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Explainer 2008:
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- What Do Timekeepers Do? Listen to radio waves; drink café au lait.
Dec. 31, 2008 - How Many Civilians Are Dead in Gaza? Figuring out who's who among the casualties.
Dec. 30, 2008 - Stuck on Santa What should you do if your costume fuses with your skin?
Dec. 30, 2008 - Happy Birthday, Dear Yeshua, Happy Birthday to You! Was Jesus a common name at the beginning of the first century?
Dec. 24, 2008 - How To Prosecute a Shoe-Thrower Would someone in America go to jail for tossing footwear at a foreign president?
Dec. 23, 2008 - Explainer's Christmas Roundup Your Christmas-related questions, with answers from our archives.
Dec. 22, 2008 - Why Isn't the Darkest Month of the Year Also the Coldest? It's something in the water.
Dec. 22, 2008 - Does "Satisfaction Guaranteed" Actually Mean Anything? Yes. Or your money back!
Dec. 19, 2008 - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Penguins … Why would America protect foreign birds?
Dec. 18, 2008 - The Questions We Never Answered in 2008 Digging through the bottom of the Explainer mailbag.
Dec. 17, 2008 - Slate's Field Guide to Financial Scams Ponzis, pyramids, and bucket shops.
Dec. 16, 2008 - Voting With Their Feet What do Iraqis find so insulting about shoes and feet?
Dec. 15, 2008 - Is Cybersquatting Against the Law? When is it OK to buy up an expired domain name?
Dec. 12, 2008 - How Many "President-Elects" Are There? Why won't federal prosecutors in Illinois use Barack Obama's name?
Dec. 11, 2008 - Ejection Seats 101 What's the protocol for using an ejection seat?
Dec. 10, 2008 - Can Blagojevich Still Appoint a New Senator? How the Illinois legislature might try to stop him.
Dec. 9, 2008 - Is a $1 Salary Paid in Installments? Plus, wouldn't that be less than minimum wage?
Dec. 8, 2008 - Pleased To Meet You—Again Do amnesiacs realize they have amnesia?
Dec. 5, 2008 - Depth in Venice How will the city's underwater dam work?
Dec. 4, 2008 - What Were Orthodox Jews Doing in Mumbai? Making better Jews.
Dec. 4, 2008 - Bear Naked Why is it so hard to tell boy polar bears from girl polar bears?
Dec. 2, 2008 - Google's Blind Spots Can governments get Google Earth to obscure images of sensitive locations?
Dec. 2, 2008 - Start the Presses? What it means for the Fed to start "printing money."
Nov. 26, 2008 - Are Private Jets Safer Than Commercial Airliners? The Big Three auto companies say they are.
Nov. 26, 2008 - The Turkey-Industrial Complex How do farmers produce so many birds for Thanksgiving?
Nov. 24, 2008 - The Off-White House How much can an incoming president change the décor at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.?
Nov. 21, 2008 - Explainer's Wildfire Roundup Your questions about the disaster in Southern California, with answers from our archives.
Nov. 21, 2008 - The Globavore's Dilemma Your questions about food contamination, with answers from the archives.
Nov. 21, 2008 - Explainer's Same-Sex-Marriage Roundup Your questions related to California's Proposition 8 with answers from our archives.
Nov. 20, 2008 - The Evergold State Are prospectors crazy to be dredging in Washington's rivers and streams?
Nov. 20, 2008 - Explainer's Pirate Roundup Your questions about pirates with answers from our archives.
Nov. 20, 2008 - Measuring the National Carbon Footprint How do you total up the greenhouse-gas emissions for an entire country?
Nov. 19, 2008 - The Millionaire Arsonist Is a homeless felon really expected to pay $101 million?
Nov. 18, 2008 - Can You Be a Gay Mormon? Yes, but only if you don't have sex.
Nov. 17, 2008 - Try the Priest Can the Catholic Church enforce excommunication?
Nov. 14, 2008 - How Many Lashes Can One Man Take? Thousands, if they're performed correctly.
Nov. 14, 2008 - Can Your Country Get Kicked Out of the G-20? It's never happened before.
Nov. 13, 2008 - Brother, Can You Spare a Dinar? What kind of lifestyle can an Iraqi neighborhood patrol officer afford?
Nov. 12, 2008 - Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar? The best way to interrogate a child.
