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| Title | Date published | ||
| How are glaciers formed? | 2025-09-05 | ||
| How does wildfire smoke travel so far? | 2025-08-29 | ||
| Why are puffins' beaks so colorful? | 2025-08-22 | ||
| Who invented the English language? | 2025-08-08 | ||
| Chameleons, jellyfish and ballerinas! Check out But Why Bites | 2025-07-25 | ||
| Who created math problems? | 2025-07-11 | ||
| Why do some people like spicy food? | 2025-06-27 | ||
| Why do we need to use sunscreen? | 2025-06-13 | ||
| Are horseshoe crabs…crabs? | 2025-05-30 | ||
| Who invented emoji? | 2025-05-16 | ||
| Why do walruses look so weird? | 2025-05-09 | ||
| What’s a seal? What’s a sea lion? | 2025-05-02 | ||
| Do atoms never touch? | 2025-04-18 | ||
| How are records made? | 2025-04-04 | ||
| Who invented tacos? | 2025-03-21 | ||
| What are taxes and tariffs? | 2025-03-07 | ||
| Are tapeworms sticky? | 2025-02-21 | ||
| Why do trains run on tracks? | 2025-02-07 | ||
| How do you whistle? | 2025-01-24 | ||
| Are wild cats afraid of water? | 2025-01-10 |