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Why does cigarette smoke swirl in continuous lines rather than dispersing in air? Is it just the shape of air current or is there a binding force?

4602 upvotes • thesignal

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How were roots and logarithms inititially calculated without the use of calculators?

4601 upvotes • Magisidae

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A month ago we made available publicly via the CERN Open Data Portal 300 TB of research data from the CMS Experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. AUA about our open data!

4598 upvotes • askCERN

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Do astronauts need to clean the outside of space station windows?

4598 upvotes • DomyGSB

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Does the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy have any effects on the way our planet, star, or solar system behave?

4595 upvotes • gotthelatkes

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Can someone familiar with Oak Island explain why finding sea water beneath a small island is interesting or unusual?

4595 upvotes • Hamm81

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How come small cuts on the anus from over wiping or hemorrhoids does not cause serious septicemia?

4593 upvotes • rauls4

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Why do we think certain things/animals are ‘cute’? Is this evolutionarily beneficial or is it socially-learned?

4593 upvotes • BrokenEffect

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Jane Pearson. I'm a psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). As we observe Suicide Prevention Awareness Month this September, I'm here to talk about some of the most recent suicide prevention research findings from NIMH. Ask me anything!

4593 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Neanderthal remains and artifacts are found from Spain to Siberia. What seems to have prevented them from moving across the Bering land bridge into the Americas?

4593 upvotes • TheSanityInspector

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does cigarette smoke swirl in continuous lines rather than dispersing in air? Is it just the shape of air current or is there a binding force?	4602	thesignal
How were roots and logarithms inititially calculated without the use of calculators?	4601	Magisidae
A month ago we made available publicly via the CERN Open Data Portal 300 TB of research data from the CMS Experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. AUA about our open data!	4598	askCERN
Do astronauts need to clean the outside of space station windows?	4598	DomyGSB
Does the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy have any effects on the way our planet, star, or solar system behave?	4595	gotthelatkes
Can someone familiar with Oak Island explain why finding sea water beneath a small island is interesting or unusual?	4595	Hamm81
How come small cuts on the anus from over wiping or hemorrhoids does not cause serious septicemia?	4593	rauls4
Why do we think certain things/animals are ‘cute’? Is this evolutionarily beneficial or is it socially-learned?	4593	BrokenEffect
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Jane Pearson. I'm a psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). As we observe Suicide Prevention Awareness Month this September, I'm here to talk about some of the most recent suicide prevention research findings from NIMH. Ask me anything!	4593	AskScienceModerator
Neanderthal remains and artifacts are found from Spain to Siberia. What seems to have prevented them from moving across the Bering land bridge into the Americas?	4593	TheSanityInspector