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"Is it possible for a single, random atom to split on its own, at any time?"
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"How much more dangerous would lightning strikes have been 300 million years ago when atmospheric oxygen levels peaked at 35%?"
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"I’m currently going through puberty and was wondering if anyone can explain the science behind voice cracks?"
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"Nuclear power plants, how long could they run by themselves after an epidemic that cripples humanity?"
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"How Precisely Are Satellites put into orbit? Is it to the meter?"
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"Can adrenaline actually give you the strength to lift a car and how does it work?"
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"Why can't mute people speak? Can they make oral sounds? (Like screaming, humming, moaning)"
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"On average, and not including direct human intervention, how do ant colonies die? Will they continue indefinitely if left undisturbed? Do they continue to grow in size indefinitely? How old is the oldest known ant colony? If some colonies do "age" and die naturally, how and why does it happen?"
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"How much radiation dose would you receive if you touched Chernobyl's Elephant's Foot?"
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"How common are illnesses such as the cold or the flu in other animals? and if they aren't common, why?"
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"What happens to the 0.01% of bacteria that isnt killed by wipes/cleaners? Are they injured or disabled?"
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"How does a cell ‘know’ what to become, if they all start from one or two cells and have the same genetic code?"
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"How did the "right side up" view of the Earth, aka North = up, become the norm for all globes and maps?"
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"How much of the Mariana Trench have we explored?"
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"If Tesla was on the path of making electricity be conducted through air, like WiFi, how come we can't do it now since technology advanced so much?"
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"How worried should we be about the Clathrate Gun?"
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"The Johnson&Johnson one-shot vaccine never seems to be in the news, or statistics state that “X amount of people have their first shot”. Has J&J been effective as well? Will a booster be needed for it?"
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"Was there a scientific reason behind the decision to take a picture of this particular black hole instead of another one ?"
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"Why haven't we selected for Avocados with smaller stones?"
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"In light of the recent growth of sightings of Tasmanian Tigers and possibility of a species coming back from what we thought was extinction... Has this happened with any other species in the last ~500 years?"
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"AskScience AMA Series: We're three experts on plastic pollution who have worked with Kurzgesagt on a new video, ask us anything!"
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"Why do the cameras inside the ISS have so many dead or stuck pixels?"
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"Carbon in all forests is 638 GtC. Annual carbon emissions by humans is 9.8 GtC (1.5% of 638). Would increasing forests by 1.5% effectively make us carbon-neutral?"
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"Are there any (currently) unsolved equations that can change the world or how we look at the universe?"
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"What are the difficulties to make digital voting for government from home possible?"
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"In Earth travel, we use North, South, East, and West, plus altitude for three-dimensional travel. Since those are all relative to the Earth, what do they use for space travel?"
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"When staring into complete darkness do your eyes focus on infinity or are they unfocused?"
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"Why are some viruses like corona or the flu one and done, while others like herpes or HIV can last your entire life?"
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"If you dug a hole straight down to the other side of the earth, what would happen if you dropped something through it?"
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"What is happening to engine oil that requires it to be changed every 6000km (3000miles)?"
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"Prosthetics: Can someone born without a limb (rather than losing it after birth) use advanced prosthetics controlled by nerves and neural pathways?"
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"A tiger has tested positive for COVID-19. Is this coronavirus particularly good at species jumping relative to other coronaviruses? Have house cats become infected yet by this virus?"
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"What's the chance of having drunk the same water molecule twice?"
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"I read that, on average, 3 supernovas will occur in the Milky Way galaxy every century. If that is the case why haven't we observed any since the last one in 1604?"
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"How come when hot metal is placed in cold water, it does not shatter like glass?"
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"How do you grow seedless grapes of you don’t get any seeds from them ?"
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"Why is consuming activated charcoal harmless (and, in fact, encouraged for certain digestive issues), yet eating burnt (blackened) food is obviously bad-tasting and discouraged as harmful to one's health?"
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"If I shake hands with someone who just washed their hands, do I make their hand dirtier or do they make my hand cleaner?"
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"Can statisticians control for people lying on surveys?"
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"Does clinical depression affect intelligence/IQ measures? Does it have any affect on the ability to learn?"
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"Why exactly are overweight people at higher risk when they get infected with COVID-19?"
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"Are there ways to find caves with no real entrances and how common are these caves?"
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"If I wanted to randomly find someone in an amusement park, would my odds of finding them be greater if I stood still or roamed around?"
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"The Mars Perseverance Rover's Parachute has an asymmetrical pattern to it. Why is that? Why was this pattern chosen?"
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"Does a fully charged cell phone have enough charge to start a car?"
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"Why is the Congo River so deep?"
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"How does a compass work on my smartphone?"
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"If my voice sounds different to me than it does in a recording, then how am I able to accurately match my singing voice to the key of a song?"
