Inquiring Minds (1999) is a series web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Inquiring Minds online in HD.
Inquiring Minds — Storyline
An exploration into the answers of obscure questions.
Cast & Crew
- Starring: Michael Kinney, Chris Robinson
Inquiring Minds — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1999-09-12 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 44 |
| Genre | series |
| Language | English |
| Network | TVOntario |
| Status | Ended |
Inquiring Minds — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Why Is The Sky Blue? (1999-09-12) — The Exploration of sunlight. How the sky is like a giant pinball machine and where the sun is located at different times of the day. The explanation of what would happen if there w
- E2: How Do People Survive Lightning Strikes? (1999-09-19) — An explanation of lightning, including the amount of energy in a lightning bolt, how lightning is formed, and what we actually see in a streak of lightning. The group also explains
- E3: Why Does Breathing Helium Make Your Voice So High? (1999-09-26) — The discovery of how the density of several elements affects sound, what is needed for sound to be present, and how sound works. The pitch of a person's voice compared to that of a
- E4: Why Don't Satellites Fall Out Of The Sky? (1999-10-03) — Explains what a satellite is, how it is put into orbit and how it maintains its orbit. The team also talks about how satellite dishes work and how they provide better television si
- E5: How Does The Dry Cleaning Process Work? (1999-10-10) — The revelation of why certain clothes are dry cleaned, the history of the dry cleaning process, and introduces water as a universal solvent. A demonstration is performed of how lik
- E6: Why Are Hurricanes Seasonal? (1999-10-17) — The exploration of why hurricanes strike only in late summer or early fall. The hosts also explain what a hurricane is, why it is the most destructive natural force on Earth, and d
- E7: Why Do Voices Sound Different On Recorders? (1999-10-24) — The examination of how sound is produced and explains hearing by air conduction, and bone construction.
- E8: How Do Astronauts Land On The Moon? (1999-10-31) — The revealation of how a rocket actually gets to the moon, and how it is compared to flying to the moon as vacation.
- E9: Why Do High And Low Pressure Systems Bring Good And Bad Weather? (1999-11-07) — The explanation of atmospheric pressure and its relevance to the weather report and our daily lives. Also explained are pressure instruments and their uses, how isobars are mapped
- E10: Why Do Some Rock Concerts Sound So Bad? (1999-11-14) — The definition of an echo, and the demonstration of how it occurs and its effects in different background. The hosts describe the acoustic challenges presented by most rock concert
- E11: How Do No Tears Shampoos Work? (1999-11-21) — How surfactant, the ingredient in shampoo that causes the burning sensation and helps rid the hair of dirt, reacts with the eye's tear film. And a look at amphoteric surfactants, w
- E12: How Do Artificial Flavours Fool Our Taste Buds? (1999-11-28) — A mass spectrometer analyzes the contents of a substance and displays the results on a computer. The human tongue and its ability to recognize four main tastes. The make-up of synt
- E13: How Is Snow Manufactured? (1999-12-05) — Information on how nature creates snow, the components used by snow-making machines to manufacture snow, and natural snowflakes compared to artificial ones.
- E14: How Are Athletes Timed In A Race? (1999-12-12) — The history of the stopwatch and analysis of its accuracy. The starter's pistol, the starting block sensors, and the horn in present-day races are used for timing modern races. How
- E15: How Do Bulletproof Vest Work? (1999-12-19) — The structure of a bullet- proof vest, including the characteristics of an Aramid fiber-energy absorption, stretching ability. How the strength of a fabric depends on how the fiber
- E16: Why Do Some People Wear Glasses? (1999-12-26) — The explanation of the parts of the eye, such as the lens and the muscles surrounding it, the iris and its function of letting light into the eye, the retina, lined with light-sens
- E17: Why Is The Ocean Salty? (2000-01-02) — The hosts talk about the two principle sources of salt. Underwater volcanoes and rivers, plus the different levels of salt concentration in rivers and ocean, and also the salt's te
- E18: What Are The Pros And Cons Of Being A Vegetarian? (2000-01-09) — The definition of carnivores and herbivores, – their respective diets and eating mechanisms. Human's teeth, digestive systems, and diet in comparison to those of carnivores and her
- E19: How Do We Determine The Age Of Dinosaurs? (2000-01-16) — Calculating the age of bones from the amount of carbon 14 they contain and the potassium atoms in rocks surrounding bones. Explanations of how bones help determine what the dinosau
- E20: Why Is Gold So Valuable? (2000-01-23) — Gold's properties, its appeal to human beings and impact on society throughout history. The advantages of gold over other metals, its chemical stability where it does not react wit
- E21: Why Does Fluoride Prevent Cavities? (2000-01-30) — What bacteria are and why they are so dangerous. Information on what eggshells and teeth have in common, what fluoride is and how it prevents cavities. The structure and function o
