Science is Fun E

Private wonders about what diabetes is after learning one of her classmate's mother has it.  She also is curious about hair.

Private and Skipper discuss the origins of Vampire stories and how blood works.  They also talk about how animals and plants evolved.

Private and Skipper discuss how some animals and plants have adapted to harsh environments and The Life of Albert Einstein

Private and Skipper discuss how kidneys control the amount of blood we have and how Thermometers work

Private and Skipper discuss a great question from one of our listeners, 'what is Fire", and how computers work

Private and Skipper discuss Jan Van Helmont the man who did things right but still got it wrong and Marie Curie the woman who was the only person to win two Nobel prizes

Private and skipper discuss Alfred Nobel and why we have a heart.

Skipper claims he can eat an entire dinosaur in one bite and living computers

Private and Skipper discuss the things that living things do and what happens to the food we eat

Improved sound quality version. Private and Skipper discuss time and how a furry creature became us

Skipper tells Private that he saw a dinosaur in his backyard with blue feathers and a discussion of feathered dinosaurs begins

Skipper is still upset that Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Private discusses how our ideas about our solar system have changed over time.

Private reads that the African Black Rhino is now extinct and wonders why this happened.

Private has to get a vaccination and wonders why and how they work.  Plus how does a microwave oven work?

Private wonders why she has to take a vitamin pill everyday and why do some people have different skin color.