http://www.wonderquest.com/ WonderQuest: a weekly science question and answer column/blog that solves the mysteries people wonder about. http://www.wonderquest.com/00-little-pix-border-ant.jpg http://www.wonderquest.com/ What caused the natural selection for eye color?? http://www.wonderquest.com/eye-color-evolution.htm Can crocodiles live in the sea? http://www.wonderquest.com/saltwater-crocodiles.htm Adding salt helps to melt road ice and freeze ice cream — why the different effect? Eye-color genetics, Unhappy scorpions http://www.wonderquest.com/ice-cream-eye-color-scorpions.htm Is an 'Evil' gene nonsense? If lightning strikes a tornado... http://www.wonderquest.com/evil-gene.htm If a man has twins running in his family, can he in any way cause his sex partner to become pregnant with twins? http://www.wonderquest.com/twins-heredity-sundog-name.htm Why are Sundogs called sundogs? http://www.wonderquest.com/twins-heredity-sundog-name.htm#sundog Exactly how many little legs are on a millipede? Which ball hits harder --- plastic or clay? http://www.wonderquest.com/collision-times-millipede-legs.htm Strange bath laws, Can fish feel pain? How many rings does Saturn have? http://www.wonderquest.com/bath-laws-fish-pain-saturn-rings.htm Is there wind on the moon? If not, why does the photograph of the astronauts on the moon show the flag extended? http://www.wonderquest.com/moon-flags.htm Do octopuses make any sound? http://www.wonderquest.com/octopus-sounds.htm Why do hurricanes spin counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere? http://weatherquesting.com/hurricane-spin.htm Why can't wood melt? http://www.wonderquest.com/wood-cant-melt.htm Do grasshoppers sleep? http://www.wonderquest.com/grasshoppers-sleep.htm Has anyone every actually set off a gasoline explosion using a cell phone pumping gas?  http://www.wonderquest.com/cell-phone-gasoline-pump.htm How come big birds don't take a whack at little birds harassing them? Do the big birds feel threatened or just annoyed? http://www.wonderquest.com/mobbing-big-birds.htm Do wolves run and walk on their toes? Why? http://www.wonderquest.com/wolves-run.htm What materials are used in black boxes, and how do they prevent it from destruction? http://www.wonderquest.com/black-boxes.htm How do chameleons change color? http://www.wonderquest.com/Chameleons.htm Is daydreaming, rather than being just a form of goofing off, the mechanism by which the brain processes learn material while awake? http://www.wonderquest.com/daydreaming.htm Does copper corrode in salt water? What is the average life span of a grasshopper? Who invented the water faucet? http://www.wonderquest.com/copper-grasshopper-faucet.htm Why do leaves change color in the fall? http://www.wonderquest.com/FallColors.htm Is genetically modified food good to eat? What happens to genes we eat? What insect has the longest life span? http://www.wonderquest.com/gm-genes-insect.htm In America, a billion has 9 zeros (1,000,000,000). Why does this word contain a "bi" (indicating two), when there are three triplets of zeroes? And why does a billion have 12 zeroes (1,000,000,000,000) in Britain? http://www.wonderquest.com/Billions.htm What is Vacuum, such as in Space, is there vacuum between the atoms of water molecules? Is Vacuum a squishable-stretchable thing? http://www.wonderquest.com/vacuum.htm Why leg cramps are called 'Charley Horses'; How to stop them http://www.wonderquest.com/charley-horse.htm I have a television set that displays the text of what people say. How does it work? http://www.wonderquest.com/ClosedCaptions.htm Why do evergreen trees, such as pine trees, have needles, while other trees, such as maples, have flat leaves, which are shed in the fall? http://www.wonderquest.com/PineNeedles.htm Do fish get carried over Yosemite waterfalls? Or do they know to stay away from the edge? Do fish go over Niagara Falls? Do they live? http://www.wonderquest.com/fish-over-falls.htm What land mammal migrates the farthest, What are the orange marks on envelopes, What are lichen? http://www.wonderquest.com/envelope-lichen-caribou.htm Why is there such a difference (30 to 60 minutes) between high-tide times for two neighboring coastal cities --- only 15 miles apart http://www.wonderquest.com/UntimelyTides.htm Also: Seeing the Leonid meteor shower http://www.wonderquest.com/smellflower-smellrain-quitsmell-leonids.htm Also: Origin of the Moon, Fall-leaf color in a drought http://www.wonderquest.com/junk-moon-leaves.htm Does lightning strike indoor swimming pools? Has anyone ever been hurt or killed? http://www.weatherquesting.com/indoor-pools.htm Moths aren't attracted to light, Why stainless steel is stainless, How kites fly http://www.wonderquest.com/moth-stainless-steel-kite.htm What causes radium watches to glow? http://www.wonderquest.com/radium.htm How long is a chameleon tongue and why do escalators handrails go faster than the stairs? http://www.wonderquest.com/escalators-chameleon-tongue.htm Do we have any cells in our body that are with us from birth to death? http://www.wonderquest.com/lifetime-cells.htm Can ostriches swim? http://www.wonderquest.com/ostrich-swims.htm Why does children's hair darken; What causes candles to burn very fast? http://www.wonderquest.com/hair-color-candles.htm I have read that weasels sometimes perform a 'hypnotic dance' to mesmerize their prey before attacking them. Any truth to this notion? Why can't you cut old glass with a scoring tool? Is glass really a super-cooled liquid? http://www.wonderquest.com/weasels-glass.htm Do scorpions drink water? Is the dark side of the Moon always dark? http://www.wonderquest.com/scorpions-moon.htm What is the optimal relative humidity for a swamp cooler to work? Please show a humidity/temperature chart. Why is the ground darker after a rain? http://www.wonderquest.com/swamp-cooler-humidity.htm Can scientists create a black hole in a laboratory? What would it take to create a black hole in a lab? http://www.wonderquest.com/black-holes-lab.htm How many teeth do ants have? Why do people only snore when they are asleep? http://www.wonderquest.com/ant-teeth-snoring.htm Can scientists create a black hole in a laboratory? What would it take to create a black hole in a lab? http://www.wonderquest.com/black-holes-lab2.htm Can scientists create a black hole in a laboratory? What would it take to create a black hole in a lab? http://www.wonderquest.com/black-holes-lab3.htm What is the surface like on Jupiter? Where did the word 'grapefruit' come from? http://www.wonderquest.com/jupiter-grapefruit.htm Do fireflies have fires inside them? If they don't, how do they light up? http://www.wonderquest.com/Fireflies.htm Recently we were sitting outside and heard a bizarre noise coming from something flying over our heads. We realized it was a couple of swans, and we are now trying to figure out what the noise was. Can you help? http://www.wonderquest.com/swans.htm Why do shrimp and lobsters turn orange when cooked? http://www.wonderquest.com/OrangeShrimp.htm Why do light bulbs get real bright just before they burn out? http://www.wonderquest.com/BrightBulbs.htm Why do helium balloons come down after a few days? Can't they make balloons that keep helium in? http://www.wonderquest.com/Balloons.htm Why are Indian Corn kernels different colors? http://www.wonderquest.com/IndianCorn.htm I know it's just a joke, about astronauts cleaning bugs off their windshield. But do astronauts really see bugs in space? http://www.wonderquest.com/space-bugs.htm