GREAT READS → DOWN TO A SCIENCE Issue 885 · November 10, 2021

What Falls but Never Hits the Ground?  

What makes some things get cold and other things get hot in the same room at the same time?

What Falls but Never Hits the Ground?  
Hello kiddos,

This is Professor Mordy Maven, Thinker, Wonderer, and Figure-Outer of all things Science-ish. What that basically means is I try really hard to figure stuff out. I do the hard work, so you don’t have to!

The other day, I woke up as hungry as a lion. I raced down the stairs to discover my loving and wonderful mother standing in the kitchen. “Hungry, Mordy?” she asked. “ROOOAAARRR!” I responded. (Actually, I said, Yeah, Ma. But my stomach grumbled so loud it sounded like I was roaring.)

My mother realized that the situation was serious. She quickly whipped up two eggs just the way I like them, with pineapple chunks, fried mushrooms, and Gouda cheese. (Hey, I don’t judge what you eat! Don’t judge me either.) Then she poured me a tall glass of cold, frothy milk.

I was all ready to sit down and dig in when I suddenly remembered that I’d left my electromagnoscopic fidget spinner pop-it in my room and I’d promised that I would bring it to school to show Chaim. I left the food on the table and ran back upstairs to find it.

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