Nov. 11, 2008 - When the Deity Knows You're Dead How do different religions define death?
Nov. 10, 2008 - Cyberspace Invaders Is a cyber-attack an act of war?
Nov. 7, 2008 - What Happens to All the Ballots From Election Day? They'll likely be shredded by Christmas of 2010.
Nov. 6, 2008 - The Presidential Transition FAQ Does the president-elect get to ride around in Air Force One-elect? And other questions …
Nov. 5, 2008 - Is Free Coffee Against the Law? Yes, if it's in exchange for your vote.
Nov. 4, 2008 - Voting From the Hospital I got hit by a car over the weekend. Can I still cast a ballot on Election Day?
Nov. 3, 2008 - McCain's Secret Polls Why do a campaign's internal numbers look so different from the public data?
Oct. 30, 2008 - Can Ted Stevens Vote for Himself? Yes, on a technicality.
Oct. 30, 2008 - Must Obama Prove He's a Natural-Born Citizen? The flimsy rules on eligibility standards for presidential candidates.
Oct. 29, 2008 - White Supremacists by the Numbers What's up with 14 and 88? And what about the shaved heads and white tuxedos?
Oct. 29, 2008 - Will Early Voting Skew Exit Polls? No.
Oct. 28, 2008 - How Bad Are Electronic Voting Machines? Do they really fail one out of five times?
Oct. 27, 2008 - Explainer Goes in the Tank An unbiased etymology.
Oct. 24, 2008 - What's "Street Money"? Or "walking-around money"? Or "get-out-the-vote money"?
Oct. 23, 2008 - Hey, That's My Lunar Uranium! Can India claim natural resources on the moon?
Oct. 22, 2008 - And Down the Stretch They Come … Why do polls always tighten right before an election?
Oct. 21, 2008 - Loin-Girding 101 Joe Biden wants you to gird your loins. Here's how to do it.
Oct. 21, 2008 - The Purell Defense Can hand sanitizers really affect your blood-alcohol level?
Oct. 20, 2008 - Why Do We Tax Corporations? Wouldn't it be easier just to tax individuals?
Oct. 17, 2008 - What's With All the "Quinnipiac University" Polls? How an obscure school in Connecticut turned into a major opinion research center.
Oct. 16, 2008 - $596 Trillion! How can the derivatives market be worth more than the world's total financial assets?
Oct. 15, 2008 - Was Columbus Struck by Lightning? What kept the Santa María from having its mainmast shivered?
Oct. 13, 2008 - What's Up With ACORN? How a community-organizing group became Republican cause célèbre.
Oct. 10, 2008 - Is the European Credit Crisis Our Fault? Not really—they were dumb enough to buy the mortgages.
Oct. 9, 2008 - Can Paulson Fire Naughty Executives? How much control does the Treasury have over personnel at AIG?
Oct. 8, 2008 - What a Boy Wants How do you know whether an adolescent really wants a circumcision?
Oct. 7, 2008 - Flight of the Penguins How do you airlift hundreds of stranded birds?
Oct. 6, 2008 - Do Children Commit Suicide? Yes, but sometimes it seems like an accident.
Oct. 3, 2008 - Who Moderates the Moderators? Did Gwen Ifill get to pick the questions for the Biden-Palin debate?
Oct. 2, 2008 - What Makes a Lawyer "Special"? The difference between special counsels, special attorneys, and special prosecutors.
Sept. 30, 2008 - Does Congress Always Take Off for Rosh Hashanah? Yes, but members do have to work on Sukkot.
Sept. 30, 2008 - You Say Depression, I Say Recession Are we talking about the same thing?
Sept. 30, 2008 - Dead by Election Day What happens if a presidential candidate passes away at the last second?
Sept. 29, 2008 - What's the Exchange Stabilization Fund? A pile of cash that can be used for whatever.
Sept. 26, 2008 - What Does It Mean To Suspend a Campaign? Whatever the candidate wants it to mean.
Sept. 25, 2008 - No, Really, How Much Is $700 Billion? About 12 Bill Gateses.
Sept. 23, 2008 - Wall Street Suicides If we're in the midst of a financial collapse, why aren't executives jumping out of office buildings?
Sept. 22, 2008 - Is the Fed Private or Public? It's a decentralized central bank, inside the government and independent from it.
