As Good As Old

A ROOF WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE

The Pantheon in Rome, Italy, was built thousands of years ago and looks like this today. Whoever heard of building a building with a big hole in the middle of the roof? No, the hole was not a…

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How Things Work

An oven that stays cool

Could you bake a potato in an oven that doesn’t get hot? Yes, you could, if it’s a microwave oven. In minutes, the potato gets steaming hot, but the oven stays cool! And the glass or china dishes you…

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Air, Wind, Clouds, and Weather

Dust devils and dust storms

A tornado is a whirling wind that comes down from the sky and touches the ground. Dust devils and sand pillars are whirling winds that go from the ground up into the sky. Whenever hot air rises, it…

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