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• Do Boxers Drink Raw Eggs? Why Rocky Balboa should change his regimen.
  Lindsay Goldwert Dec. 29, 2006
  
• Pneumonia vs. the Elderly Why are they so susceptible to it?
  Kara Baskin Dec. 28, 2006
  
• Am I the Buddha? How to tell if you're the reincarnation of Siddhartha.
  Torie Bosch Dec. 27, 2006
  
• Hands Off My Kidney! Who owns a donated organ?
  Kathryn Lewis Dec. 26, 2006
  
• How To Be a Shopping-Mall Santa First, grow a beard.
  Kara Baskin Dec. 22, 2006
  
• How to Cure a Sex Addict What kind of counseling did Bill Clinton get?
  Christopher Beam Dec. 22, 2006
  
• Am I Not a Woman? How to perform a gender test.
  Melonyce McAfee Dec. 20, 2006
  
• The Unanswered Questions Digging through the bottom of the Explainer mailbag.
  Daniel Engber Dec. 20, 2006
  
• Circumcise This! How to remove a full-grown foreskin.
  Daniel Engber Dec. 15, 2006
  
• How Do I Get Experimental Drugs? You don't need your doctor's permission.
  Christopher Beam Dec. 14, 2006
  
• Capitol Hooky Do members of Congress have to show up for work?
  Torie Bosch Dec. 13, 2006
  
• Augusto Pino-qué? How to pronounce the Chilean dictator's name.
  Daniel Engber Dec. 12, 2006
  
• Don't Drink the Mars Water Is extraterrestrial water potable?
  Daniel Engber Dec. 8, 2006
  
• How To Draw an Extinct Animal Work from the inside out.
  Christopher Beam Dec. 6, 2006
  
• Radiation-Pattern Baldness How come that Russian spy still had eyebrows?
  Melonyce McAfee Dec. 5, 2006
  
• Loose Stools Sink Ships Why do so many cruise ship passengers get diarrhea?
  Daniel Engber Dec. 4, 2006
  
• Who Wants To Be an American? How often do they change the nation's citizenship quiz?
  Daniel Engber Dec. 1, 2006
  
• What's in a Presidential Motorcade? A couple of limos, an ambulance, a counterassault team …
  Christopher Beam Nov. 29, 2006
  
• What's an Acid Bomb? Can I get one at Wal-Mart?
  Torie Bosch Nov. 29, 2006
  
• Is Radiation Contagious? Can I catch a case of polonium-210?
  Daniel Engber Nov. 27, 2006
  
• How Do Airlines Set Their Ticket Prices? They keep going up and down!
  Melonyce McAfee Nov. 22, 2006
  
• How Do Tasers Work? Heavy on the volts, light on the amps.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 22, 2006
  
• How To Run for President Before the campaign trail, the paper trail.
  Christopher Beam Nov. 20, 2006
  
• Help Wanted: Senate Secretary How many jobs do the Democrats get to assign?
  Daniel Engber Nov. 17, 2006
  
• Does James Bond Have a License To Kill? The rules and regulations of British intelligence, explained.
  Justin Shubow Nov. 16, 2006
  
• Could O.J. Go to Court Again? If he did it, here's what might happen.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 15, 2006
  
• Humanderthals! We mated with Neanderthals. Can we breed with other animals, too?
  Torie Bosch Nov. 14, 2006
  
• What the Heck Is a Gyroball? A Japanese baseball pitch comes to America.
  Keith Chu Nov. 10, 2006
  
• Mommy, What's an Evangelical? There could be more than 100 million of them in America.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 10, 2006
  
• What Happens Next in Montana and Virginia? The legal issues behind the potential recounts.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 8, 2006
  
• How Do Hangings Work? Saddam's visit to the gallows, explained.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 7, 2006
  
• Can I Vote Without Going Outside? How to set up a polling place at home.
  Melonyce McAfee Nov. 6, 2006
  
• What Are Those Foil Wrappers at the Marathon? How to stay warm when you can't stop sweating.
  Daniel Gross Nov. 6, 2006
  
• Did He Start the Fire? How arson investigations work.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 3, 2006
  
