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What's going on with technetium?

2743 upvotes • thelastaristocrat

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and host of Big Picture Science, and I'm looking for aliens. AMA!

2743 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Pins & Needles ( what is actually happening ? )

2742 upvotes • 4fingerfrank

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Do insects like bees and ants have freeloaders who don't do their share of the work but obtain the advantages of living in the community?

2741 upvotes • mark_au

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Are the umbilical cord part of the mother or the child? Whose genes does it contain?

2741 upvotes • kvasbo

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Is it possible that we've already discovered planets with life on them, but just don't know it because the planet is so far away that we're seeing it before the life started?

2740 upvotes • [deleted]

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How deep would an ocean have to be until the water at the bottom became a solid?

2739 upvotes • shehasadicktoo

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Humans apparently share 50% of their DNA with bananas. We can all see the genetic differences but how do the similarities manifest themselves?

2738 upvotes • Kavanhugh

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What is the minimum number of individuals required to establish a long-term viable population?

2737 upvotes • Blizzgrarg

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It seems that all steam engines have been replaced with internal combustion ones, except for power plants. Why is this?

2736 upvotes • steamyoshi

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What's going on with technetium?	2743	thelastaristocrat
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and host of Big Picture Science, and I'm looking for aliens. AMA!	2743	AskScienceModerator
Pins & Needles ( what is actually happening ? )	2742	4fingerfrank
Do insects like bees and ants have freeloaders who don't do their share of the work but obtain the advantages of living in the community?	2741	mark_au
Are the umbilical cord part of the mother or the child? Whose genes does it contain?	2741	kvasbo
Is it possible that we've already discovered planets with life on them, but just don't know it because the planet is so far away that we're seeing it before the life started?	2740	[deleted]
How deep would an ocean have to be until the water at the bottom became a solid?	2739	shehasadicktoo
Humans apparently share 50% of their DNA with bananas. We can all see the genetic differences but how do the similarities manifest themselves?	2738	Kavanhugh
What is the minimum number of individuals required to establish a long-term viable population?	2737	Blizzgrarg
It seems that all steam engines have been replaced with internal combustion ones, except for power plants. Why is this?	2736	steamyoshi