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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Kit Yates. I'm here to talk about my new book, the Maths of Life and Death which is about the places maths can have an impact in people's everyday lives. I'd also love to discuss my research area of Mathematical Biology. Ask Me Anything!

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I put a 1 liter bottle of water and two 0.5 liter bottles of water in the freezer. Will the two 0.5 liter bottles freeze faster as the 1 liter bottle and why (not)?

2414 upvotes • Zinnsoldat

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So, they discovered 70% of the Dreadnoughtus skeleton. Where did the other 30% go?

2413 upvotes • halfascientist

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When skipping rocks across water, how big can the rock get until it "stops skipping"?

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Why did heavy-lift launch vehicles use spherical fuel tanks instead of cylindrical ones?

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How were sufficiently coherent light sources generated for optics experiments before lasers?

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Are any two electrons, or other pair of fundamental particles, identical?

2411 upvotes • _prdgi

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The official Higgs announcement thread.

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Do people who eat fewer calories live longer?

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How much decomposition actually takes place in US land fills?

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Kit Yates. I'm here to talk about my new book, the Maths of Life and Death which is about the places maths can have an impact in people's everyday lives. I'd also love to discuss my research area of Mathematical Biology. Ask Me Anything!	2415	AskScienceModerator
I put a 1 liter bottle of water and two 0.5 liter bottles of water in the freezer. Will the two 0.5 liter bottles freeze faster as the 1 liter bottle and why (not)?	2414	Zinnsoldat
So, they discovered 70% of the Dreadnoughtus skeleton. Where did the other 30% go?	2413	halfascientist
When skipping rocks across water, how big can the rock get until it "stops skipping"?	2413	thomasdelege
Why did heavy-lift launch vehicles use spherical fuel tanks instead of cylindrical ones?	2412	8BandComp
How were sufficiently coherent light sources generated for optics experiments before lasers?	2412	serack
Are any two electrons, or other pair of fundamental particles, identical?	2411	_prdgi
The official Higgs announcement thread.	2410	Ruiner
Do people who eat fewer calories live longer?	2409	yaminokaabii
How much decomposition actually takes place in US land fills?	2409	LarsAlereon