USATODAY.com - Mind a few summer science questions?: "Mind a few summer science questions?
Despite the back-to-school sales and shorter days, summer's not over yet.
Bumblebees vibrate their wings and bodies to shake the pollen from flowers, causing that buzzing in your ears.
By David Pulliam, The Kansas City Star via AP
In fact, it doesn't officially end until Sept. 22. That day is the fall equinox, when the strongest rays of the sun hit the equator directly to give every place on Earth 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
There are lots of interesting science facts associated with summer, and they may answer questions your kids have posed this season. Why isn't a vacation ever long enough? Scientists may never know. But in the meantime, USA TODAY's Michelle Lefort has scoured books and Web sites to answer other science questions you might have been asked, or pondered yourself, this summer.
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