There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science
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There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

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There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

About this book

Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.

How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?

In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? and perfect for readers of Neil deGrasse Tyson's Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Leah Elson's There Are No Stupid Questions … in Science covers biology, chemistry, physics, human physiology, and space—providing easy-to-understand, delightfully cheeky answers to over one hundred common questions, from the age-old, to the ridiculous, to the sublime.

"Science can be wonderfully silly, occasionally bizarre, but always awe-inspiring."—Leah Elson

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Information

Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9798212277402, 9798200864935
eBook ISBN
9798200864942
Subtopic
Biology

Table of contents

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. BIOLOGY
  3. How do bacteria resist antibiotics?
  4. How does DNA work?
  5. Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?
  6. When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?
  7. How do vaccines work?
  8. What is the function of nipples on men?
  9. Does singing to plants really help them grow?
  10. How does a virus mutate?
  11. What happens to sperm after fertilization?
  12. Why are men taller than women—what purpose does it serve?
  13. Is not having sex harmful?
  14. Are GMO foods bad for you?
  15. Are viruses living organisms?
  16. Do men have a biological clock?
  17. Why does everyone say bees dying is a problem?
  18. Are there any diseases that have jumped from humans to animals?
  19. Is honey actually bee poop?
  20. If humans come from monkeys, why are there still monkeys around?
  21. What is the purpose of a uvula?
  22. What is a tardigrade?
  23. Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?
  24. CHEMISTRY
  25. Why do hot peppers burn my mouth even when they’re cold?
  26. How do baking powder and baking soda work?
  27. How does glow-in-the-dark paint or stickers work?
  28. How does rubbing alcohol kill germs?
  29. What is fire made out of?
  30. What is acid rain?
  31. Why does adding salt to a plumbing system “soften” the water?
  32. Why are some elements radioactive and others are not?
  33. What makes ice slippery?
  34. Could you actually make a diamond out of coal?
  35. Why is carbon monoxide so dangerous?
  36. How does fluoride in toothpaste help prevent cavities?
  37. How do batteries store electricity?
  38. What is dry ice?
  39. Why does iron rust, but gold does not?
  40. Why does hot, boiling water shatter a cold drinking glass?
  41. Why does cooking an egg yolk make it solid?
  42. What is BPA in plastic, and why is it harmful?
  43. How is the periodic table organized?
  44. How do they manufacture fireworks to be different colors?
  45. PHYSICS
  46. How is a 735,000-pound airplane able to fly?
  47. Why does ice float?
  48. What is quicksand?
  49. Why is the sky blue?
  50. How do magnets work?
  51. Why don’t huge ships sink, even though they’re made out of metal?
  52. What would happen if Earth stopped rotating?
  53. How do I know that the color green that I see is the same color green that you see?
  54. How are all the colors of the rainbow contained in white light?
  55. Are there more elements that exist that we haven’t discovered?
  56. How do cell phones work to transmit calls?
  57. Is teleportation possible?
  58. If I fired a bullet straight into the air, would it come back down at the same speed?
  59. Is it true that a feather and a bowling ball will land at the same time if you drop them on the moon?
  60. What is the difference between direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) power sources?
  61. How do photons carry color?
  62. How do microwave ovens heat food?
  63. Why are nuclear weapons so powerful?
  64. Are there more colors than ROYGBIV?
  65. Could you fly an airplane up into space?
  66. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
  67. Why is blood red?
  68. Why is the hair on my arms so short, while the hair on my head keeps growing?
  69. What is the purpose of pubic hair?
  70. Why does asparagus make my pee smell bad?
  71. What causes stuttering?
  72. Why does my eye randomly twitch?
  73. Why do I see random colors when I push on my eyes?
  74. What is cancer?
  75. Which organs can humans live without?
  76. What is a hangover?
  77. How does pain medicine (acetaminophen) work?
  78. What is pus?
  79. My wife’s blood type is O, but neither of her parents has type O blood. Should she be curious?
  80. Why do we age?
  81. How does the human sense of smell work?
  82. Why do we exhale CO2 if we inhale O2?
  83. What is the function of the appendix?
  84. Is there any science to suggest that gut feelings are real?
  85. Why do some things (heart, lungs, etc.) move on their own, but my arms and legs do not?
  86. Why do humans crave unhealthy foods if they’re so bad for us—shouldn’t we be drawn to healthy food?
  87. Can you die from heartbreak?
  88. How does caffeine keep you awake?
  89. SPACE
  90. How does gravity work?
  91. What does space smell like?
  92. How do we know the universe is expanding?
  93. What are Saturn’s rings made from?
  94. What is the sun’s fuel source?
  95. If Earth’s gravity is pulling on the moon, why doesn’t it crash into us?
  96. Is there actually a hole in the ozone layer, and what is it from?
  97. Is it true that aliens living sixty-five million light-years away would still see dinosaurs if they looked at Earth?
  98. What the hell is dark matter?
  99. If no light can escape black holes, how do we know that they exist?
  100. Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore?
  101. What are organic molecules, and why are we looking for them on Mars?
  102. Why can’t anything travel faster than the speed of light?
  103. Can moons have rings or their own little moons?
  104. If there was a big bang, do we know the location in the universe where it started?
  105. Is the Milky Way similar to other galaxies?
  106. How many galaxies are in the universe?
  107. If there are trillions and trillions of stars with potential planets, why haven’t we discovered aliens yet?
  108. Why is Earth the only planet in our solar system that harbors life?
  109. Why do stars flicker in the night sky?
  110. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  111. ABOUT THE AUTHOR