Sept. 19, 2008 - Banks, Firms, and Houses Deciphering the terms in the financial crisis coverage.
Sept. 18, 2008 - Where Did the Government Get $85 Billion? Was it just lying around somewhere?
Sept. 17, 2008 - Driving That Train How does a locomotive engineer get his license?
Sept. 16, 2008 - Can You Really See Russia From Alaska? Yes, but only the boring parts.
Sept. 15, 2008 - What's a "Compliance Fund"? A loophole in the public financing rules for presidential elections.
Sept. 12, 2008 - Ike Goes to Gitmo What happens to the detainees when a hurricane hits Guantanamo Bay?
Sept. 11, 2008 - Who First Put "Lipstick on a Pig"? The origins of the porcine proverb.
Sept. 10, 2008 - Can I Sue Google News? What happens when someone inaccurately says you've gone bankrupt.
Sept. 10, 2008 - What Happens if You Fall Into a Black Hole? You die.
Sept. 9, 2008 - Staying at the Hanoi Hilton Why did John McCain's captors need his permission to release him from jail?
Sept. 5, 2008 - Will McCain's Heart Stop? Whether the campaign needs permission to play "Barracuda."
Sept. 5, 2008 - The Trials of Trig What special needs does a special-needs baby really have?
Sept. 5, 2008 - Hockey Moms vs. Soccer Moms Which is the more important voting demographic?
Sept. 4, 2008 - Vetting Vet The origins of vet, verb tr.
Sept. 3, 2008 - Aerial Wolf Gunning 101 What is it, and why does vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin support the practice?
Sept. 2, 2008 - How To Replace a Vice Presidential Nominee What would happen if the McCain campaign had to ditch Sarah Palin?
Sept. 2, 2008 - Drunk and High in Denver Does alcohol have more of an effect when you're up in the mountains?
Aug. 28, 2008 - Can You Really "Own American Wind and Sunshine"? Plus, are they serving Coke in the Pepsi Center?
Aug. 27, 2008 - What's Next for the Bird's Nest? The afterlife of Olympic stadiums.
Aug. 26, 2008 - How Do You Blow Up a Rocket? Just flip on its flight termination system.
Aug. 25, 2008 - How Educational Is Re-Education? What you learn, or don't learn, at a Chinese labor camp.
Aug. 21, 2008 - Beach Volleyball in Iran? How do conservative countries handle scantily clad Olympic athletes?
Aug. 20, 2008 - Do White People Really Come From the Caucasus? How Caucasians got their name.
Aug. 19, 2008 - Jamaican Me Speedy Why are Jamaicans so good at sprinting?
Aug. 18, 2008 - Big Brother in the Odometer How does the government know how much I'm driving?
Aug. 15, 2008 - Why Are Georgia and Georgia Both Named Georgia? What the Deep South and the former USSR have in common.
Aug. 13, 2008 - Why Do Fencers Shriek? And other questions about the 2008 Olympics.
Aug. 12, 2008 - The Afterlife for Scientologists What will happen to Isaac Hayes' legendary soul?
Aug. 11, 2008 - Will Respirators Help Our Olympic Athletes? Only if they put them on correctly.
Aug. 7, 2008 - Why Do Banks Fail on Fridays? So the government can fix them up over the weekend.
Aug. 7, 2008 - Can You Stockpile Gasoline? How to save up fuel when prices are cheap.
Aug. 6, 2008 - Can My Shrink Rat Me Out? Did Bruce Ivins' therapist have to say that her patient was a homicidal sociopath?
Aug. 5, 2008 - Can I Sell You a Bridge in Brooklyn? Or maybe you'd like to rent one …
Aug. 1, 2008 - Obama at the Western Wall Did an Israeli newspaper break the law by publishing his prayer note?
July 31, 2008 - Is Killing Liberals a Hate Crime? Only in a few states.
July 30, 2008 - Do Gas Prices Rise Faster Than They Fall? The economics of rockets and feathers.
July 29, 2008 - Funky Chicken Do American birds taste funny because we chlorinate them?
July 28, 2008 - Can Bug Spray Explode? The hazards of aerosol insecticides.
July 25, 2008 - How Healthy Are Truckers? What it takes for a commercial driver to pass the government physical.
July 24, 2008 - How Do You Diagnose Autism? Michael Savage thinks doctors are getting it wrong.
