Best of Ask the Experts (December 2005)
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What is antimatter?; Why does your stomach growl when you are hungry? (originally published April 2002)

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Why do my eyes tear when I peel an onion? What is the origin of zero? (originally published May 2002)

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Do people lose their senses of smell and taste as they age? What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier? (originally published June 2002)

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How long can humans stay awake? When Tyrannosaurus rex fell, how did it get up, given its tiny arms? (originally published July 2002)

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How can an artificial sweetener contain no calories? What is a blue moon? (originally published August 2002)

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What exactly is d¿j¿ vu? How can graphite and diamond be so different if they are both composed of pure carbon? (originally published September 2002)

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How is caffeine removed to produce decaffeinated coffee? Why is spider silk so strong? (originally published October 2002)

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Why do we yawn when we are tired? And why does it seem to be contagious? Why do stars twinkle? (originally published November 2002)

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How does the Venus flytrap digest flies? How do rewritable CDs work? (originally published December 2002)

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How do Internet search engines work? What is quicksand? (originally published January 2003)

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Why do some people get more cavities than others do? Why are snowflakes symmetrical? (originally published February 2003)

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What is the difference between artificial and natural flavors? How long can the average person survive without water? (originally published March 2003)

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Why do computers crash? What causes thunder? (originally published May 2003)

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Why do hangovers occur? Why does shaking a can of coffee cause the larger grains to move to the surface? (originally published June 2003)

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Why does reading in a moving car cause motion sickness? How long do stars usually live? (originally published July 2003)

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Would you fall all the way through a hypothetical hole in the earth? How do manufacturers calculate calories for packages foods? (originally published August 2003)

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I was vaccinated against smallpox 40 years ago. Am I still protected? Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole? (originally published September 2003)

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What causes insomnia? Why is the sky blue? (originally published October 2003)

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What makes Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma so prone to tornadoes? Are humans the only primates that cry? (originally published November 2003)

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What is game theory and what are some of its applications? Why do we get goose bumps? (originally published December 2003)

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How does spending prolonged time in microgravity affect astronauts? How do geckos' feet unstick from a surface? (originally published January 2004)

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How does exercise make your muscles stronger? What causes a mirage? (originally published February 2004)

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Why are blood transfusions not rejected, as can happen with organs? How can deleted computer files be retrieved at a later date? (originally published March 2004)

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How do dimples on golf balls affect their flight? How does club soda remove red wine stains? (originally published April 2004)

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Do we really use only 10 percent of our brains? How can the weight of Earth be determined? (originally published June 2004)

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What causes hiccups? How do sunless tanners work? (originally published August 2004)

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Why is the fuel economy of a car better in the summer? Why does inhaling helium make one's voice sound strange? (originally published September 2004)

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Why do some expectant fathers experience pregnancy symptoms? Why does a shaken soda fizz more than an unshaken one? (originally published October 2004)

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How do scientists know the composition of the Earth's interior? How does decanting red wine affect its taste? And why not decant white? (originally published November 2004)

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Why is life expectancy longer for women than it is for men? (originally published December 2004)

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How do computer hackers "get inside" a computer? Why do traffic jams sometimes seem to appear out of nowhere? (originally published January 2005)

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Why do bags form below our eyes? How are the abbreviations of the periodic table determined? (originally published February 2005)

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How long can a person survive without food? How do scientists detect new elements that last only milliseconds? (originally published March 2005)

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What is the fastest event that can be measured? Why is normal blood pressure less than 120/80? Why don't these numbers change with height? (originally published April 2005)

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How does anesthesia work? Are one's fingerprints similar to those of his or her parents? (originally published May 2005)

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How are past temperatures determined from an ice core? Why do people have different blood types? (originally published June 2005)

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Why do flowers have scents? How are tattoos removed? (originally published July 2005)

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What causes headaches? How can a poll of only 1,004 Americans represent 260 million people? (originally published August 2005)

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Are food cravings the body's way of telling us that we are lacking nutrients? What causes feedback in a guitar or microphone? (originally published September 2005)

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What causes shin splints? Why do bees buzz? (originally published October 2005)