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2. 1 Curious? CambridgeScienceFestival.org 3. 16 4. 17 CURIOSITY CHALLENGE Artwork 5. Alisa Lorden Age 12 WHY DOES RIGOR MORTIS OCCUR IN THE BODY? Abdulwahid Siidi Age 5 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT RECYCLING 18 6. 19 Ahiaya Milton Age 8 HOW ARE MATERIALS MADE? Anika Banerjee Age 10 DO FISH HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE? 7. Flavia Fernandes Age 8 IM CURIOUS ABOUT FLYING IN THE FUTURE John Lian Age 11 WHEN WILL HUMANS GO EXTINCT? 20 8. 21 Katie Houde Age 13 WHY ARE OUR EYES DIFFERENT COLORS? Jahki Bryant Age 10 HOW DO CRABS BREATHE UNDERWATER? 9. Anya Kamara Age 5 CURIOUS ABOUT KIND PEOPLE Anthony Elizier Age 6 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT GIRAFFES 22 10. 23 Ayden Cassano Age 6 WHY DO DOGS BARK? Ashley R. Joseph Age 7 CURIOUS ABOUT HOW KEYS START CARS 11. Brandon Anderson Age 7 HOW WIND TURNS INTO TORNADOES Eden Cherisme Age 7 WHERE DO SEEDS COME FROM? 24 12. 25 Domenico Villani Age 8 HOW CAN WE SAVE SHARKS? Eliana Mamo Age 7 WHY DO YOU HAVE HAIR COLOR? 13. Inga Bartsch Age 7 SEA LEVEL RISE 26 14. 27 Christian Valentin Age 11 WHY DOES SATURN HAVE RINGS? Helena Crate Age 8 WHY DO PLANETS ROTATE? 15. Mia Bilic Age 12 MOTHER NATURE, WHERE IS SHE? 28 16. 29 Yanecy Fletcher Lewis Age 7 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT RAINBOWS 17. Rachel Reilly Age 10 WHY DO TORNADOS SPIN? Mia Maria Akiki Age 8 WHY IS EARTH THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN LIVE? 30 18. 31 Simone Veile Age 5 WHY DO BUTTERFLIES FLY? Nicole Squizzero Age 13 HOW DO SQUIRRELS KNOW WHICH TREE IS THEIRS? 19. Willoughby Bonnette Age 8 CURIOUS ABOUT CARNIVOROUS PLANTS Victoria Gonzalez Age 12 WHAT PRODUCES THE WIND? Soa dArbeloff Age 6 HOW ARE DINOSAURS MADE? 32 20. 33 Te Mya Polk Age 5 I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT APPLES Tim Fargiano Age 12 HOW CAN WE PROTECT AGAINST CONCUSSIONS? 21. Tina Nguyen Age 13 WHY ARE TIGERS SO FIERCE? Josephine Garland Age 14 I WONDER HOW ZEBRAS GOT THEIR STRIPES 34 22. 35 Sophia Lamm Age 8 HOW DO BUTTERFLIES FLY? Sadcla Jacinthe Age 7 HOW DO THE LEAVES CHANGE COLOR? 23. Stephanie Trendell Age 11 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH GLOBAL WARMING? Vanessa Pugliesi Age 8 CURIOUS ABOUT TURTLES 36 24. 37 Sebastian Suplice Age 10 WHY DOES SPACE GROW? Tania Pierre-Louis Age 11 WHY DO CHAMELEONS CHANGE COLOR? 25. Ali Landy Age 12 WHY DO THE SEASONS CHANGE? 38 26. Savannah Suplice Age 5 WHY DO LADYBUGS HAVE BLACK DOTS? Sean Taylor Age 7 HOW DO DRAWINGS MOVE YOUR EYES? Alexia Panayiotopoulos Age 6 HOW DO VOLCANOS EXPLODE? 39 27. Percilla Wilkins Age 12 WHY DO WE NEED WHITE BLOOD CELLS? Seth Turk Age 14 SNOWFALL Catherine Zhou Age 9 HOW DO ATOMS BOND? 40 28. 41 Olivia Blaufuss Age 13 WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? Olivia Duffy Age 10 WHY DO THERE HAVE TO BE SHADOWS? 29. Abdelrahman Abougalala Age 13 DO PLANTS HAVE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM? Adam Chriabioui Age 9 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT CLOUDS 42 30. 43 Alina Shkurikhina Age 10 THE WONDERS OF LIFE Aine Bchau Age 12 WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALLERGIES? 31. Nicholas Hardy Age 12 WHY ARE LETTERS BACKWARDS IN MIRRORS? Matty Hong Age 10 HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW TIME EXISTS? 44 32. 