July 22, 2008 - Pre-emptive Presidential Pardons Can you be pardoned for a crime before you're ever charged?
July 21, 2008 - What's a Bank Run? And how do you get on the FDIC's secret problem list?
July 18, 2008 - So Help You, Dog How does a canine cop become a "sworn officer?"
July 18, 2008 - Blind Reading Why would booksellers buy a title without knowing anything about it?
July 17, 2008 - How Terrorists Say "Hello" Do members of al-Qaida really give one another fist bumps?
July 15, 2008 - Why Are Red Cross Reports Confidential? The organization accuses the U.S. of torture but doesn't tell anyone.
July 14, 2008 - How To Help a Lost Dolphin Bang on some pipes or just use a pinger instead.
July 10, 2008 - What's So Exotic About an "Exotic Loan"? Its zany repayment plan.
July 8, 2008 - Will Cockroaches Inherit the Earth? What Wall-E gets wrong about the apocalypse.
July 8, 2008 - Do Fireworks Cause Air Pollution? Air quality on the Fourth of July.
July 7, 2008 - The 500,000 Artifacts of George Washington How did archaeologists find half a million objects at one site?
July 3, 2008 - Secret Muslims Are Muslims allowed to hide their faith?
July 2, 2008 - The Spam Superhighway What's "Port 25," and what does it have to do with Internet junk mail?
July 1, 2008 - Hostage Rescue for Tots What was a 3-year-old doing at a paramilitary simulation exercise?
June 30, 2008 - Rent-a-Hive How much does it cost to borrow a colony of honeybees?
June 27, 2008 - Why Don't Jehovah's Witnesses Vote? Because they're representatives of God's heavenly kingdom.
June 26, 2008 - Are Black Muslims Sunni or Shiite? Many say, "None of the above."
June 25, 2008 - What's Up With Chinese Menus? The stories behind "chicken without sexual life" and "bean curd made by a pockmarked woman."
June 23, 2008 - Why Would a Virus Look at Kiddie Porn? Malicious code that makes your computer visit illegal Web sites.
June 20, 2008 - The 25-Cent Flood Protection Device Why are we still using sandbags to keep rivers from overflowing?
June 20, 2008 - What Does a Nuclear Blueprint Look Like? Lots and lots of computer files.
June 18, 2008 - What's a Weather Spotter? A good Samaritan with a ruler.
June 17, 2008 - Will Improving Wheelchair Access Save $54 Billion? The economic benefit of making mini-golf courses more disability-friendly.
June 16, 2008 - Will the Transgender Dad Be a Father? What goes on the birth certificate.
June 13, 2008 - How Do Tomatoes Get Salmonella? From poop to produce.
June 13, 2008 - Purple Water Cannons Why would the police spray protesters with colored water?
June 12, 2008 - What the Heck is 3G? The technology behind the new iPhone.
June 11, 2008 - Cheap Gas in Missouri What keeps pump prices so low in certain states?
June 9, 2008 - Fear of Trembling Can an aftershock be as large as the original quake?
June 5, 2008 - Jumbo Jet for Sale What happens to a plane when an airline retires it?
June 4, 2008 - West Virginia, Incest Virginia? How the Mountain State got a reputation for inbreeding.
June 3, 2008 - Who's in the Junta? The mysterious generals who run Burma.
June 2, 2008 - Why Do Cranes Fall Down? Because someone botched a jump.
May 30, 2008 - Space Plumbing 101 When an astronaut pees, where does it go?
May 29, 2008 - Peacekeepers on Trial How U.N. blue-helmets get disciplined.
May 28, 2008 - How To Look for Life on Mars Sorting through the extraterrestrial dust.
May 27, 2008 - Does Congress E-mail the President? How a new piece of legislation gets delivered to the White House.
May 22, 2008 - The Yellow Liquid Diet Is it a good idea to drink urine when water is scarce?
May 21, 2008 - Can Ants Eat Your Computer? Why the "crazy rasberry" ant infests electronic devices.
May 20, 2008 - Why Do Trains Go off the Tracks? Faulty brakes, hairline cracks, and "rock 'n' roll."
May 19, 2008 - The Chinese Earthquake Roundup Can grieving parents have another child? And other questions about the tragedy.