- E22: What Is A Computer Virus? (2000-02-06) — How a computer virus causes infections, the three stages of program infection, and routes to protection. A presentation of a comparison of viruses in humans and computers, the char
Season 2
- E1: Why Do Divers Get The Bends? (2000-09-10) — The explanation of why we can't breathe underwater and how a regulator helps scuba divers. The hosts reveal the dangers of ""the bends"" where nitrogen builds up in the blood, the
- E2: Why Do Bears Hibernate, And Not Humans? (2000-09-17) — Why humans must endure winter, while bears and chipmunks can avoid it by hibernating. We explore the structure and function of living systems, regulation of life processes and beha
- E3: Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? (2000-09-24) — The team explain what a stick and a piece of crystal have to do with telling time, and how the clock was invented. They also discuss Newton's law of gravitation, scientific princip
- E4: What Causes Allergies? (2000-10-01) — Why some people have allergic reactions, and others don't. How your immune system works – or doesn't work is discussed. A look at auto-immune disease is discovered. The team focuse
- E5: What Causes The Northern Lights? (2000-10-08) — The group focuses on how the earth resembles a giant magnet, and its relation to the natural light show known as the aurora borealis. A discussion of properties of gas, transfer, p
- E6: Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples? (2000-10-15) — The group discusses the evolution of the golf ball, and its advantages. Why a rough ball travels further than a smooth one, the impact of air, and how to make an object more aerody
- E7: Why Is It So Difficult To Stop Smoking? (2000-10-22) — Explanations of why smoking is a powerful addiction, how it affects the chemistry of the brain and the ""reward centre,"" the causes of withdrawal symptoms, and attempts to escape
- E8: How Do Microwave Ovens Cook Food? (2000-10-29) — The exploration of heat transfer through conduction, convection, and radiation, the electromagnetic spectrum and wavelengths. Changes in matter, and technological design.
- E9: Can Voices Really Shatter Glass? (2000-11-05) — What resonance means and the natural frequency of structures and objects, such as glass. A look at the effects of resonance, and some examples – why resonance is like swinging some
- E10: Why Does Food Rot? (2000-11-12) — A look at micro organisms, where the team talks about how they work, their need for water, the role of the freezer and refrigerator, different kinds of bacteria – good and bad, and
- E11: Why Does Getting Sick Always Give You The Same Symptoms? (2000-11-19) — How a cold or flu virus works, and its effects on your body. The functions of congestion, a sore throat, sneezing, and coughing. The hosts explain why we get sick more often in the
- E12: Why Don't Sky Scrapers Fall Over? (2000-11-26) — The evolution of the skyscraper and a look at how high buildings can become. The role that steel is described, and how steel frames have played a part, the elevator's role in the "
- E13: How Do Body Builders Get Their Muscles So Big? (2000-12-03) — How your muscles function everyday, how your body builds muscles using muscle fibres and protein strands, and getting your body into shape.
- E14: How Do They Keep The Ice Frozen in a Hockey Arena? (2000-12-10) — What antifreeze has to do with hockey rinks, why they paint the ice, and how thick the ice surface is. The hosts also explain about what happens to the ice when another event is he
- E15: How Do Helicopters Fly Without Wings? (2000-12-17) — What the wings of a plane and the rotor of a helicopter have in common, how the rotor lifts the helicopter off the ground from a standing position, how a helicopter changes directi
- E16: Why Do Animals See The World Differently Than We Do? (2000-12-24) — What animals need to see in order to stay alive, why some animals' eyes are on the sides of their head, and which species have more than two eyes.
- E17: Why Is Laser Light So Powerful? (2000-12-31) — How to produce a single wavelength, what neon signs and lasers have in common, what makes a laser powerful enough to cut through steel, and why some lasers are more powerful than o
- E18: How Does Soap Make You Clean? (2001-01-07) — Where soap gets its cleaning power from, why water alone can't get you clean, and where soap scum comes from. Behind the reason why people don't use soap to wash their hair.
- E19: Why Is There No Cure for the Common Cold? (2001-01-14) — What happens when a virus invades your body, what a vaccine is, and why we can't create a vaccine to protect us from the common cold.
- E20: How Do Surgeons Transplant An Organ? (2001-01-21) — An experiment on how the immune system reacts to a foreign organ, how T-cells know what belongs in your body and what doesn't, and especially how doctors find a match between patie
- E21: How Does Nuclear Power Work? (2001-01-28) — How we get electricity from uranium, how a nuclear chain reaction is created, and why nuclear power generation has hazardous side effects.
- E22: What Is The Science Behind Keeping Warm? (2001-02-04) — A demonstration on what happens when your body is unable to produce heat as fast as it is being lost, how your body defends against heat loss, and the trick to layering.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Inquiring Minds have? 2 season(s) with 44 episodes.
Where can I watch Inquiring Minds? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.