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ANIMAL STORIES: An Australian bird benefits when its predator sings, what happens when bees get …
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Lost Ants
What happens when an ant is separated from its colony? (It dies -- can't join another colony.)
Drying Dishes
Why does plastic dry faster than glass? (Because water beads on plastic, lowering the surface area …
Beady Water
Why does water bead up? (Tries to minimize surface area because of forces between molecules)
Cat Antidepressant
Testing an antidepressant drug's ability to calm anxious cats
Icy-Cold Beverages
Why do some bottled beverages stored in the freezer a few minutes not get ice in them until they're …
Dog Fur
Do dogs have hair or fur or both? And are people allergic to fur more than hair? (dogs have two …
Mockingbirds
Why do mockingbirds do those little winglifts? (no one knows-- might be to scare insects out of …
Polio Cancer Cure
Modified polio virus can be used to treat gliomas-- certain kinds of brain cancers
Moral Predictions
People are good at predicting what others will do, but not what they themselves will.