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How do impurities affect superconductivity?

Submitted by Infferno122 t3_11o5rkm on March 11, 2023 at 12:27 AM

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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

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Do forests have natural life cycles, or will they go on indefinitely without interference?

Submitted by WhereIdIsEgoWillGo t3_yljlop on November 4, 2022 at 12:19 AM

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Do we have any compounds or materials on Earth that compared to the rest of the universe is incredibly rare?

Submitted by SwordArtOnlineIsGood t3_z9h831 on December 1, 2022 at 7:01 AM

68 comments

Can someone explain chalcophiles to me?

Submitted by PolymerPolitics t3_11cnvqr on February 26, 2023 at 5:56 PM

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What is the lifespan of organic molecules?

Submitted by floep2000 t3_zrgtbe on December 21, 2022 at 10:45 AM

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What does it mean to torque a screw to a specific torque?

Submitted by alucemet t3_10anzxi on January 13, 2023 at 7:02 AM

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Can long term cannabis abuse cause permanent changes to brain structure?

Submitted by AlexMiles101 t3_11og0w6 on March 11, 2023 at 9:40 AM

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What decides which wavelength to reflect and which one to be absorbed in an object?

Submitted by TheSimpleHumans t3_11thgw0 on March 17, 2023 at 4:52 AM

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Do raindrops contain bacteria?

Submitted by chalamo1993 t3_xvyomg on October 5, 2022 at 2:55 AM

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How is the size of giant fungal organisms determined?

Submitted by whittily t3_yea30l on October 26, 2022 at 9:52 PM

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How did they fix the RMBK reactors?

Submitted by Henricus_3141 t3_y0leo2 on October 10, 2022 at 5:59 PM

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We have seen successful transplants of various organs, hands, even faces -- so why not transplants of legs or feet to lower-limb amputees? Why are these not a thing?

Submitted by Pandeism t3_yut1d1 on November 14, 2022 at 8:36 AM

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What happens to worms when the ground freezes ?

Submitted by Pure-Understanding62 t3_zoamaj on December 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM

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Do audiovisual illusions like McGurk Effect only apply to speech?

Submitted by knowledgeisnone t3_110jpbz on February 12, 2023 at 4:29 PM

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Just with a sample of someone's DNA, can a lab tell the approximate age of a person?

Submitted by Blakut t3_1168jbm on February 19, 2023 at 11:49 AM

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How do new drugs get invented for diseases etc? How do we know that a very specific combination of chemicals will get rid of a curtain illness?

Submitted by DemetrioGonz t3_y6z0tn on October 18, 2022 at 6:30 AM

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How did the placenta evolve?

Submitted by fil- t3_1193rdl on February 22, 2023 at 4:14 PM

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There are certain species of mushrooms that can't be cultivated artificially and only found naturally in the wild, are there also any plants that are unable to be grown artificially?

Submitted by PianoTrumpetMax t3_11phmqk on March 12, 2023 at 3:45 PM

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what effects do dehydration and tiredness have on our perceived hearing?

Submitted by dombeale t3_11v8fcp on March 19, 2023 at 2:16 AM

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Why do neutrons tend to interact more readily with light nuclei rather than heavy ones (i.e., why is water a better neutron shield than lead)?

Submitted by Calgaris_Rex t3_yqzs1b on November 10, 2022 at 12:02 AM

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Do geothermal power plants have any significant effect on the underground temperature in an area? Can a geothermal field be “used up”

Submitted by Glad-Measurement6968 t3_zzm2qq on December 31, 2022 at 5:08 AM

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Why is the Big Island so much bigger than the other Hawaiian islands?

Submitted by Mad_Jax77 t3_113jume on February 16, 2023 at 6:21 AM

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Why does a Thorium gas mantle, when incandescent, emit more light in the visible spectrum than in infrared, when compared with a black body with the same temperature?