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What makes one greenhouse gas stronger at trapping heat than another?

Submitted by sand_eater t3_11tbvgi on March 17, 2023 at 12:37 AM in askscience

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If you isolated a gene from an animal that produces an enzyme how do you isolate and synthesize the enzyme it produces?

Submitted by 2handsandfeet t3_11tbaz5 on March 17, 2023 at 12:20 AM in askscience

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How would a scientist be able to tell the difference between a blood sample from two totally different animals?

Submitted by EastClintwood89 t3_11t7gz4 on March 16, 2023 at 9:52 PM in askscience

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Does regularly taking aspirin reduce its effectiveness to reduce pain?

Submitted by tiltedpyramid t3_11sx8oh on March 16, 2023 at 3:26 PM in askscience

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Energy can not dissappear or be created, only change form, right? Earth is blasted by the sun 24/7, where does the excess energy go, because I guess it doesn't stay here or we'd cook

Submitted by mr_greenmash t3_11six1y on March 16, 2023 at 3:30 AM in askscience

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Over the course of a human lifetime, do any of the photons emitted by humans via blackbody radiation ever successfully make it through the atmosphere and into space?

Submitted by hippofountain t3_11sfwc1 on March 16, 2023 at 1:22 AM in askscience

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Are there any significant differences between odd and even numbered family sizes?

Submitted by SignWonderful2068 t3_11se1ff on March 16, 2023 at 12:08 AM in askscience

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Are eyes an example of synapomorphy or convergent evolution?

Submitted by Beginning_Exam6255 t3_11s4pgr on March 15, 2023 at 6:24 PM in askscience

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Do people with above-average visual acuity benefit from low-magnification optical aids (binoculars & scopes in the 2x range or lower) the same way average or poorer-sighted people do?

Submitted by screwyoushadowban t3_126pp7u on March 30, 2023 at 3:05 PM in askscience

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How did eye lense evolve?

Submitted by TheSonOfKayra t3_125nk1x on March 29, 2023 at 1:05 PM in askscience

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Why exactly do electostatics never create ionic bonds?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11rl6dc on March 15, 2023 at 3:46 AM in askscience

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Radon is a monatomic gas, but its decay products are solids. After a decay, what happens to the individual atoms of the daughter elements? Do they stay suspended in the atmosphere or slowly rain out?

Submitted by foodtower t3_11rkkae on March 15, 2023 at 3:18 AM in askscience

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What excatly is the difference between a zooid in a colonial organism and an organ in a non-colonial one?

Submitted by estradas_del_paraiso t3_11rjl3r on March 15, 2023 at 2:36 AM in askscience

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Rain vs snow accumulation volume?

Submitted by krenzar18 t3_11r8m56 on March 14, 2023 at 3:06 PM in askscience

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Does space expansion occur uniformly in all directions and dimensions?

Submitted by Tank_AT t3_11r2ae9 on March 14, 2023 at 10:11 AM in askscience

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Was T. rex's skull bulletproof?

Submitted by aesthetic_rex t3_11r0vfz on March 14, 2023 at 8:41 AM in askscience

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When someone goes into an accident-induced coma at what point is it unlikely that they will ever wake up?

Submitted by Legodudelol9a t3_11qw8ks on March 14, 2023 at 4:12 AM in askscience

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Why can we make grafts from one plant to another slightly different plant and these are not rejected, but the human does reject grafts from a different human?

Submitted by Juan_D_2314 t3_11qw5xx on March 14, 2023 at 4:08 AM in askscience

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How many photons are released during emission?

Submitted by subjectivity_one t3_11qrw2w on March 14, 2023 at 12:58 AM in askscience

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Why is death by respiratory failure in cases when the problem is only muscular (and not a problem with the lungs themselves) so prevalent? why is it so hard to assist respiration long term? Why are ventilators so unsophisticated and brutal on the lungs?

Submitted by Eschatologists t3_11qn3eo on March 13, 2023 at 9:54 PM in askscience

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Are family members’ fingerprints similar at all or is it a complete randomization for each person?

Submitted by A_Mirabeau_702 t3_11qgfcs on March 13, 2023 at 5:51 PM in askscience

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Can animals with bilateral gynandromorphism breed?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_11qbi92 on March 13, 2023 at 2:39 PM in askscience

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Do brine pools preserve genetic material?

Submitted by Vonnie610 t3_11q9x51 on March 13, 2023 at 1:36 PM in askscience

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Is there a type of precipitation that exists on other planets but not ours? Or theoretical precipitation that doesn’t happen here?

Submitted by ButIHateTheTaste t3_11q8wpq on March 13, 2023 at 12:54 PM in askscience

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Can gravitation lensing massively shift the apparent location of stars?

Submitted by IPv6Guy t3_125z8l8 on March 29, 2023 at 8:10 PM in askscience

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