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531. Why is the full moon bigger in some places than in others?
     Published: 19 November, 1998
     Asked by: Lydia Hanchette
     Answered by: Terry L. Herter :: Professor
532. What is fiber optic cable and what advantages does it have over other technologies?
     Published: 12 November, 1998
     Answered by: Mike Teter :: Professor
533. Why does the earth behave like a magnet?
     Published: 5 November, 1998
     Asked by: Sweta Pattamnik
     Answered by: Dan Ralph :: Associate Professor
534. Why does my milkshake stay thick even when it warms up? Shouldn't it get thinner as it melts?
     Published: 29 October, 1998
     Answered by: Frank J. DiSalvo :: John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science and Director of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
535. Are cats and dogs colorblind? Do cats' eyes glow in the dark?
     Published: 22 October, 1998
     Answered by: Paulette Clancy :: Professor
536. If you could drill a tunnel all the way through the earth and dropped a rock in it, what would happen?
     Published: 15 October, 1998
     Asked by: Drew Teter
     Answered by: James Sethna :: Professor of Physics
537. How do microwave ovens work?
     Published: 8 October, 1998
     Answered by: Yuri Suzuki :: Associate Professor
538. What is lightning and what makes thunder rumble?
     Published: 1 October, 1998
     Answered by: Robert Pohl :: Professor of Physics
539. I have a recipe to make homemade glue. The recipe asks you to heat skim milk and vinegar until the milk curdles. Then it asks to remove the liquid from the mixture and add sodium bicarbonate to the curdles. What is sodium bicarbonate and why is it an important ingredient to make the glue?
     Published: 24 September, 1998
     Asked by: Renee Sweazey
     Answered by: Geoffrey W. Coates :: Professor
540. What is Jupiter made of?
     Published: 17 September, 1998
     Answered by: Neil W. Ashcroft :: H. White Prof. of Physics and former director of CCMR