Moment of Um

By American Public Media

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Moment of Um is your daily answer to those questions that pop up out of nowhere and make you go… ummmmmmm. Brought to you by your friends at Brains On at APM Studios.

Episode Date
How do we know what dinosaurs sounded like?
May 07, 2025
How did Megalodon sharks go extinct?
May 06, 2025
Did dinosaurs lay colorful eggs?
May 05, 2025
How does an immortal jellyfish go back to being a baby?
May 02, 2025
Why can you hear the ocean in a seashell?
May 01, 2025
Why are we more closely related to fungi than plants?
Apr 30, 2025
Would a poisonous snake die if it bit itself?
Apr 29, 2025
What are birthmarks?
Apr 28, 2025
What makes dolphins so smart?
Apr 25, 2025
Do we sneeze in our sleep?
Apr 24, 2025
Do lizards smell with their tongues?
Apr 23, 2025
Do we have our own gravity?
Apr 22, 2025
Why do beans give us gas?
Apr 21, 2025
Why don’t scars go away?
Apr 18, 2025
How do boomerangs return?
Apr 17, 2025
What happens when paleontologists find a fossil?
Apr 16, 2025
What is plastic made of?
Apr 15, 2025
How does pasta turn from hard to tender?
Apr 14, 2025
How are our brains different from other animals' brains?
Apr 11, 2025
Do zookeepers work at night?
Apr 10, 2025
Why does corn have hairs on it?
Apr 09, 2025
Where does pepper come from?
Apr 08, 2025
Why do donuts have “nut” in the name?
Apr 07, 2025
Why is cotton so fluffy?
Mar 28, 2025
How is couscous made?
Mar 26, 2025
Why do people stop growing taller?
Mar 25, 2025
Why can’t we feel our hair growing?
Mar 24, 2025
Do plants have DNA?
Mar 21, 2025
How do flat rocks skip across water?
Mar 20, 2025
Why do flightless birds have wings?
Mar 19, 2025
How are cheetahs so fast?
Mar 18, 2025
Why does cutting onions make you cry?
Mar 17, 2025
How do lizards detach their tails?
Mar 14, 2025
Why is chocolate poisonous for dogs?
Mar 13, 2025
Why do we faint?
Mar 12, 2025
Why do we feel dizzy when we twirl around?
Mar 11, 2025
How do caves form?
Mar 10, 2025
Bedtime on Dragon Mountain
Mar 07, 2025
Why do we talk in our sleep?
Mar 06, 2025
How long would it take a whale to swim from California to Japan?
Mar 05, 2025
How do we know dreams aren’t real?
Mar 04, 2025
Why do people cuddle?
Mar 03, 2025
How do polaroids develop pictures so quickly?
Feb 28, 2025
How do ballerinas stand on their toes?
Feb 27, 2025
How do scientists know how old fossils are?
Feb 26, 2025
Does water have a taste?
Feb 25, 2025
What is silica gel and why shouldn’t you eat it?
Feb 24, 2025
How can mold be used for medicine?
Feb 21, 2025
Why do our ears pop on airplanes?
Feb 20, 2025
Why does the bowl get hotter than the food in the microwave?
Feb 19, 2025
How do frogs' tongues stretch so far?
Feb 18, 2025
When did people start wearing makeup?
Feb 17, 2025
How do minerals form in caves?
Feb 14, 2025
How do sticks make fire?
Feb 13, 2025
How do green screens work?
Feb 12, 2025
Do babies understand words?
Feb 11, 2025
Why does mold have different colors?
Feb 10, 2025
What makes food organic?
Feb 07, 2025
How does soap make bubbles?
Feb 06, 2025
Why does your skin itch when it’s healing?
Feb 05, 2025
Why does blood taste like metal and why are we not magnetic?
Feb 04, 2025
How do cars go backwards?
Feb 03, 2025
Why can’t kids go to space?
Jan 31, 2025
How do you make clay for pottery?
Jan 30, 2025
Why don’t robots have tickle spots?
Jan 29, 2025
What do scientists in Antarctica eat?
Jan 28, 2025
Why do dogs like to roll in stinky things?
Jan 27, 2025
If dragons were real, how would they fly and breathe fire?
Jan 24, 2025
How does soil get made?
Jan 23, 2025
What would happen if everyone on Earth went to the same place and jumped?
Jan 22, 2025
Did dinosaurs have baby teeth?
Jan 21, 2025
Could you use up all the energy in the universe?
Jan 20, 2025
Why do clothes shrink in the wash?
Jan 17, 2025
Why don't ears have bones?
Jan 16, 2025
How does antivenin work?
Jan 15, 2025
Why are there holes in Swiss cheese?
Jan 14, 2025
How do ping-pong balls bounce so high?
Jan 13, 2025
How does gasoline turn into exhaust?
Jan 10, 2025
What happens in our bodies when we are sick?
Jan 09, 2025
Why do some trees grow taller than others?
Jan 08, 2025
Why are peaches and some other fruits fuzzy?
Jan 07, 2025
How were black holes first discovered?
Jan 06, 2025
How do records work?
Dec 20, 2024
Do airplanes have a speed limit?
Dec 19, 2024
How do stethoscopes work?
Dec 18, 2024
How many times does our heart beat a day?
Dec 17, 2024
How do sinkholes form?
Dec 16, 2024
What would happen if I went inside a black hole?
Dec 13, 2024
How do 3D glasses work?
Dec 12, 2024
How do vocal cords work?
Dec 11, 2024
How does hair dye work?
Dec 10, 2024
How are bricks made?
Dec 09, 2024
When did people start using utensils?
Dec 06, 2024
How do our clothes get dirty?
Dec 05, 2024
Why does salt make you thirsty?
Dec 04, 2024
Why does bread have holes?
Dec 03, 2024
How do people get warts?
Dec 02, 2024
How does a platypus make its venom?
Nov 29, 2024
How did the peregrine falcon get its name?
Nov 28, 2024
Why don’t mountain lions have manes?
Nov 27, 2024