• Saturday-Night Democrats Are weekend polling numbers really skewed?
  Daniel Engber Nov. 2, 2006
  
• How Gasoline Becomes CO2 A gallon turns into 19 pounds?
  Daniel Engber Nov. 2, 2006
  
• Why Can't U.S. Soldiers Marry Iraqis? The elusive rule against fraternizing with the locals.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 31, 2006
  
• Is Joe Lieberman Still a Democrat? What will happen to the Senate if he gets re-elected.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 27, 2006
  
• How Do Parkinson's Meds Work? It's all about the dopamine.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 26, 2006
  
• Is Vegemite Banned in the United States? And what's in it, anyway?
  Torie Bosch Oct. 25, 2006
  
• Borat Tricked Me! Can't I sue him or something?
  Daniel Engber Oct. 24, 2006
  
• How To Throw the Goopball The physics of baseball's most popular illegal pitches.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 23, 2006
  
• I Punched a Hole in My Picasso! Now what do I do?
  Daniel Engber Oct. 19, 2006
  
• Take My Money, Please! Do businesses have to accept cash?
  Torie Bosch Oct. 18, 2006
  
• What Are the Protests Like at Gallaudet? Chants and cheers in American Sign Language.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 17, 2006
  
• The 300 Millionth American How do we find him?
  Daniel Engber Oct. 16, 2006
  
• Iraqi Death Count: 650,000? How to read the latest study on mortality in Iraq.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 13, 2006
  
• Madonna and Child, African Edition How do you adopt a child in the developing world?
  Daniel Engber Oct. 11, 2006
  
• Can Japan Get Nukes, Too? What a pacifist constitution really means.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 10, 2006
  
• Kim Jong-il Says the Darnedest Things The extra-large propaganda machine of the DPRK.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 9, 2006
  
• Put Me on the Air! Jane Pratt has a satellite radio show. Can I get one, too?
  Doree Shafrir Oct. 6, 2006
  
• How Do Planes Avoid Colliding? There's a little box that yells "Traffic! Traffic!"
  Daniel Engber Oct. 4, 2006
  
• Can the Amish Ride in Helicopters? Medical evacuation among the Pennsylvania Dutch.
  Daniel Engber Oct. 3, 2006
  
• The Case of the Inside-Out Baby What happens when organs fall out of a fetus?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 28, 2006
  
• Pin the Tail on the Dolphin How to attach a prosthetic flipper.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 26, 2006
  
• What's a Double-Layer Fence? The latest trend in border protection.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 25, 2006
  
• The Smell of Hell Does Satan reek of rotten eggs?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 22, 2006
  
• Little Lucy's Debut Why'd it take so long?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 21, 2006
  
• Victual Ablutions Should we bother washing our fruits and veggies?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 19, 2006
  
• Is the Pope Infallible? Only when he says he is.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 18, 2006
  
• How Do You Fire an Autoworker? Ford's elaborate scheme for disemployment.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 15, 2006
  
• The Tears of a Panda What happens when a zoo animal gets depressed?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 14, 2006
  
• God Is Still Great! How often do Muslims praise Allah?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 12, 2006
  
• The Business of Blood Does the Red Cross sell your frozen plasma?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 11, 2006
  
• Why Is Chicago So Corrupt? And how do you measure corruption, anyway?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 8, 2006
  
• Shove It Up Your Ass! How many cell phones can fit in one rear end?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 8, 2006
  
• 101 101 How did intro classes get their trademark number?
  Daniel Engber Sept. 6, 2006
  
• How Deadly Are Stingrays? The numbers behind the Crocodile Hunter's death.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 5, 2006
  
• The Senate's Darkest Secret The cloak-and-dagger history of legislative holds.
  Daniel Engber Sept. 1, 2006
  
• I Converted at Gunpoint Am I really a Muslim?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 31, 2006
  
• 116, Huh? I'll Need To See Some ID How they know the world's oldest woman is the world's oldest woman.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 29, 2006
  
• Nap Time for Pilots! How much does a flight crew get?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 28, 2006
  
• Can My Sub Carry Nukes? It depends on the tubes.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 25, 2006
  
