Garlic-lovers--and the unfortunate people who live with and love them--are well aware that your breath reeks for days after a serious garlic fest. Why don't tooth-brushing and mouthwash really help? Why makes garlic so persistently stinky? Garlic owe...
Many people believe that hours' worth of events and activities can be dreamed about in a matter seconds. Despite this common belief about how we dream, time in dreams actually is not compressed. If you dream of an activity that would take five minute...
Some people prefer clay tennis courts, others like grass. Yael and Don discuss the difference on this Moment of Science. Y: Hey Don, what do you say to a game of tennis later? D: Sure thing, Yael. But it has to be a clay court, okay? Y: But the grass...
Ethnic diversity is worming its way into the panels of superhero comic books and into the legions of people who love them, judging by the diversity of superheroes, storm troopers and anime Samurai who descended on midtown Manhattan for the New York C...
Last time we talked about how astronauts eat and drink under weightless conditions in space. Today we'll cover the next question kids love to ask-how do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? It may sound silly, but it's really a good question, beca...
Mike: Hey Amanda, want to hear a knock-knock joke? Amanda: I guess, but they're so corny! What is it? Mike: Knock-knock! Amanda: Who's there? Mike: Mike. Amanda: Mike who? Mike: Mike cup is empty. Can I get a refill? Amanda: Ha-ha. That's so funny I...
Thirty elderly [dict]cyclist[/dict]s began a 2,000-km journey from Taiwan that would take them to Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing. The [dict]cyclist[/dict]s, with a combined age of more than 2,000, are all volunteers for Concern Care [dict]Society[/dic...
Yal: Hey Don, what was your favorite subject in grade school? Science, right? Don: I loved science, but my favorite part of school was definitely recess. Y: Really? I always thought of you as being a kind of studious kid. D: Oh, I was. I loved learni...
Mike: Hey Amanda, are you doing anything this weekend? Amanda: I don't have any special plans. Why? Mike: There is a new movie coming out. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me? Amanda: What kind of movie is it? Mike: It's a science fiction mov...
Dear Annie: Seven years ago, I met Dan at college and we became fast friends. A semester later, he moved back to his home state. Even with the distance, we've grown closer over the years, e-mailing, calling and sending small gifts for birthdays and h...
People often ask me to compare our current college students with the crop we taught ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago. I answer by saying that, of course, I can only speak for myself, and only on the basis of my limited experience. Also, generalizing...
Dear Annie: Becky and I have been friends since high school. We both have young children now, and they are usually the topic of our conversations. The problem is, Becky constantly points out things about my children in a negative way. My 9-year-old d...
In past times, and still in rural cultures today, animals have played an important role in economics. In some places, animals are more important than money as a means of barter. If animals are slaughtered for meat, the amount of meat is important. A...
Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear Don Yal, I've been reading a lot about climate lately, and I know that the earth stores lots of carbon in different places, like in the ocean and in plants. Are there a...
Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear Don Yal, I read somewhere that there's more oil in the Western part of the United States and Canada than in Saudi Arabia. Is that true? Yal: Great question! And the ans...