May 15, 2008 - Can a Dead Woman Vote? Will the late Florence Steen's absentee ballot count in South Dakota's primary?
May 14, 2008 - Natural-Disaster Death Tolls Who's counting?
May 13, 2008 - Were the Dove Ads Retouched? How to spot Photoshop chicanery.
May 12, 2008 - How To Make a Skull Bong A guide for the ultimate deadhead.
May 9, 2008 - Burma vs. Myanmar Why can't the newspapers just pick a name and go with it?
May 8, 2008 - Can a Campaign Go Bankrupt? What happens to Hillary Clinton's debt when the primaries are over?
May 7, 2008 - Who Owns a Suicide Note? How the D.C. Madam's last words made it into the newspaper.
May 6, 2008 - The Unpopular President Why was Harry Truman as unloved as George W. Bush?
May 5, 2008 - Do Text Messages Live Forever? How a dirty SMS can come back to haunt you.
May 1, 2008 - What's a Botnet? An army of infected computers that can send out 100 billion spam e-mails a day.
April 30, 2008 - Life in an Austrian Dungeon What 24 years in a windowless basement will do to your health.
April 29, 2008 - Six Thousand Gallons of Regular, Please How much does it cost to fill up a corporate jet?
April 28, 2008 - Credit Card Numbers for Sale How much does a Visa or MasterCard number go for these days?
April 24, 2008 - How To Spot a Persian Prostitute Streetwalkers in chadors.
April 23, 2008 - Fat Soldiers What's the Army's policy on overweight recruits?
April 22, 2008 - Dropping Bullets From a Plane Is it safe to airdrop ammunition?
April 18, 2008 - Is It Safe To Eat Pork Brains? Only if you don't inhale.
April 17, 2008 - Can I Buy Life Insurance on a Stranger? Not unless you have "insurable interest."
April 16, 2008 - Three Girls for Every Boy Where does the FLDS find all those women?
April 15, 2008 - Why Do the Blind Get a Tax Break? And other questions about the IRS, with answers from our archives.
April 14, 2008 - What's Wrong With All Those Planes? And why didn't anyone notice at some point in the past 28 years?
April 11, 2008 - Max Mosley's Nazi S&M Orgy It was distasteful. Was it also pathological?
April 10, 2008 - What's a "Proxy Battle"? Just what was Microsoft threatening to do to Yahoo?
April 9, 2008 - Do Ousted Campaign Advisers Still Advise? Hillary Clinton can still talk to Mark Penn on the phone, can't she?
April 7, 2008 - Who Says You Need Eight Glasses a Day? The history of a debunked theory.
April 4, 2008 - Do April Showers Bring May Flowers? Not quite.
April 3, 2008 - Apocalypse No! Is the U.S. government liable for the end of the world?
April 2, 2008 - Why Are Global Food Prices Soaring? Energy costs, investment in ethanol, bad weather in Australia …
April 1, 2008 - Why Does China Care About Tibet? Plus, when are monks allowed to get violent?
March 28, 2008 - Is Sunbathing Good for You? Fact-checking new claims from the Indoor Tanning Association.
March 27, 2008 - Airwaves Up for Grabs How much free space is left in the broadcast spectrum?
March 26, 2008 - Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Why do suicide bombers shave their bodies?
March 25, 2008 - What's in a Passport File? All the information your bank tells you to keep secret, and more.
March 24, 2008 - Fish Are Jumpin' Why do stingrays and other aquatic creatures leap through the air?
March 21, 2008 - Who Took Those Tibet Pictures? Can the Chinese government track them down?
March 20, 2008 - The AIDS Conspiracy Handbook Jeremiah Wright's paranoia, in context.
March 19, 2008 - What Is a Mortgage-Backed Security? The financial instrument that destroyed Bear Stearns.
March 17, 2008 - How Realistic Is 10,000 B.C.? Did woolly mammoths help build the Pyramids?
March 17, 2008 - Porn vs. Prostitution Why is it legal to pay someone for sex on camera?
March 14, 2008 - Help Wanted
March 14, 2008 - Legally Blind? How bad is David Paterson's vision?
March 13, 2008 - Deadly Sins 101 Is stem-cell research worse than sloth?
March 12, 2008 - How To Prosecute Eliot Spitzer Which federal laws might the governor have broken?
March 11, 2008 - How Do You Go Off the Record? Why Samantha Power couldn't take back her monstrous gaffe.
