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Golf balls are said to be dimpled to reduce drag. If that’s true, why aren’t aeroplanes dimpled?

Submitted by Dandandan12345 t3_ze0j1f on December 6, 2022 at 8:30 AM

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Why do we get dizzy after spinning?

Submitted by theycallmevike t3_zt1lk6 on December 23, 2022 at 12:22 AM

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Is accidental transportation of microbes to Mars bad?

Submitted by Responsible-Maybe912 t3_zs7j43 on December 22, 2022 at 1:04 AM

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Why does RMSF cause neuropathy?

Submitted by glitch-glitch t3_zq4yss on December 19, 2022 at 10:00 PM

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what's the difference between PrEP and PEP vaccine? Is it just about the timing? Is the course of antibiotics/vaccine administered the same? (e.g. PrEP and PEP anti rabies vaccine)

Submitted by minarixyerin t3_ziguzq on December 11, 2022 at 5:40 AM

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When people lose weight after being sick with something like the flu for a week, what is the breakdown of where that weight loss is likely coming from?

Submitted by Freedmonster t3_z3utnr on November 24, 2022 at 9:15 PM

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why does selective breeding speed up the evolutionary process so quickly in species like pugs but standard evolution takes hundreds of thousands if not millions of years to cause some major change?

Submitted by GroundbreakingAd93 t3_yzqnzm on November 20, 2022 at 12:35 AM

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Has weather forecasting greatly improved over the past 20 years?

Submitted by mgm97 t3_yuytt7 on November 14, 2022 at 1:06 PM

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As an astronaut travels to space, what does it feel like to become weightless? Do you suddenly begin floating after reaching a certain altitude? Or do you slowly become lighter and lighter during the whole trip?

Submitted by Big_Network2799 t3_yu6rv5 on November 13, 2022 at 4:39 PM

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Can dead bodies get sunburned?

Submitted by Altruistic-Pop6696 t3_ymqdnn on November 5, 2022 at 10:40 AM

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Why did all marine mammals evolve to have horizontal tail fins while all(?) fish evolve to have vertical ones?

Submitted by LT_DANS_ICECREAM t3_yjb5rl on November 1, 2022 at 3:10 PM

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Does the temperature of water affect buoyancy of objects?

Submitted by LiveEatSleep123 t3_z12hu2 on November 21, 2022 at 3:59 PM

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If you froze soda for a year, would be still fizz when thawed out?

Submitted by The_Grand_Canyon t3_yy44ri on November 17, 2022 at 10:50 PM

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How can many species of corvids coexist in the same ecological niche?

Submitted by eastoid_ t3_yqadzb on November 9, 2022 at 6:08 AM

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Why do people say that we “turn oxygen into carbon dioxide?”

Submitted by 23Silicon t3_yq9ctu on November 9, 2022 at 5:12 AM

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Do people that have heart transplants have their own heartbeat, or the donors, or a new heartbeat all together?

Submitted by KamikazeBrand t3_z86wm1 on November 29, 2022 at 9:33 PM

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Is it theoretically possible to detect brain activity from a distance and extract meaningful information from it, or modify that detected brain activity from the same distance?

Submitted by Retroidhooman t3_z8z0ky on November 30, 2022 at 6:30 PM

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What circumstances would have to occur for a dinosaur skeleton to be preserved?

Submitted by Effective-Ad-5409 t3_z30fvl on November 23, 2022 at 9:01 PM

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Before digital scales, how was a weight measurement of accurate to .01g performed?

Submitted by CoinNoob7 t3_ycuvur on October 25, 2022 at 3:36 AM

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Dr. Mark Horowitz, and I developed a science-based method for tapering off antidepressants, based on how the drugs affect the brain. I also co-authored the recent paper that reassessed the low serotonin theory ('chemical imbalance') of depression. AMA!

Submitted by AskScienceModerator t3_yc89rq on October 24, 2022 at 11:01 AM

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How do doctors know if someone's depression has physiological causes or it's a result of something else, like trauma etc.?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_ybkwq2 on October 23, 2022 at 3:42 PM

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Are all languages the same "speed"?

Submitted by dancedaisu t3_xzyy9s on October 9, 2022 at 11:01 PM

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What does "The Universe is not locally real" mean?

Submitted by kabir9966 t3_xxyqgx on October 7, 2022 at 1:08 PM

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How is the environment/humanity not affected by the hundreds (or thousands) of tests of nuclear bombs over the last century?

Submitted by scattingcougar t3_xvdziy on October 4, 2022 at 12:36 PM

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Is a regular, yearly, predictable comet astronomically possible? (For fiction idea)

Submitted by InPurpleIDescended t3_ya0o82 on October 21, 2022 at 6:19 PM

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