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If there was a hole in the ISS, would everyone get sucked out like in Sci-Fi movies?

Submitted by hobbitlover t3_12337br on March 26, 2023 at 11:10 PM in askscience

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Why are nonhuman erect bipedal animals so rare?

Submitted by violetmammal4694 t3_1231x4h on March 26, 2023 at 10:23 PM in askscience

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Why not increase a capacitor’s energy density by increasing the voltage?

Submitted by FreakinGeese t3_123141v on March 26, 2023 at 9:55 PM in askscience

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Do most animals have to worry about complications from cannibalization?

Submitted by StressfulRiceball t3_123132x on March 26, 2023 at 9:54 PM in askscience

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Is there a quantifiable benefit to cooking food?

Submitted by Ydlmgtwtily t3_122t69t on March 26, 2023 at 5:24 PM in askscience

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Can elephants canter or gallop?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_122pb1i on March 26, 2023 at 3:11 PM in askscience

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I remember hearing during the hype leading up to the JWST launch that it would take roughly six months to a year to complete the first pass of an updated CMB map. How are we doing on that?

Submitted by yofomojojo t3_125suka on March 29, 2023 at 4:20 PM in askscience

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Is there a difference in effect when dosing antibiotics?

Submitted by Strong_Camel_4468 t3_122mxvl on March 26, 2023 at 2:01 PM in askscience

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Around 550 million years ago the earth's magnetic field almost collapsed, but then strengthened a few million years later. Scientists say this may have been due to the formation of the inner core. But why exactly would that cause the magnetic field to get stronger?

Submitted by somethingX t3_122dugg on March 26, 2023 at 6:54 AM in askscience

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Humans experienced a massive population expansion in a very small amount of time. What are the evolutionary consequences and benefits of such an event, massive popular of a species in a small amount of time?

Submitted by bent_over_life t3_122aaal on March 26, 2023 at 3:57 AM in askscience

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Do large language models effectively compress their training dataset?

Submitted by samyall t3_122a177 on March 26, 2023 at 3:45 AM in askscience

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How did humans 10000 Years ago care about their Teeth?

Submitted by Takaharu7 t3_121wuz2 on March 25, 2023 at 7:44 PM in askscience

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Would a cup of shaved ice cool down a big bowl of soup more than a single full ice cube the same weight?

Submitted by uuuuhmmmm t3_126afgq on March 30, 2023 at 3:46 AM in askscience

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How did Vladmir Markovnikov actually come to what we know as Markovnikovs Rule?

Submitted by aquaticlorax t3_121sxz2 on March 25, 2023 at 5:33 PM in askscience

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Why does tetanus vaccination lasts longer than influenza vaccination?

Submitted by E-C-A t3_121p52k on March 25, 2023 at 3:19 PM in askscience

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The two retinas are tied/linked together in the brain. Are they tied 1:1, so that each retinal point corresponds to the same retinal point in the other eye? I.e., each retinal point from one eye shares the same binocular neuron with its counterpoint in the other eye?

Submitted by ch1214ch t3_121ozof on March 25, 2023 at 3:14 PM in askscience

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Does lactose malabsorption mean we do not get nutrition from consuming dairy? It is said that 70% of world population has lactose malabsorption

Submitted by ayykayy t3_121lyrl on March 25, 2023 at 1:32 PM in askscience

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How do laser measurement tools work?

Submitted by Ninjewdi t3_121cw0q on March 25, 2023 at 6:15 AM in askscience

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If sites like Karahan Tepe could date to potentially 12,000 years ago, where inhabitants where hunter gatherers (with maybe minimal early agriculture) and pre-pottery. Then why don't we see anything 15k, 30k, 50k, or even 100k years back?

Submitted by LevHB t3_1219uac on March 25, 2023 at 3:58 AM in askscience

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Does soil release cold into the air during spring thaw?

Submitted by BustedLake t3_1215z0w on March 25, 2023 at 1:23 AM in askscience

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How does the rabies virus actually compel the host to bite? How does it know how to tell the brain to bite another living thing?

Submitted by Lettuce-b-lovely t3_120vrds on March 24, 2023 at 7:43 PM in askscience

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What happened to the old COVID variants, like Delta? Could they come back?

Submitted by number1dork t3_120rixo on March 24, 2023 at 5:29 PM in askscience

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Could a black hole just be a big neutron star that just has gravity so high light cant escape?

Submitted by SlyusHwanus t3_120g3km on March 24, 2023 at 10:23 AM in askscience

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How does the gravity (or lack thereof) on the ISS affect digestive systems of it's occupants?

Submitted by Bob_Perdunsky t3_1200mat on March 23, 2023 at 10:57 PM in askscience

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Why do neurons have more dendrites than axon terminals/terminal buttons?

Submitted by eyyyyy t3_1200kmk on March 23, 2023 at 10:55 PM in askscience

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