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1. Average size US woman

2. Can eye color change?

3. Ceiling fan - way to rotate

4. What animal lives longest?

5. Animals that mate for life

6. How swamp coolers work

7.Does alcohol kill brain cells

8. Does the Moon rotate?

9. Most poisonous animal!

10. Septic tank - how often pump?

 

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Passenger busWhat makes us tick?  When we sleep on a bus trip, why are we often able to wake up just before our intended stop?


Readers' Question

Readers contributed to November's bio-clock question.  Here's your next question: 

Why do geese walk across a road when they can fly, thereby not getting hit by a car?

Deadline:  28 Dec.  We will publish the best answers on11 Jan. 

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Evolution, fossils, dinosaurs

Dinosaurs: Could a dinosaur scratch his own itch?
Dinosaurs: Was Antarctica once warm and did dinosaurs live there?
Dinosaurs:  Could dinosaurs swim?
Dinosaurs:  I heard from my science teacher that if scientists find the blood sample of a dinosaur they can bring back dinosaurs to life, is this true?
Fingers: Why do we have five fingers?
Intelligence, species: How can one species measure the intelligence of another? Are trees smarter than humans?
Man:  How old is man?
Species: what makes sex work? What enables a male and a female to produce offspring?
Human skin color: why did human skin color evolved to lighter shades?
 

Genetics

CloningWe do not understand cloning.  How does it work?  How is it done? Can you explain it?
Indian corn: why the colors?
Digesting genes: What happens to genes we eat?
GM food: On my table everyday, there are genetically modified rice, vegetables, and so on. Who knows if it is good or not for us?
No-father fertilization: Is it possible to take the chromosomes from one female egg and inject them into another female egg so they attach and actually form a fertilized egg?
Pets:  Are genetic pets real?

 

 

 

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