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- 122. Chomp Berries
- 121. Chemical Bonding
- 120. Power Trip
- 119. Nautical Selection
- Over-dressed
- 117. Mom's Answers
- 116. The scientist's wife
- 115. Big Questions
- 114. Foreclosed
- 113. Mouse Sense
- 112. The Ugly Truth
- 111. Gingerly
- 110. Study in Solar
- 109. Compact Car
- 108. Quantum Reindeer
- 107. How Degrading
- 106. Public Decency
- 105. Gravity, Very Pretty
- 104. Err Conditioning
- 103. Professor Love
- 102. When you wish
- 101. Oversight
- 100. Rocket Science
- 099. Gracious Hosts
- 098. Snow blind
- 097. Invisible!
- 096. Wired Awake
- 095. Romantic Eye Movements
- 094. Animal Maggotism
- 093. Galactic Branding
- 092. Shocking Inflation
- 091. Night of the Living Divas
- 090. Matter of Taste
- 089. Water Under the Bridge
- 088. When the Bug's Away...
- 087. Burning Sensation
- 086. Carbon Hoofprint
- 085. High Ducktane
- 084. The meek inherit the Earth
- 083. Fish Stories
- 082. Can't See It
- 081. Carrion Caravan
- 080. It Takes One
- 079. Fond Memories
- 078. Phacsimile
- 077. Father Knows Best
- 076. Frankly
- 075. Mixed Signals
- 074. The Best Medicine
- 073. Intransitive Inspiration
- 072. Stealthy Stylus
- 071. $20 Nice
- 070. And very small rocks
- 069. Sleep Yourself Thin
- 068. Road Rage
- 067. Unless
- 066. The Taxonomist’s Prayer
- 065. Frozen Diners
- 064. Biology of the Fourth Kind
- 063. Deck the Halls with Phoradendron flavescens
- 062. Star Struck -- alternate ending
- 061. Star Struck
- 060. Cryptic Motivation
- 059. Faulty Date
- 058. Usual Suspects
- 057. Unreason for Undead
- 056. How many grants could a post-grad get
- 055. Fowl Calculations
- 054. Flu Fighters
- 053. Weighing In
- 052. Puppy (Pav)love
- 051. Polar Peril
- 050. Current Events
- 049. date = m/V
- 048. Dinner Dissection Discussion
- 047. Paper Dolls
- 046. Despite All My Rage
- 045. Ur in Trouble
- 044. Piece of the Pi
- 043. Deja Dig
- 042. Irrational Behavior
- 041. Banana Republic
- 040. Fit Forecast
- 039. Paternal Force
- 038. Another Interpretation
- 037. If I had a hammer
- 036. Seeing Stars
- 035. Bioindicator Thing
- 034. Hydrophobia?
- 033. Gene Therapy
- 032. Sleepwalking
- 031. Gravity Thingy
- 030. He blinded me with science
- 029. Colorful Career
- 028. In Control
- 027. Enlightenment
- 026. Not the Eyewash Station
- 025. Drink Responsibly
- 024. Nuclear Family
- 023. Unloched
- 022. Assisted Adaptation
- 021. He, Robot
- 020. Formula for a happy marriage
- 019. Applied Robotics
- 018. Hypiethesis
- 017. Spicy
- 016. Proto-sensitivity Training
- 015. Why I was late
- 014. Hyphenated Botany
- 013. Littler Albert
- 012. Ring Trick
- 011. Unless you have an infection
- 010. Nostolgia
- 009. Originality
- 008. Deja vu
- 007. Quantitative Chronology
- 006. Food for Thought
- 005. Potential and Kinetic Hazards
- 004. Just like Jurassic Park
- 003. Doorology
- 002. Dangers of Identity Theft
- 001. That's what I call social
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Author notes
My dad had one of these (albeit much smaller…) in his classroom. As a kid, I remember visiting the high school in the summer to help my parents clean up (or at least to be supervised sans babysitter), and I loved playing with the kinetic balls – that and looking at all the pictures in my mom's biology books. Keep in mind that grade schoolers are easily amused, and there was no internet or good cable. Anyway, you will fear and respect the power of kinetic balls! And remember that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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