• How To Start a Political Party If Joe Lieberman can do it, I can do it.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 24, 2006
  
• Does Poison Gas Smell Good? The blister agents have a fine bouquet.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 22, 2006
  
• Real Snakes, Real Planes What you need to know before your reptile flies the friendly skies.
  Christopher Beam Aug. 21, 2006
  
• The Secrets Police Keep How cops decide which details of a crime to make public.
  Doree Shafrir Aug. 17, 2006
  
• Why Make a False Confession? Could John Mark Karr have lied about killing JonBenet Ramsey?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 17, 2006
  
• Can Criminals Hide in Church? On the tradition of religious sanctuary.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 16, 2006
  
• Who Unlocked My Trailer? FEMA gave us all the same key.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 15, 2006
  
• Twenty-Six Hours in Surgery? How long operations work.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 14, 2006
  
• Israeli Soldiers, Fashion Victims Why are they wearing chef's hats?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 11, 2006
  
• Can You Drink Explosives? What happens when you down a Molotov cocktail?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 10, 2006
  
• How To Fly a Drone Just pretend like you're playing PlayStation.
  Dan Kois Aug. 9, 2006
  
• My Pipeline's Corroded But I thought oil prevented rust.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 8, 2006
  
• Baby, You Can Crash My Car How automotive safety tests work.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 7, 2006
  
• How Does Heat Kill You? Your whole body stops working.
  Daniel Engber Aug. 4, 2006
  
• How To Boycott Mel Gibson Can I still rent Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 3, 2006
  
• Is the President Shrinking? Bush is a quarter-inch shorter this year!
  Daniel Engber Aug. 2, 2006
  
• CSI: BitTorrent How'd they know I downloaded Meet the Fockers?
  Daniel Engber Aug. 1, 2006
  
• How Drunk Was Mel Gibson? At least a couple of sheets to the wind.
  Christopher Beam July 31, 2006
  
• Bless This Boggy Book How do bogs keep things fresh?
  Daniel Engber July 28, 2006
  
• I'm Burning Up How much will my ashes weigh?
  Melonyce McAfee July 26, 2006
  
• Where's My Blue Helmet? How to become a U.N. peacekeeper.
  Daniel Engber July 25, 2006
  
• I Want a Butt Double How much will I have to pay?
  Daniel Engber July 24, 2006
  
• How To Aim a Rocket Plus, what's the difference between rockets and missiles?
  Daniel Engber July 21, 2006
  
• Are Snowflakes Really Different? Some ice crystals look exactly the same.
  Daniel Engber July 20, 2006
  
• I'm Covered in Leaflets! The secrets of airborne propaganda distribution.
  Daniel Engber July 18, 2006
  
• Black Smoke Over Beirut Why isn't it white?
  Daniel Engber July 17, 2006
  
• Where Does Israel Get Oil? If you're selling, they're buying.
  Daniel Engber July 14, 2006
  
• Three Pills? I Only Want One! How they crammed three AIDS drugs into one tablet.
  Daniel Engber July 13, 2006
  
• Mumbai? What About Bombay? How the city got renamed.
  Christopher Beam July 12, 2006
  
• How Much of Me Is Burned? Thirty percent? Forty?
  Daniel Engber July 11, 2006
  
• How To Head Butt Like a Pro Does Zinedine Zidane know how to use his head?
  Daniel Engber July 10, 2006
  
• Who Are Those World Cup Kids? Plus, why do the players exchange jerseys after every game?
  Daniel Engber July 7, 2006
  
• Can't the Feds Get Lay's Money? How a heart attack saved Enron's founder $43.5 million.
  Daniel Engber July 6, 2006
  
• Did Stress Kill Ken Lay? Plus, what's a "massive heart attack," anyway?
  Daniel Engber July 5, 2006
  
• Abu, Ibn, and Bin, Oh My! Arabic nomenclature, Part 2.
  Daniel Engber July 3, 2006
  
• How To Plan a Fireworks Show Those big fireworks displays don't choreograph themselves.
  Daniel Engber June 30, 2006
  
