep Ravindran

 /  Apr 27, 2010

 

What can genetic testing really tell you?

By Aparna Nathan

 /  Aug 14, 2017

 

Does drinking hot liquids on a hot day actually cool you off?

By Marissa Shieh

 /  Aug 10, 2017

 

Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? [Video]

 /  Nov 21, 2014

 

FYI: Did Dinosaurs Get The Flu?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Dec 25, 2013

 

Ask Anything: What’s The Hottest Temperature Possible?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Nov 14, 2014

 

Can You Fix A Machine By Smacking It?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Nov 13, 2014

 

FYI: Can We Make Mars Habitable By Pumping the Atmosphere Full of Oxygen?

By Caitlin Kearney

 /  Apr 19, 2011

 

Is it possible to sneeze while you are sleeping?

By Marissa Shieh

 /  Jul 25, 2017

 

FYI: What Happens to Disarmed Nuclear Warheads?

By Alessandra Calderin

 /  May 18, 2010

 

Could you fertilize Martian crops with human poop?

By Michael Koziol

 /  Dec 27, 2016

 

Can I use moss to navigate?

By Knvul Sheikh

 /  Dec 30, 2016

 

FYI: What Do Dolphins and Rodeo Bulls Have in Common?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  May 24, 2010

 

How worried should I really be about carcinogens?

By Aparna Nathan

 /  Jul 19, 2017

 

FYI: Can Scientists Measure Happiness?

By Adam Waytz

 /  Apr 5, 2011

 

Ask Anything: Do Plants Get Cancer?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Jan 23, 2014

 

Ask Anything: What Does Water Taste Like?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Jan 30, 2014

 

Why Does My Dog Kick When I Scratch His Belly?

By Loren Grush

 /  Oct 27, 2014

 

Why Isn’t the Hubble Space Telescope Just Attached to the International Space Station?

By Alessandra Calderin

 /  Jun 14, 2010

 

FYI: Could A Layperson Land A Jumbo Jet?

By Doug Cantor

 /  Mar 17, 2011

 

FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?

By Molika Ashford

 /  Mar 17, 2011

 

Can Physicians Who Work on Humans Treat Animals Too?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Jun 18, 2010

 

Ask Anything: Is It Worse To Be Licked Or Sneezed On?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Feb 5, 2014

 

Is it safe to eat snow?

By Lydia Ramsey

 /  Feb 1, 2021

 

Could Scientists Really Create a Zombie Virus

By Ryan Bradley

 /  Feb 24, 2011

 

Can You Get PTSD From A Virtual Experience?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Oct 7, 2014

 

Why Does White Noise Help People Sleep?

By Colin Lecher

 /  Feb 17, 2014

 

Is Screen Time Bad For Your Eyes?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Oct 4, 2014

 

Ask Anything: Can You Hypnotize An Animal?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Feb 21, 2014

 

How Close Could a Person Get to the Sun and Survive?

By Alessandra Calderin

 /  Jul 19, 2010

 

FYI: What Does Space Smell Like?

By Lizzie Schiffman

 /  Feb 9, 2011

 

Ask Anything: What Happens In Your Computer When You Turn It On?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Feb 27, 2014

 

Ask Anything: Why Is The Milky Way A Spiral?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Mar 4, 2014

 

If Evolution Had Taken a Different Turn, Could Dragons Have Existed?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Jul 27, 2010

 

FYI: How Much Can A Human Body Sweat Before It Runs Out?

By Julie Beck

 /  Jan 27, 2011

 

How much chocolate would you have to eat for it to kill you?

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  Feb 12, 2021

 

What Happens To Your Body When You Get Drunk And Stoned At The Same Time?

By Gabe Bergado

 /  Mar 21, 2014

 

Ask Anything: Wind Chill? Heat Index? Can’t We Combine Them?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Mar 24, 2014

 

FYI: Is It Safe to Walk Barefoot in New York City?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Jan 14, 2011

 

Can you overdose on weed?

By Marion Renault

 /  Feb 19, 2021

 

Ask Anything: Why Do Some Birds Chirp While Others Gobble?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Apr 2, 2014

 

Do Cloned Wild Animals Have Instincts?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Aug 20, 2010

 

Where Does The Moon’s Smell Come From?

By Sarah Fecht

 /  Aug 27, 2014

 

Ask Anything: Why Is Picking Up A New Language Easier As A Kid?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Aug 26, 2014

 

Why you can’t trust the calorie count on food labels

By Daniel Engber

 /  Feb 22, 2021

 

Ask Anything: Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Brain Damage?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Aug 22, 2014

 

What Happens When A Volcano Erupts Under A Glacier?

By Sarah Fecht

 /  Aug 20, 2014

 

FYI: Can Praying Mantises Eat Hummingbirds?

By Douglas Main

 /  Aug 18, 2014

 

Does brushing your teeth affect your appetite?

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  Mar 30, 2017

 

Ask Anything: Can Insects Get Fat?

By Daniel Engber

 /  Apr 23, 2014

 

FYI: How Would NASA Rescue An Astronaut Who Floated Away From The International Space Station?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Dec 10, 2010

 

FYI: Can Skyscrapers Prevent Tornadoes?

By Bjorn Carey

 /  Dec 7, 2010

 

What actually causes body odor?

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  May 10, 2017

 

What’s the healthiest way to eat a vegetable?

By Claire Maldarelli

 /  Apr 18, 2017