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| January 6, 2009 | Do wolves have predators? Answered by Gregg Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator, Idaho Fish and Game |
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| January 13, 2009 | How did Mars get dust, dirt, and sand from other places? Answered by Dr. Brian Tonks, Physics Professor, BYU-Idaho |
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| January 20, 2009 | How were the sand dunes by Rexburg formed? Answered by Greg Studley, Geologist Return to top |
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| January 27, 2009 | How hot is the sun? How does the heat from the sun warm the Earth? Answered by Jason Rich, Meteorologist, NOAA |
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| February 3, 2009 | Why do animals turn white in winter? Answered by Gregg Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator, Idaho Fish and Game |
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| February 10, 2009 | How do animals turn white in winter? Answered by Gregg Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator, Idaho Fish and Game |
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| February 17, 2009 | Why isn’t Pluto a planet any more?
Answered by: Mike Hart, Amateur Astronomer, Member of the Idaho Falls Astronomical Society |
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| February 24, 2009 | How do oxygen molecules get into a
blood cell? Answered by Tammy Cox, RN, Eastern
Idaho Public Health District |
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| March 3, 2009 | What kind of moths would we most likely
see in Idaho Falls? Answered by Mark Heckenbach, Master Gardener |
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| March 10, 2009 | What kind of skippers would we most likely see in Idaho Falls? Answered by Mark Heckenbach, Master Gardener |
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| March 17, 2009 | What kind of butterflies would we most likely see in Idaho Falls? Answered by Mark Heckenbach, Master Gardener |
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| March 24, 2009 | Does Idaho Falls Power notice a measurable difference in power usage after Daylight Savings Time begins? Answered by Van Ashton, Customer Service Manager, Idaho Falls Power |
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| March 31, 2009 | We are currently studying clouds and
rain. We were wondering what percentage of a cloud is
actually water? Or, what percentage of a rain cloud is
dust and or other things? Answered by Dennis Finn,
Research Meteorologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
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| April 7, 2009 | What kind of snakes are found in Howe,
Idaho? Answered by Chris Jenkins, Executive
Director, Project Orianne Ltd. |
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| April 14, 2009 | If painted turtles hibernate under the water, how do they breathe? Answered by Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| April 21, 2009 | Why don’t my GPS coordinates match up with Google Earth? Answered by Jeremy Shive, GIS Analyst, Stoller ESER Program |
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| April 28, 2009 | Is a Venus Flytrap a producer or a consumer? Answered by Roger Blew, Ecologist, Stoller ESER Program |
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| May 5, 2009 | According to EPA, U.S. residents,
businesses, and institutions produce approximately 4.5
pounds of waste per person per day. That means about
400,000 pounds of garbage is produced each day in Bonneville County and that number will grow as our population grows. What would you do as a county official to formulate a long-term plan for handling all that trash? Answered by Madalynn Wilson, 11th Grade, Bonneville High School. Madalynn was a winner of the Idaho Falls Earth Day Essay Contest |
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| May 12, 2009 | There seems to be a disagreement about the future of our planet. Some think we are causing irreversible damage to the Earth and some think the planet’s future has never looked brighter. What do you think? Answered by Alvin Chi, 12th Grade, Idaho Falls High School. Alvin was a winner of the Idaho Falls Earth Day Essay Contest |
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| May 19, 2009 | Why was Earth Day established? Is it still important today? Answered by Anna Must, 12th Grade, Idaho Falls High School. Anna was a winner of the Idaho Falls Earth Day Essay Contest |
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| May 26, 2009 | There seems to be a disagreement about the future of our planet. Some think we are causing irreversible damage to the Earth and some think the planet’s future has never looked brighter. What do you think? Answered by Brittany Vance, 9th Grade, Idaho Falls High School. Brittany was a winner of the Idaho Falls Earth Day Essay Contest |
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| June 2, 2009 | Do bees die after they sting? Answered by Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| June 9, 2009 | How many coyotes are there in the world? Answered by Gregg Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator, Idaho Fish and Game |
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| June 16, 2009 | Today’s featured scientist is Gregg Losinski, Regional Conservation Educator from Idaho Fish and Game. |
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| June 23, 2009 | Today’s featured scientist is Douglass E. Owen, Park Ranger Naturalist/Park Geologist, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. |
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| June 30, 2009 | I noticed a couple of songbirds chasing around a hawk. Why doesn’t the hawk fight back? After all, he is bigger and has sharp talons. Answered by Dr. Chuck Trost, Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus, ISU, and Field Trip Chair, Portneuf Valley Audubon Society |
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| July 7, 2009 | Today's featured scientist is Doug Halford, Biologist and Ecologist, S. M. Stoller ESER Program. |