• Do Penis Pumps Work? Well, they can help you get an erection.
  Daniel Engber June 29, 2006
  
• What's Up With "Al-"? The ubiquitous Arabic word, explained.
  Daniel Engber June 28, 2006
  
• Sensitivity Training 101 Where baseball managers learn how to behave.
  Daniel Engber June 27, 2006
  
• What's That Magic Spray? The World Cup's special injury potion, revealed.
  Daniel Engber June 22, 2006
  
• Can Tom Cruise Rent Tokyo? Sure, if he fills out the right forms.
  Daniel Engber June 21, 2006
  
• How Do You Kill a Whale? First, blow up its brain.
  Daniel Engber June 19, 2006
  
• We Asked 1,002 Adults What They Think of President Bush … Why didn't we stop at 1,000?
  Daniel Engber June 16, 2006
  
• Does the World Cup Have a Lingua Franca? How to curse out a referee from another country.
  Daniel Engber June 15, 2006
  
• Stay Out of That Balloon! The dangers of helium inhalation.
  Daniel Engber June 13, 2006
  
• Are Muslims Allowed To Kill Themselves? Only if they have a really good reason.
  Daniel Engber June 12, 2006
  
• Why Ronaldinho Has No Last Name How Brazilian soccer players get their names.
  Nick Schulz June 10, 2006
  
• How Heavy Is a 500-Pound Bomb? Six hundred and six pounds.
  Daniel Engber June 9, 2006
  
• Why Is HGH So Hard To Detect? Doesn't it come out in your pee?
  Daniel Engber June 8, 2006
  
• How To Succeed as a Ghostwriter Will anyone ever know your name?
  Daniel Engber June 7, 2006
  
• How Hard Is Hard Labor? Do military troublemakers have to break rocks?
  Daniel Engber June 6, 2006
  
• Can I Interest You in a Light-Water Reactor? The weapons inspector's best friend.
  Daniel Engber June 2, 2006
  
• Does the Explainer Have Billion-Dollar Legs? Body-part insurance: a primer.
  Daniel Engber June 1, 2006
  
• What's With All This Pollen? Why some days are more allergenic than others.
  Daniel Engber May 31, 2006
  
• Why Can't I Use My Third Arm? My extra thumb works just fine.
  Daniel Engber May 30, 2006
  
• The FBI Knocked Over My Barn … Can I get reimbursed?
  Daniel Engber May 26, 2006
  
• What's a Mock Dogfight? Real fighter jets, fake fighting.
  Daniel Engber May 25, 2006
  
• Where Do Animated Characters Come From? How they made the critters in Over the Hedge.
  Daniel Engber May 23, 2006
  
• Why a Broken Leg Is Bad News for a Horse Can't we all just sign Barbaro's cast?
  Daniel Engber May 22, 2006
  
• How Do You "Jam" a Phone? Dial until your fingers get tired.
  Keelin McDonell May 18, 2006
  
• Why Are Russian Verdicts So Long? They can take two weeks to read.
  Josh Levin May 16, 2006
  
• How the NSA Does "Social Network Analysis" It's like the Kevin Bacon game.
  Alexander Dryer May 15, 2006
  
• Is Rapid-Hardening Concrete Dangerous? If you get stuck, just add sugar.
  Keelin McDonell May 11, 2006
  
• Where Do Hecklers Come From? The origins of booing.
  Sonia Smith May 10, 2006
  
• Do Concerts Sell Out in 10 Minutes? Is Bruce Springsteen really that popular?
  Melonyce McAfee May 9, 2006
  
• How Big Is a "10-Alarm Fire"? And how does that system work, anyway?
  Daniel Engber May 4, 2006
  
• Lethal Injections 101 A history of the deadly cocktail.
  Daniel Engber May 3, 2006
  
• Where's My Police Escort? How to rent a cop.
  Daniel Engber May 2, 2006
  
• Power to the Pumpers Do gas boycotts really work?
  Daniel Engber May 1, 2006
  
• We Arrested 9,000 Fugitives Last Week Why can't we arrest 9,000 more next week?
  Daniel Engber April 28, 2006
  
