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Moment of Um

Moment of Um is your daily answer to those questions that pop up out of nowhere and make you go… ummmmmmm. Brought to you by your friends at Brains On at APM Studios.

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Do babies understand words?

Why does mold have different colors?

What makes food organic?

How does soap make bubbles?

Why does your skin itch when it’s healing?

Why does blood taste like metal and why are we not magnetic?

How do cars go backwards?

Why can’t kids go to space?

How do you make clay for pottery?

Why don’t robots have tickle spots?

What do scientists in Antarctica eat?

Why do dogs like to roll in stinky things?

If dragons were real, how would they fly and breathe fire?

How does soil get made?

What would happen if everyone on Earth went to the same place and jumped?

Did dinosaurs have baby teeth?

Could you use up all the energy in the universe?

Why do clothes shrink in the wash?

Why don't ears have bones?

How does antivenin work?