- I still really want to know how keyless entry works!
- why does sunlight provide energy?
- I've heard that leaving the water running while brushing your teeth or something is bad and wasting water. Doesn't it all get recycled or no?
- How do "magic eye", 3D pictures work?
- no class last week.
- What makes a basketball bounce?
- How do icicles form?
- How does a microwave work?
- how do colds or viruses spread?
- why does salt melt snow
- How does NASA create practice environments with no gravity?
- How long will it take for all the snow to melt? What temperature is needed outside for this to occur as fast as possible?
- Why Pluto not a planet?
- Did global warming help to cause the snow storm last week?
- when bubble gum shrinks in air is it the same phenomenon as balloon shrinking in N gas?
- What's in ibuprofen that can somehow cure headaches, pain, etc? In other words, how does ibuprofen work?
- What is my weight on the moon or other planets?
- How long does it take for water to completely evaporate?
- Okay, I heard this physics problem somewhere: I think it's a Stephen Hawking thing-- something about theoretical physics and a tennis ball never really making it to the net, because if it is halfway there, then you can divide that in two, and keep dividing it in two, and keep dividing it in two, and the ball will never get to the net because you can always keep dividing by two. Does this ring any bells for you and if so, could you explain what the point of this is?
- What temperature does snow melt at (the snow from the snow storm)?
- How are pictures developed?
- on average, how long does it take for science to invent something new?
- How do animals that live outside survive when the temperature is below freezing?
- Can you have extremely acidic spit!? gum always dissolves in my mouth and I don't know why!
- Explain dark matter?
- If I threw a baseball in outer space, it would keep going. What would happen if I threw one on the moon, compared to distance here on earth?
- What causes gravity? I know the moon has less gravity than the earth because it is farther away from the earth, but then what causes the earth to have so much gravity?
- What makes black ice occur and what exactly is it?
- If there are so many satellite signals and radio waves around us every day (from cell phones, computers, radios, etc.), how come we are not affected by them? Or are we and from overexposure they will hurt us someday?
- why are you unable to see when you walk from the outside into a brightly lit building?
- How do cell phones work?
- How many trees are cut down when a spiral notebook is made??
- Why do rock salt melt ice and snow?
- How can weather change so dramatically within one day?
- Why do we have static electricity during the winter? I am so sick of static!!! :)
- Why does make up clog your pores?
- How long will it take for all of the snow to melt?!? Is there any way to figure it out?
- how does the whole echo thing work in front of the Follinger auditorium? if you yell in front of the auditorium only you can hear the echo...
- Why does sugar stop dissolving in a cup after you put in a certain amount.
- besides from boiling, how can water be desalinated?
- why does ocean water sometimes look green?
- Is there really such a ringtone that only some people can hear because of its high pitch/frequency?
- Why do zebras have stripes? Does it have to do with any biological reasons?
- why does a peep blow up in the microwave, how does a microwave work?
- How do you throw a curveball?
- Why is grass green?
- What causes blizzards?
- Someone told me that if you microwave an ice cube that nothing happens to it...is that true?
- How hot does it have to be to melt a large pile of snow in one day?
- What causes the snow to sparkle when it first snows?
- What is a cloud made of?
- Pigs don't sweat- is rolling in the mood their equivalent of a dog's panting?
- What causes snow drifts?
- How would you measure mass of an object?
- Why do people get hiccups, and how can they get rid of them!?
- Why does the toilet water move in different directions in different countries?
- Why does wood float on water?
- With all the controversy about stem cell research in the news, what exactly are the possible outcomes that could come from doing stem cell research?
- How does sound travel?
- Why does gravity have such an impact on the weight of objects; and why is the gravitational pull stronger on earth than the moon?
- What does alcohol really do to your body when you drink?
- how do planes stay up in the air?
- How come the snow is sometimes considered good packing snow but other times the snow is not good for packing?
- why is fresh snow so sparkly?
- How can I be really cold in a room where my friend is really warm?
- Why is there no gravity on the moon?
- Why is it so much brighter out during the day when there is snow on the ground?
- What causes a person to lose their voice?
- how long does it take to get to the moon?
- Why does Champaign have such bad drainage?
- Why can you balance a hanger on your finger, when that isn't the center of the hanger?
- how does gravity work? (this is my question every week and i will keep asking all semester until i know the answer)
- Why do we hiccup?
- What makes snow white?
- Why does walking in the snow after it's been salted leave a white line on your boot?
- OK so i know this really is not a science type question, BUT i think it is appropriate, "What do 90% of kids eat, but only 10% of adults?" a. breakfast b. cheese c. Jell-O *d. snow e. new foods
- How do computers work?
- How does a lava lamp work?
- how does the moon cause tides?
- Why don't crackers and other certain items not get hot in the microwave? :)
- How does a thermos keep drinks hot?
- What makes glue sticky?
- What causes the tides?