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"How does boiling water clean it? What can it NOT clean?"
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"During pregnancy, how does the mother's immune system know to avoid attacking the baby?"
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"How does “even if this flu shot isn’t an exact match, if you do get the flu it won’t be as bad” work?"
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"How can my portable battery charger drain itself completely when charging my phone? Shouldn't the two batteries come to equilibrium?"
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"Why is your mouth much more sensitive to cold water after brushing your teeth or chewing mint gum?"
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"In this NASA image, why does the Earth appear behind the astronaut, as well as reflected in the visor in front of her?"
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"Why are European languages's words for "dog" all different but their words for "cat" all basically the same?"
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"Do insects have muscles? If so, are they structurally similar to ours, and why can some, like ants, carry so much more weight than us proportionally? If not, what to they have that acts as a muscle?"
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"My textbook says electricity is faster than light?"
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"How did they beam back live images from the moon before the invention of the CCD or digital sensor?? What device turned the image into radio waves?"
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"What would happen to me, and everything around me, if a black hole the size of a coin instantly appeared?"
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"Are fallen leaves traceable to their specific tree of origin using DNA analysis, similar to how a strand of hair is traceable to a specific person?"
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"On an atomic level, what causes things to be shiny, dull, or reflective ?"
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"How do epidemiologists determine whether new Covid-19 cases are a just result of increased testing or actually a true increase in disease prevalence?"
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"If Mars at some point had oceans that were filled with life similar to our own, would there still be oil there despite the harsh Marian conditions and what we know about the planet?"
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"Study "Caffeine Caused a Widespread Increase of Resting Brain Entropy" Well...what the heck is resting brain entropy? Is that good or bad? Google is not helping"
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"How come the space station needs to fire a rocket regularly to stay in orbit, but dangerous space junk can stay up there indefinitely?"
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"Horses' lifespan is severely affected from being injected with spider venom for anti-venom production. Why does it happen, and does something similar happen to people bitten by spiders?"
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"Discussion: Kurzgesagt's newest YouTube video on GMOs!"
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"Does what my mother ate while she was pregnant with me effect what I like/don't like to eat?"
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"Why do nuclear power plants have those distinct concave-shaped smoke stacks?"
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"If hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs, then won't the surviving 0.01% make hand sanitizer resistant strains?"
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"Not sure how to quite phrase this but, is there a sort of “default position” for human body parts?"
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"If Blue, Red and Yellow are the primary colors then why are Blue, Red and Green (RBG) used for generating colors in computer programs?"
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"Do spiders ever take up residence in abandoned webs?"
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"If I am made from star dust, how many stars do I come from?"
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"Why do healthy habits usually require a lot of will power? Why are unhealthy habits so addicting?"
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"What happens when a person contracts COVID between doses of the vaccine?"
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"Any news from Tinnitus Treatment?"
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"Why do some people have good sense of direction while other don't? Do we know how the brain differs in such people?"
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"What causes our stomach to rumble when we are hungry?"
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"I saw a picture of a single atom. What is in the "empty" space between the camera and the atom?"
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"What other families of viruses have potential to cause pandemics other than influenza and coronavirus?"
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"What is the smallest amount of matter needed to create a black hole ? Could a poppy seed become a black hole if crushed to small enough space ?"
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"Are cancers always fatal when left untreated?"
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"Why is it that some muscles «burn» while exercised hard, while in others you experience more of a fatigue-like feeling?"
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"How can medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen work on a number of (seemingly) unrelated symptoms (reducing fevers, joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, toothaches, etc.)? Do they do just one thing that affects all of these processes or do they do lots of different things at once?"
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"Why does a web browser require 4 gigabytes of RAM to run?"
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"When the mars rover went to mars were they able to remove all bacteria and small life from it? If not could any of the bacteria be able to live in the harsh conditions of mars? And how do they obtain soil samples looking for bacteria if it could possibly be from the rover itself?"
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"What have been the implications/significance of finding the Higgs Boson particle?"
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"Do trees die of old age?"
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"A bluish aurora-like streak informally called "Steeve" has been recurrently spotted int the night sky of the Canadian prairies - what might it be, and how could this phenomenon be investigated?"
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"Why can completely paralyzed people often blink voluntarily?"
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"What actually is the dial up internet noise?"
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"Could I, as a speaker of early 21st century Modern English, be capable of communicating with a speaker of 14-15th century Middle English?"
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"If the universe is an hypertorus, is it possible that we receive the light from a star twice ?"
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"Why is it so important to finish the whole course of antibiotics?"
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"What effect does Viagra have on a female?"
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"This coconut oil melted during a heat wave and later re-solidified. Why did it form this honeycomb structure?"
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"Can you use a regular compass on Mars?"
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"Do animals that sleep in multiple short "naps" (such as cats) require REM sleep the way humans do?"
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"Why are tribal people acne free?"
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