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- Can animals get a sunburn?
- Can humans ever see in the dark with no night vision glasses or other aids?
- Can one of the professors write about some of the bacteria that are becoming immune to antibiotics? We are concerned when they are putting antibiotics in some meats now, and talking about antibacterial soaps having an effect on the immunity.
- Can the human eye be compared to a computer monitor? Does the view we see refresh itself or is it more like live feed? If something was moving too quickly, would it appear jumpy like a low frames/second?
- Do fish see in color?
- Does every one in the world have cancer cells in their body?
- Does sugar make you hyper if you eat a lot of it?
- How are marshmallows made?
- How do eye glasses improve a persons sight?
- How do underwater flares and torches work, when water puts out fires?
- How do we get cavities from candy and why do our teeth turn gray/blackish?
- How does Aspirin work?
- How does your body move? Does the brain send it messages?
- Is a horse’s leg bone bigger than a human leg bone? If so, when a horse’s bone breaks why is it so much harder to heal?
- Is AIDS the only incurable disease?
- What are Saturn’s rings made of?
- What are the effects of sleep deprivation on the human body?
- What if you had no white blood cells?
- What is a wormhole?
- Why are cats so flexible?
- Why are eyeballs wet?
- Why are humans born with eyes open and puppies are born with eyes closed?
- Why can’t we hold our breath like the whales?
- Why can’t we swallow our food whole like snakes?
- Why can’t you put metal in a microwave?
- Why do babies get their parents features?
- Why do people get seasick or carsick?
- Why do they say there are two sides of your brain?
- Why do we have fingernails?
- Why do your bones crack when you walk up or down stairs sometimes?
- Why do your cheeks turn red when you get embarrassed? How come when we get nervous our heart feels like it’s beating faster?
- Why do your ears ring?
- Why does squinting help people with vision problems see better?
- Why does your tongue get stuck to metal in the winter?
- Why is it normal to move your arms when you walk or run?