March 10, 2008 - What's Taking So Long in Texas? Waiting for the caucus results in the Lone Star State.
March 6, 2008 - Prince Hairy? Why didn't the British royal have to cut his hair in the army?
March 5, 2008 - Can't Touch This Why Italians grab their crotches to ward off bad luck.
March 4, 2008 - What the FARC? A field guide to the leftist militias of Latin America.
March 4, 2008 - Can a Man Become a Magnet? Can he erase videocassettes with a touch of his hand?
Feb. 29, 2008 - Why Did William F. Buckley Jr. Talk Like That? The origins of his "preposterously mellifluous" voice.
Feb. 29, 2008 - Trial By No Jury? Why the cops who shot Sean Bell aren't getting judged by their peers.
Feb. 27, 2008 - Airplane Asphyxiation Could drop-down oxygen masks have saved a dying airline passenger?
Feb. 26, 2008 - Fix the Flu Shot Why can't they cram all the strains of influenza into a single dose?
Feb. 22, 2008 - The $60 Million Missile Why is it so expensive to shoot down a spy satellite?
Feb. 21, 2008 - 25,000 Inhabitants, 2,500 Years Ago How do archaeologists estimate the size of ancient populations?
Feb. 20, 2008 - Why Recall Two-Year-Old Ground Beef? Surely we ate it already!
Feb. 19, 2008 - How To Steal a European Painting Why is art theft so common in Europe?
Feb. 15, 2008 - What Makes Sugar Explode? Why the Georgia refinery didn't just turn to caramel.
Feb. 14, 2008 - Guns in Space What's the point of putting weapons in orbit?
Feb. 14, 2008 - Why Would Clemens Shoot Up With B-12? Maybe to treat his pernicious anemia.
Feb. 12, 2008 - Here Comes the Plott Hound How new breeds make it into the Westminster dog show.
Feb. 11, 2008 - Britney Gets a "Conservator"? James Spears' new role in the life of his daughter.
Feb. 8, 2008 - How Much Do Campaign Staffers Make? A lot more than they used to …
Feb. 7, 2008 - Testify Before Congress, Meals Not Included Did the government buy Roger Clemens a plane ticket?
Feb. 6, 2008 - Is Voter Turnout Better Than Ever? Why 30 percent is considered a good showing.
Feb. 5, 2008 - Can American Samoans Vote? Can they affect the presidential race?
Jan. 31, 2008 - Who's the Next Mormon President? No, not Mitt Romney …
Jan. 30, 2008 - Why Is Florida God's Waiting Room? Weather, taxes, marketing …
Jan. 29, 2008 - How Do You Learn a Dead Language? If you can't find a word, just borrow one ...
Jan. 28, 2008 - Gaza: The Basics Some history and background on the Gaza Strip.
Jan. 25, 2008 - Did Heath Ledger Dream Before He Died? What happens when you overdose on sleeping pills.
Jan. 24, 2008 - My Boyfriend Is Really Annoying Can I file a restraining order?
Jan. 23, 2008 - Will the Interest Rate Cut Affect Me? Average consumers might notice it, if they have a lot of debt.
Jan. 22, 2008 - Do Pilots Practice Crash Landings? And other questions about the accident on British Airways.
Jan. 18, 2008 - But I Don't Want a Rectal Exam! Can a doctor force you to undergo a procedure against your will?
Jan. 16, 2008 - What Makes Toxicology So Slow? Why it took two months to investigate the death of Kanye West's mother.
Jan. 15, 2008 - Witness Immunity 101 How to incriminate yourself on the stand without getting in trouble.
Jan. 14, 2008 - Why the Mafia Loves Garbage Hauling trash and organized crime.
Jan. 11, 2008 - Dividing Up Delegates Why did Obama get as many as Clinton in New Hampshire, when he finished in second place?
Jan. 10, 2008 - One Tiger, Two Tigers, 1,500 Tigers … How they count tigers in the wild.
Jan. 8, 2008 - How To Survive a 47-Story Fall Make sure you land on your feet.
Jan. 7, 2008 - Should We Throw Hazardous Waste Into Volcanoes? An answer to the Explainer's 2007 Question of the Year.
Jan. 4, 2008 - Is $100 Oil a Big Deal? Why would it be so much worse than $99?
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