• The Prosecutor Is Out To Get Me! Does he have to tell me I'm a target?
  Daniel Engber April 27, 2006
  
• You Can't Fire Me—I'm Still Trying To Quit! Why does it take so long to retire from the CIA?
  Daniel Engber April 25, 2006
  
• When Will That Volcano Stop Erupting? It could be thousands of years.
  Daniel Engber April 24, 2006
  
• Can Karl Rove Plot Campaign Strategy on the Government's Dime? The Hatch Act and its limitations.
  Daniel Engber April 21, 2006
  
• Are the Duke Lacrosse Photos Legit? Can the time stamp on a digital photo be altered?
  Daniel Engber April 20, 2006
  
• The Ferrari That Split in Half How do we know it was going 162 mph when it crashed?
  Daniel Engber April 18, 2006
  
• Why Iran Needs So Many Centrifuges Fifty-four thousand seems like a lot.
  Daniel Engber April 17, 2006
  
• Rumsfeld and the Retired Generals Six generals have spoken out against him. Is that a lot?
  Daniel Engber April 14, 2006
  
• Who Deposits Your Tax Check? First, it goes to a lockbox.
  Melonyce McAfee April 13, 2006
  
• I Cheated on My Taxes Am I going to prison?
  Daniel Engber April 11, 2006
  
• What Makes Nuts So Crazy? From "sweet as a nut" to "nutty as a fruitcake."
  Daniel Engber April 10, 2006
  
• Should I Sell Grandma's Locket? Gold prices are really high right now …
  Daniel Engber April 7, 2006
  
• What's an Earmark? No one knows for sure.
  Daniel Engber April 6, 2006
  
• Capitol Police vs. Fashion Police Do congressmen wear their official pins?
  Daniel Engber April 4, 2006
  
• How Dangerous Is Hail? Can a grapefruit-sized ice ball kill you?
  Daniel Engber April 3, 2006
  
• I've Got a Tapeworm in Me Am I hungry?
  Daniel Engber March 31, 2006
  
• Why Do They Club Seals? Can't they just shoot them?
  Daniel Engber March 30, 2006
  
• How Do I Get Rid of All This Cocaine? The secrets of drug disposal.
  Melonyce McAfee March 29, 2006
  
• How Did Airbus Ace Its Airplane Evacuation Test? There were only 33 injuries.
  Daniel Engber March 28, 2006
  
• Should I Sue Bush or Rumsfeld? How lawsuits get their names.
  Daniel Engber March 28, 2006
  
• What's a World Passport? It works in Tanzania but not in America.
  Daniel Engber March 24, 2006
  
• Why Do Giant Tortoises Live So Long? They're big, they've got armor, and they live on an island.
  Daniel Engber March 23, 2006
  
• What's a Duck Sentinel? A 21st-century canary in a coal mine.
  Daniel Engber March 21, 2006
  
• Cyclone Larry vs. the Atomic Bomb Which one is more destructive?
  Daniel Engber March 21, 2006
  
• Can I Tamper With My Witness? What if the judge didn't tell me not to?
  Daniel Engber March 17, 2006
  
• Thou Shalt Eat Corned Beef on Friday Who sets the rules on Lent?
  Daniel Engber March 15, 2006
  
• My Eyeball Just Fell Out of Its Socket What should I do?
  Daniel Engber March 13, 2006
  
• Why Do We Think Aliens Are Made of Water? If it's good enough for us, it's good enough for them.
  Daniel Engber March 11, 2006
  
• Can I Make Them Score My SAT by Hand? Why demanding a rescore may not be worth the money.
  Daniel Engber March 9, 2006
  
• Why Are Swans Dropping Like Flies? Avian influenza fells the big birds first.
  Daniel Engber March 8, 2006
  
• Do All Presidential Briefings Get Videotaped? Cameras, conferences, and Clinton's coffees.
  Daniel Engber March 6, 2006
  
• How United Are the United Arab Emirates? Why some emirates are more important than others.
  Daniel Engber March 3, 2006
  
• How Can Sunnis and Shiites Tell Each Other Apart? Some people just have a Sunni name.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 28, 2006
  
• Mind Your P's and F's How Pilipinos became Filipinos in the Philippines.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 27, 2006
  