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| July 14, 2009 | Today's featured scientist is Brian Tonks, Astronomy Professor, BYU-Idaho. |
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| July 21, 2009 | Today's featured scientist is Chuck Trost, Professor of Biological Sciences Emeritus, ISU, and Portneuf Valley Audubon Society. |
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| July 28, 2009 | Today's featured scientist is Flint Hall, Hydrogeologist, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
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| August 4, 2009 | Today's featured scientist is Richard Eckman, Ph.D., Deputy Director & Research Meteorologist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Field Research Division |
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| August 11, 2009 | I’ve heard that Idaho is in a rift zone
and is slowly being stretched. How quickly is it being stretched and is Idaho getting bigger because of the stretching? Answered by: Doug Owen, Park Geologist, Craters of the Moon National Monument |
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| August 18, 2009 | We’ve had a lot of thunderstorms in
Idaho this summer. Some, I’ve noticed, contain mostly cloud to ground lightning and some storms include mostly cloud-to-cloud lightning. Are there conditions that change the type of lightning a storm contains? Answered by: Dr. Rick Eckman, Research Meteorologist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory |
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| August 25, 2009 | I noticed a lot of rock chucks along
the freeway by Skyline High School earlier this year, but they seem to have disappeared. Where did they go? Answered by: Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| September 1, 2009 | How long can a bird fly without stopping? Answered by: Mark Delwiche, President, Snake River Audubon Society |
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| September 8, 2009 | Did snakes evolve from lizards?
Answered by: Dr. David Pennock, Executive Director, Museum of Idaho |
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| September 15, 2009 | If insects breath in oxygen through
their spiracles, do they emit carbon dioxide? Do the
spiracles expel the gas? I understand that because
oxygen is so readily available to insects through their respiratory system, they can fly or move for much longer than humans. Do they still produce lactic acid? Answered by: Dr. Heath Ogden, Department of Biological, Sciences, Idaho State University |
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| September 22, 2009 | There are gold-colored dots on a Monarch chrysalis. Do they have a function? Answered by: Dr. Heath Ogden, Department of Biological, Sciences, Idaho State University |
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| September 29, 2009 | I have been told to cut some of my medication tablets in half to save money, but I have seen warnings not to cut, chew or crush some tablets. Why? Answered By: Alan Jensen, RPh, Pharmacy Manager, Sav-on Drug |
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| October 6, 2009 | What do pronghorn antelope use their horns for? Answered By: Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| October 13, 2009 | How do worms crawl through the dirt? Answered Answered By: Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| October 20, 2009 | As I was driving across the Arco desert, I noticed that the three big buttes seemed to be lined up. Is there a reason? Answered By: Doug Owen, Park Geologist, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve |
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| October 27, 2009 | Why does my hair stand on end when I
rub a balloon on it? Answered By: Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| November 3, 2009 | Why is eastern Idaho a desert? Question Answered By: Roger Blew, Ecologist, Stoller ESER Program |
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| November 10, 2009 | What do magpies use their long tails for? Answered by Alana Jensen, Environmental Educator, Stoller ESER Program |
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| November 17, 2009 | How do mountains grow? Answered by Russ Mitchell, Physical Scientist, Stoller ESER Program |
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| November 24, 2009 | How many full dinosaur fossils have been found? How many have you found? (Part one) Answered by Suzanne Miller, Paleontologist, Faunal Analysis and CRM Services |
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| December 1, 2009 | How many full dinosaur fossils have been found? How many have you found? (Part 2) Answered by Suzanne Miller, Paleontologist, Faunal Analysis and CRM Services |
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| December 8, 2009 | How much paper is recycled in a year in the USA? Why doesn’t some paper get recycled? Answered by Flint Hall, Hydrogeologist, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality |
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| December 15, 2009 | What is the difference between H1N1 flu and the regular flu that gets passed around every winter? Answered by Tammy Cox, RN, Division Director, Eastern Idaho Public Health District |
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| December 22, 2009 | I have a favorite fishing hole in the Snake River near Shelley. I used to catch some pretty big fish, but since Fish and Game planted the section a month or so ago, I can catch nothing but small planted fish. When fish are planted, does it drive the native fish out or deeper or was the stream depleted before the plant? Answered by Gregg Losinski, Idaho Fish and Game |
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| December 29, 2009 | I heard that you can predict a rain storm by watching ant behavior. Apparently, ants will close the opening of their ant hill if a storm is approaching. Is there any truth to this? Answered by William Clark, Idaho Power, and Paul Blom, Research Biologist, USDA. |
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