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Do people with widely set eyes (ex. actress Anya Taylor-Joy) have a different or deeper sense of depth perception, than those with closely set eyes (ex. actor Vincent Schiavelli)?

3794 upvotes • chung_my_wang

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I can type without looking at the keyboard, but when asked to draw a keyboard, I am completely unable to correctly label half of the letter keys. How is this possible?

3789 upvotes • HoodieHollowDickieRP

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AskScience AMA Series: We’re Hannah Morris and Becca Peixotto, two of six “slender spelunkers” who excavated 1,500 individual hominin bone fragments deep in a South African cave over the course of 21 days, Ask Us Anything!

3781 upvotes • Slender_Spelunkers

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Whats the difference between moving your arm, and thinking about moving your arm? How does your body differentiate the two?

3781 upvotes • YeOlePiratePenguin

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Iridium and similarly hard metals are difficult to machine due to extreme work hardening. Is "grinding" based machining also affected?

3779 upvotes • Natolx

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We have Einstein's brain preserved in formaldehyde. Are all the synapses still wired up the same as when he was alive? Could some future civilization recreate a form of Einstein from this?

3778 upvotes • Westbrook_Level

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How do we know the actual wavelength of light originating from the cluster of galaxies that are receding away from us when all we observe is red shifted light because of expansion?

3774 upvotes • Imma_not_a_bot

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Do countries make their own vaccines like the seasonal Flu shot?

3771 upvotes • prayingfordebbie

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Do certain languages have higher percentage of people who stutter?

3770 upvotes • JHtN

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Can pi be expressed rationally in a non base 10 number system?

3768 upvotes • onemany

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do people with widely set eyes (ex. actress Anya Taylor-Joy) have a different or deeper sense of depth perception, than those with closely set eyes (ex. actor Vincent Schiavelli)?	3794	chung_my_wang
I can type without looking at the keyboard, but when asked to draw a keyboard, I am completely unable to correctly label half of the letter keys. How is this possible?	3789	HoodieHollowDickieRP
AskScience AMA Series: We’re Hannah Morris and Becca Peixotto, two of six “slender spelunkers” who excavated 1,500 individual hominin bone fragments deep in a South African cave over the course of 21 days, Ask Us Anything!	3781	Slender_Spelunkers
Whats the difference between moving your arm, and thinking about moving your arm? How does your body differentiate the two?	3781	YeOlePiratePenguin
Iridium and similarly hard metals are difficult to machine due to extreme work hardening. Is "grinding" based machining also affected?	3779	Natolx
We have Einstein's brain preserved in formaldehyde. Are all the synapses still wired up the same as when he was alive? Could some future civilization recreate a form of Einstein from this?	3778	Westbrook_Level
How do we know the actual wavelength of light originating from the cluster of galaxies that are receding away from us when all we observe is red shifted light because of expansion?	3774	Imma_not_a_bot
Do countries make their own vaccines like the seasonal Flu shot?	3771	prayingfordebbie
Do certain languages have higher percentage of people who stutter?	3770	JHtN
Can pi be expressed rationally in a non base 10 number system?	3768	onemany