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We asked kids to send us their burning questions – here are 5 of our favorites from 2019

  • Written by Maggie Villiger, Senior Science + Technology Editor
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Out of the mouths of babes… comes a never-ending stream of questions.

So this year, The Conversation US jumped on a great idea dreamed up by our colleagues in Australia and launched a series of articles meant to answer questions kids ask, but that everyone probably wonders about. The...

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