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What are the actual negative effects of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster today?

5904 upvotes • PinkAnigav

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Are a butterfly and a caterpillar the same animal genetically?

5902 upvotes • Boswell_Kinbote

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Are Prime Numbers Endless?

5901 upvotes • zaneprotoss

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How does your phone gauge the WiFi strength?

5900 upvotes • geisvw

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At what point is a particle too small to cast a shadow?

5897 upvotes • Brenden2016

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How do wireless chargers work?

5895 upvotes • jakbrewers

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How did the physiology of the horse change once we started riding them?

5895 upvotes • Got_ist_tots

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Why is everyone computing tons of digits of Pi? Why not e, or the golden ratio, or other interesting constants? Or do we do that too, but it doesn't make the news? If so, why not?

5895 upvotes • Murelious

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Why does rain fall as individual droplets and not sheets or continuous lines?

5877 upvotes • xVortechs

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Uranus' axis is rotated onto its side, meaning it spins "up and down" instead of "side to side". Does this different rotation have a significant effect on the planet's climate? Could an earth-like planet with that sort of rotation sustain life if all other conditions were ideal?

5875 upvotes • MrKrixpy

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What are the actual negative effects of Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster today?	5904	PinkAnigav
Are a butterfly and a caterpillar the same animal genetically?	5902	Boswell_Kinbote
Are Prime Numbers Endless?	5901	zaneprotoss
How does your phone gauge the WiFi strength?	5900	geisvw
At what point is a particle too small to cast a shadow?	5897	Brenden2016
How do wireless chargers work?	5895	jakbrewers
How did the physiology of the horse change once we started riding them?	5895	Got_ist_tots
Why is everyone computing tons of digits of Pi? Why not e, or the golden ratio, or other interesting constants? Or do we do that too, but it doesn't make the news? If so, why not?	5895	Murelious
Why does rain fall as individual droplets and not sheets or continuous lines?	5877	xVortechs
Uranus' axis is rotated onto its side, meaning it spins "up and down" instead of "side to side". Does this different rotation have a significant effect on the planet's climate? Could an earth-like planet with that sort of rotation sustain life if all other conditions were ideal?	5875	MrKrixpy