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| 2000 | |
| May, 2000 | What does E = mc2 mean? |
| June, 2000 | How can astronomers look backward in time? |
| July, 2000 | How many balloons would it take to lift me? |
| August, 2000 | How much does a gallon of gold weigh? |
| September, 2000 | Is the Universe flat or curved? |
| October, 2000 | Why is the sky blue? |
| November, 2000 | How can a person lay on a bed of nails? |
| December, 2000 | Why does ice form on the wings of airplanes? |
| 2001 | |
| January, 2001 | What is gravity or how does gravity work? |
| February, 2001 | Why is water clear but when it freezes it is often white, as in snow? |
| March, 2001 | What is the speed of falling raindrops? |
| April, 2001 | What happens when something breaks the sound barrier? |
| May, 2001 | What is the Astronomical Unit? |
| June, 2001 | Why does a stream of water from a faucet become smaller at it falls? |
| July, 2001 | How large is the Earth, and how was it first determined? |
| August, 2001 | Where does the matter go when it is pulled into a black hole? |
| September, 2001 | How does the strong nuclear force work? |
| October, 2001 | How does gravity affect the wind? |
| November, 2001 | Just how fast does electricity flow in a wire? |
| December, 2001 | Why is Nikola Tesla's work so unrecognized in the US? |
| 2002 | |
| January, 2002 | Is there air on our Moon? Does the Moon have gravity? |
| February, 2002 | Can water freeze if the wind chill index is 10 degrees and the temperature is 35 degrees? |
| March, 2002 | Why are tornadoes occurring earlier in the year in West Tennessee? |
| April, 2002 | Can I estimate how much it costs to run an appliance each month? |
| May, 2002 | Does the electricity flowing in wires wear out the wires? Do the wires lose mass after electricity flows through them? |
| June, 2002 | How did mankind first determine the mass of the Earth, and what is the known value today? |
| July, 2002 | Who first discovered that atoms are made up of other particles and how was this found? |
| August, 2002 | I have heard a light bulb has glass around it to keep air away from the filament. Can a light bulb burn in space where there is no air without glass around it? |
| September, 2002 | How does a rocket work in space where there is no air to push against? |
| October, 2002 | How can you prove that there�s such a thing as black holes in outer space and what would happen to you if you got next to it? |
| November, 2002 | What is the difference in a jet airplane engine and a rocket? |
| December, 2002 | How do astronomers detect planets outside our solar system? |
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2003 |
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| January, 2003 |
What is gravity and where is it the strongest in the United States? |
| February, 2003 |
What is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and how does it work? |
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