Moment of Um is your daily answer to those questions that pop up out of nowhere and make you go… umm
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Antibiotics are a kind of medicine that a doctor might give you to help you fight off an infection.
Music boxes are hand-cranked toys that play a tinkly little tune. How do they make their music? We a
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Our mouths have a lot going on. They have teeth and a tongue and they help us talk and eat. But what
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A volcano forms when the hot melted rock deep under the Earth’s crust bubbles to the surface and bre
If sharks were around in the time of dinosaurs, how are they still here today when dinosaurs have go
A lot of people like root beer! But it’s kind of hard to describe, right? It’s really got a unique t
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Computers are awesome machines. They help us do so many things – from looking up facts to watching h
Computers can do all sorts of amazing things, from solving complicated math problems to showing us v
Our world is full of sound, but what happens when we leave Earth’s atmosphere? Is it true that there
