Posts Tagged ‘Obvious Questions in Science’

1 Nov
2011

Obvious (or not so obvious…) Questions In Science: How do cortisone injections work?

Note: November is National Novel Writing Month! I am hard at work on an oral history/satire of Scientology this year,

25 Oct
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How do fish drink?

(site is back up: yay!) Fish are truly remarkable animals. First off, the question of what a fish is is

18 Oct
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Are all snowflakes unique?

You may or may not know that I work for a Major Outdoor Retailer. Regardless, in the retail world, winter

11 Oct
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How do MRIs work?

I happen to be injured right now, a story in its own right, but not the point. So this morning

8 Jun
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How do bugs breathe?

I am a firm believer in facing one’s fears, and one way of doing that is by learning more about

2 Jun
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How does TV work?

Note: sorry this is late; work was busy this week and this particular topic ended up being more complex than

23 May
2011

Day change for OQIS

Hi folks: Due to scheduling of jobs, the weekly Obvious Questions in Science article will be moved to Wednesdays from

16 May
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: How is beer made? Special for American Craft Beer week!

In honor of American Craft Beer Week, I thought I’d go through the process of how beer is made. A

9 May
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why do boats float?

The largest aircraft carriers (Nimitz-class) can weigh 100,000 tons each (that’s about the weight of 50,000 cars, for comparison). That’s

25 Apr
2011

Obvious Questions in Science: Why are leaves green?

Sorry to have missed last week–I started a second job and ran out of time for the blog! I won’t

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