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Parents Baffled By Science Questions

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-get-smart-with-me dept.

Pickens writes "The BBC reports that four out of five parents living in the UK have been stumped by a science question posed by their children with the top three most-asked questions: 'Where do babies come from?', 'What makes a rainbow?' and 'Why is the sky blue?'. The survey was carried out to mark the launch of a new website by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills called Science: So what? So everything."

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  1. Re:obvious answers by Jahava · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, at least in this respect, the vast majority of Americans can answer the questions faster than a Google query:

    • Where do babies come from?: God
    • What makes a rainbow?: God
    • Why is the sky blue?: God

    *yawns* Science is easy.