45 Mary Sives Age 10 CURIOUS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY Macy Broderick Age 13 IS THERE AN END TO SPACE? 33. Amy Liu Sharma Age 9 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINERALS AND CRYSTALS Anda Gravlin Age 12 WHAT IS A SHOOTING STAR? 46 34. 47 April Robinson Age 9 HOW DO OCTOPUSS TENTACLES REGENERATE? Ashley McNamara Age 11 DANGEROUS CHEMICALS IN EVERYDAY PRODUCTS 35. Desiree Petion Age 9 HUMANS ATTRACTED TO TECHNOLOGY Avery Clough Age 7 WHY DOES ICE CREAM MELT? 48 36. 49 Ava Costa Age 9 HOW WERE PLANETS FORMED? Angelina Cross Age 12 HOW CAN AN OWL TURN ITS HEAD AROUND? 37. Bailey Marlowe Age 11 SUNRISE, SUNSET Caroline Robinson Age 11 IM CURIOUS ABOUT WATER 50 38. 51 Isabella Corredor Age 8 HOW DO STARFISH GROW BACK THEIR ARMS? Jada Riley Age 8 CURIOUS ABOUT CONTINENTS 39. Michael Deaver Age 6 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT ANIMALS AND WEATHER Kalkidan Mamo Age 12 HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE USE PER YEAR? 52 40. 53 Sarah Pollard Age 13 WHY DO SOME SEA CREATURES GLOW? 41. David Meech Age 14 CURIOSITY ACROSTIC Domenic Jancaterino Age 13 DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? 54 42. Holly Chadwick Age 12 DIFFERENT FINGERPRINTS Eden Lewis Age 8 ROCKS AND MINERALS 55 43. Jillian Rundlett Age 12 WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE A DOMINANT HAND? Nellisha Leonce Age 13 CURIOUS ABOUT A CURE FOR ALL CANCER 56 44. 57 Sara Crimmins Age 10 HOW DO AIRPLANES FLY? Dev Mehra Age 7 CAN THE CONTINENTS EVER RECONNECT? 45. Maksim Romn Age 6 HOW HOT IS THE SUN? Eman Aburezak Age 8 HOW DID VENUS CHANGE? 58 46. 59 Leah Batarseh Age 12 HOW DOES THE HUMAN BRAIN WORK? Lukeman Nouri Age 6 HOW DOES TIME MOVE? 47. Kathryn McCarthy Age 11 HOW DOES THE LUNG SYSTEM WORK? Katie Tocci Age 7 WHERE DO WAVES COME FROM? 60 48. 61 Maneyris Silva Brea Age 9 WHY IS GRASS WET WITH DEW? Khalid Jama Age 10 WHY DOES THE TEXTURE OF BABY HAIR CHANGE? 49. Eile Purdy Age 10 IM CURIOUS Kira Tosi Age 13 WATER PARTICLES AND RAIN DROPS 62 50. 63 Clarissa Waldmann Age 12 GLOBAL WARMING Hope Bell Age 13 WHY ARE YAWNS CONTAGIOUS? 51. Ivy Rose McNamee Age 9 A WORLD WITHOUT TREES OR PLANTS Jaxson Cahn Age 8 HOW DO HURRICANES FORM? 64 52. 65 Kaeson Sandhu Age 11 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT IPHONES Jeremiah Julce Age 9 WHAT ARE ROBOTS? 53. Kelsey Golden Age 11 WILL THERE BE A CURE FOR DIABETES? Kaa Jama Age 10 WHERE DOES SNOW COME FROM? 66 54. 67 Kiara Cerruti Age 10 WHAT GOES ON IN ANIMALS MINDS? Keyah Adamson Age 10 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT HAIR 55. Anyee Li Age 8 HOW MUCH SUNLIGHT DID WE GAIN? 68 56. 69 Brave Arimah Sherab Age 6 WHY ARE FIREWORKS SO LOUD? Lulu Wright Age 11 HOW DO WE KNOW DINOSAURS WERENT BRIGHT PINK? Pennie Sullivan Age 13 WHY DONT WE THINK BEFORE WE DO? 57. Leyla Ewald Age 12 TO SWIM AROUND THE WORLD Maeve DiSandro Age 11 HOW THE HUMAN MIND WORKS Siddharth Nirgudkar Age 6 VEINS THAT CARRY BLOOD 70 58. Manuela DePina Age 11 WRINKLY FINGERS Marwa Dissa Age 10 WHY DO TIGERS HAVE STRIPES? Richard Cahoon Age 8 WHY ARE DOLPHINS SO SMART? 71 59. Max Bennett Age 8 HOW DID KANGAROOS AND KOALAS GET TO AUSTRALIA? Maya Ashour Age 9 WOULD WE BE ABLE TO LIVE ON THE MOON? 72 60. 73 Nora Watras Age 7 I AM CURIOUS ABOUT NATURE Neil Mueller Age 8 WHY DO CLOUDS FLOAT? 61. 74 62. Generous Sponsors FOUNDATION 75 PLATINUM GOLD SILVER COPPER KRYPTON MEDIA SPONSOR 63. Stay curious! 64. CSFtweets Be curious! CambridgeScienceFest