• Why Are Smaller Microchips Cheaper? You can pack more of them onto your wafer.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 23, 2006
  
• I'm Running a Port—What Do I Do? How a port operator operates.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 22, 2006
  
• What Does a Chinese Keyboard Look Like? How they type in the PRC.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 22, 2006
  
• Israel Sends $50 Million a Month to the Palestinians? How to collect taxes for your neighbor.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 17, 2006
  
• Why Do Athletes Bite Their Medals? Can you put tooth marks in your gold?
  Daniel Engber Feb. 16, 2006
  
• How Does a Shotgun Pellet Migrate? Plus, can birdshot give you lead poisoning?
  Daniel Engber Feb. 15, 2006
  
• The Shape of My Heart Where did the ubiquitous Valentine's symbol come from?
  Keelin McDonell Feb. 14, 2006
  
• Does Dick Cheney Know How To Hunt? What the veep needs to learn about shooting quail.
  Melonyce McAfee Feb. 13, 2006
  
• This is George Bush. Is Anders Rasmussen Available? How world leaders make phone calls.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 10, 2006
  
• Balls in the Air Where does the expression "balls to the wall" come from?
  Jesse Sheidlower Feb. 10, 2006
  
• Where Do Muslim Protesters Get Their Danish Flags? They can't all be from the PLO Flag Shop.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 9, 2006
  
• When Congress Makes You Swear Why didn't Alberto Gonzales have to take an oath at the NSA hearings?
  Melonyce McAfee Feb. 8, 2006
  
• Graven Images 101 Does Islam really prohibit images of religious figures?
  Daniel Engber Feb. 8, 2006
  
• Did You Order the Red Notice? A guide to Interpol's color-coded warnings.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 6, 2006
  
• Does OSHA Keep Tabs on the NFL? The football field seems like an unsafe work environment.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 3, 2006
  
• What's With the Iranian Students News Agency? Iran must have a really good J-school.
  Daniel Engber Feb. 2, 2006
  
• Who's Going To Pay for Bob Woodruff's Medical Care? Do military hospitals take insurance?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 31, 2006
  
• Can Soldiers Buy Extra Gear? If it's boots, yes. Grenades, no.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 30, 2006
  
• Where Do Zoo Animals Go When They Die? To the lab, the museum, and the education department.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 27, 2006
  
• "India? ... Italy? ... No, Wait—Don't Tell Me ... Iceland?" When one government doesn't recognize another.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 26, 2006
  
• What Happens When TV Networks Merge? The battle of the network affiliates.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 25, 2006
  
• How Much for That Kidney Stone? Can patients keep their excised parts?
  David Goldenberg Jan. 24, 2006
  
• Can Someone Else Pay Your Taxes? Sure, but only if you pay taxes on the taxes.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 23, 2006
  
• What's With All the Blind Clerics? Vision and the Muslim world.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 21, 2006
  
• Tissue Rejection 101 Why the first face transplant might not stick.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 19, 2006
  
• What's Benjamin Franklin's Birthday? Why it's 11 days later than it used to be.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 18, 2006
  
• Were the Missile Strikes in Pakistan Illegal? The laws of war, explained.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 17, 2006
  
• Al-Qaida's Red Tape Do you have to fill out a form to be a terrorist?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 13, 2006
  
• The Amphibian Pregnancy Test How does a frog know you're knocked up?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 12, 2006
  
• SWAT Did You Say? Police tactical units and how they work.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 11, 2006
  
• "Surviving Miner Develops Slight Fever" How much detail can doctors give the press?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 9, 2006
  
• Lightning Detection 101 How do they know if a bolt struck the mine in West Virginia?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 6, 2006
  
• Where Are the USC Championship T-Shirts? They might be going to Haiti.
  Torie Bosch Jan. 5, 2006
  
• When Can a Government Employee Blow the Whistle? Are the wiretap leakers breaking the law?
  Daniel Engber Jan. 4, 2006
  
• What Do You Do If You're Trapped in a Mine? First, try your self-contained self-rescuer.
  Daniel Engber Jan. 3, 2006