Why Is It?

Color Blindness

May 28, 2002

Is color blindness in your brain or in your eyes? - eyes (physically missing a set, pigment, of …

May 23, 2002

Why does the incoming tide bring in what looks like soap suds? (Marine microorganisms get whipped up …

May 21, 2002

Why is an experiment that fails considered to be good? (Can lead to great innovation)

May 16, 2002

Why can't you bury radioactive waste where the uranium was dug up? (Geology is not right)

May 14, 2002

Why are there three primary colors? (Three kinds of receptors in the retina)

April 30, 2002

If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of mountains? (because hot air cools as it rises)

April 25, 2002

Is it possible to sink all the billiard balls on the break shot? (Highly improbable)

April 23, 2002

Why aren't fluorescent bulbs used in headlights or spotlights? (Can't focus them as well)

April 18, 2002

Will a calico cat clone always be calico? (No, fur color/pattern depends on both genes and …

April 16, 2002

Is the radiation from mobile phone antennae dangerous? (only if you get too close to the source)

April 11, 2002

Why can't cloning be used to produce more endangered animals? (it can be, after more research is …

April 9, 2002

Why do you grunt when you do something hard? (hold our breath as we exert ourselves, then grunt when …