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Why Does Organic Milk Have a Longer Shelf Life Than The Regular Kind?

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Why Does Organic Milk Have a Longer Shelf Life Than The Regular Kind? Why Does Organic Milk Have a Longer Shelf Life Than The Regular Kind?

By Catherine Schwanke

How Long Would it Take Piranhas to Eat a Person?

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How Long Would it Take Piranhas to Eat a Person? How Long Would it Take Piranhas to Eat a Person?

By Catherine Schwanke

Can People Safely Eat Cat Food?

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Can People Safely Eat Cat Food? Can People Safely Eat Cat Food?

If You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?

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If You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry? If You Dropped a Corn Kernel From Space, Would it Pop During Re-Entry?

Why Do the Colorado Rockies Keep Their Baseballs in a Humidor?

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Why Do the Colorado Rockies Keep Their Baseballs in a Humidor? Why Do the Colorado Rockies Keep Their Baseballs in a Humidor?

What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?

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What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon? What Modifications Would I Need to Make to My Car So I Could Drive It On The Moon?

What Fills the Space Left in Wells When Oil is Extracted From the Ground?

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What Fills the Space Left in Wells When Oil is Extracted From the Ground? What Fills the Space Left in Wells When Oil is Extracted From the Ground?

By Holly Otterbein

I’ve Heard That The Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing. How Long Until Days Last 25 Hours?

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I’ve Heard That The Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing. How Long Until Days Last 25 Hours? I’ve Heard That The Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing. How Long Until Days Last 25 Hours?

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Will We Run Out Of Breathable Oxygen If We Produce Too Much Carbon Dioxide?

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Will We Run Out Of Breathable Oxygen If We Produce Too Much Carbon Dioxide? Will We Run Out Of Breathable Oxygen If We Produce Too Much Carbon Dioxide?

Could Tapping the Planet for Geothermal Energy Cool the Earth’s Core?

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Could Tapping the Planet for Geothermal Energy Cool the Earth’s Core? Could Tapping the Planet for Geothermal Energy Cool the Earth’s Core?

Say I’m Inside the Large Hadron Collider and It’s Revving Up. Should I Be Concerned?

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Say I’m Inside the Large Hadron Collider and It’s Revving Up. Should I Be Concerned? Say I’m Inside the Large Hadron Collider and It’s Revving Up. Should I Be Concerned?

By Danny Freedman

Will Drinking Carbonated Beverages Weaken My Bones?

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Will Drinking Carbonated Beverages Weaken My Bones? Will Drinking Carbonated Beverages Weaken My Bones?

By Matthew Cokeley

Are Records Really Better?

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Are Records Really Better? Are Records Really Better?

Dropping the Soap

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Could a Moon Have Moons?

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Could a Moon Have Moons? Could a Moon Have Moons?

By James Norton

Who’s Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women?

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Who’s Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women? Who’s Better at Giving Directions, Men or Women?

What’s the Biggest Thing a Carnivorous Plant Will Eat?

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What’s the Biggest Thing a Carnivorous Plant Will Eat? What’s the Biggest Thing a Carnivorous Plant Will Eat?

By Danny Freedman

Sickening Sounds

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Do Cells Make Noise? Do Cells Make Noise?

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FYI: What Are Winglets? FYI: What Are Winglets?

By Bob Sillery (Editor); Research Brad Dunn, Gunjan Sinha, and Dawn Stover