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Man has domesticated dogs and other animals for thousands of years while some species have remained forever wild. What is that ‘element’ in animals that governs which species can be domesticated and which can’t?

4237 upvotes • rr27680

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Jane McGonigal, PhD, world-renowned game researcher and inventor of SuperBetter, helping 1 mil+ people use game skills to recover from depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury. Ask me about how games can increase our resilience during this time of uncertainty, AMA!

4236 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Why aren't more people cured of HIV with bone marrow transplants?

4231 upvotes • Hoosteen_juju003

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Do Geothermal power plants need to be built in geologically active areas, or can you build them anywhere if you dig deep enough?

4231 upvotes • asmosdeus

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Why can't I use lenses to make something hotter than the source itself?

4229 upvotes • Yrjosmiel

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Are we aware of any linguistic differences between the Korean spoken in North and South Korea that have developed since the end of the Korean War?

4227 upvotes • MaliceRhino

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Let’s say we open up a completely sealed off underground cave. The organisms inside are completely alien to anything native to earth. How exactly could we tell if these organisms evolved from earth, or from another planet?

4225 upvotes • dorian_white1

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What makes a virus airborne? Some viruses like chickenpox, smallpox and measles don't need "droplets" like coronavirus does. Does it have something to do with the size or composition of the capsid?

4222 upvotes • jokoon

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Why the electron cannot be view as a spinning charged sphere?

4221 upvotes • catscientistlol

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Do mirrors reflect only visible-spectrum EM waves or those of other wavelengths?

4219 upvotes • Sushimono

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Man has domesticated dogs and other animals for thousands of years while some species have remained forever wild. What is that ‘element’ in animals that governs which species can be domesticated and which can’t?	4237	rr27680
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Jane McGonigal, PhD, world-renowned game researcher and inventor of SuperBetter, helping 1 mil+ people use game skills to recover from depression, anxiety, and traumatic brain injury. Ask me about how games can increase our resilience during this time of uncertainty, AMA!	4236	AskScienceModerator
Why aren't more people cured of HIV with bone marrow transplants?	4231	Hoosteen_juju003
Do Geothermal power plants need to be built in geologically active areas, or can you build them anywhere if you dig deep enough?	4231	asmosdeus
Why can't I use lenses to make something hotter than the source itself?	4229	Yrjosmiel
Are we aware of any linguistic differences between the Korean spoken in North and South Korea that have developed since the end of the Korean War?	4227	MaliceRhino
Let’s say we open up a completely sealed off underground cave. The organisms inside are completely alien to anything native to earth. How exactly could we tell if these organisms evolved from earth, or from another planet?	4225	dorian_white1
What makes a virus airborne? Some viruses like chickenpox, smallpox and measles don't need "droplets" like coronavirus does. Does it have something to do with the size or composition of the capsid?	4222	jokoon
Why the electron cannot be view as a spinning charged sphere?	4221	catscientistlol
Do mirrors reflect only visible-spectrum EM waves or those of other wavelengths?	4219	Sushimono