Quick Questions Vol. 2

07/07/22 • 8 min

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Why are CVS receipts so long? Deidre Popovich, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Texas Tech, gives us the answer.

Why do we wear neckties? FIDM Museum Curator, Kevin Jones, provides history and context.

And more idioms, where do those common phrases come from? Jaye Padgett, Professor of Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz, is back to demystify a few of them.

Got questions? Email Mike at [email protected]

Why are CVS receipts so long? Deidre Popovich, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Texas Tech, gives us the answer.

Why do we wear neckties? FIDM Museum Curator, Kevin Jones, provides history and context.

And more idioms, where do those common phrases come from? Jaye Padgett, Professor of Linguistics at UC Santa Cruz, is back to demystify a few of them.

Got questions? Email Mike at [email protected]

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How do some animals change color?

The ability to slip out of a crowd undetected is the dream of many a person trying to escape a party early. Chameleons practically invented the Irish exit! How and why do certain species change their colors?

Mike gets answers from Daniel Flynn, Senior Marketing Manager at the Oakland Zoo, and Senior Aquarist, Alex Lawlor, at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

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Where are all the aliens?

For sake of argument, let's just say aliens do exist... then, that begs the question, where are they? Why can you never find an alien when you need one?

Mike gets explanations and theories from Jim Al-Khalili, author and professor of theoretical physics at the University of Surrey, on both sides of the argument of whether or not aliens exist and if they do, where they might be hiding.

Got questions? Email Mike at [email protected]