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What is the maximum size a tornado can be?

2218 upvotes • ZimbabweBankOfficial

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Do primates, or any other animal suffer from the more advanced mental illnesses, Such as schizophrenia and Bi-polar disorder?

2218 upvotes • tullisgood

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Why are all the place-holder names of the incoming elements to the Periodic table all Unun-something?

2217 upvotes • Cadllmn

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Pilot wave theory, a theory involving highly complex and non-linear differential equations, is fully equivalent to matrix mechanics, a theory involving only linear differential equations. Does this have implications for our ability to solve non-linear differential equations?

2217 upvotes • AWildBugHasAppeared

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What is more dense (in terms of volume): an atom or a galaxy?

2216 upvotes • iuhazarda

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How do hibernating animals survive without drinking?

2214 upvotes • whiteddit

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Why is it hotter the closer you get to the sun, even though there is no medium to transfer the heat? Does the radiation somehow cool down the further it travels?

2212 upvotes • [deleted]

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I always hear that "a cure for cancer" is misleading, because cancer consists of a variety of different disorders, with no single cure. That being the case, are there any individual cancers that have been effectively "cured"?

2211 upvotes • losphobos

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If arrows spun, would it improve their flight stability in the same way as spinning bullets?

2211 upvotes • Bastard__

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If inflammation is bad, why does our body do it?

2211 upvotes • ThermalFlask

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the maximum size a tornado can be?	2218	ZimbabweBankOfficial
Do primates, or any other animal suffer from the more advanced mental illnesses, Such as schizophrenia and Bi-polar disorder?	2218	tullisgood
Why are all the place-holder names of the incoming elements to the Periodic table all Unun-something?	2217	Cadllmn
Pilot wave theory, a theory involving highly complex and non-linear differential equations, is fully equivalent to matrix mechanics, a theory involving only linear differential equations. Does this have implications for our ability to solve non-linear differential equations?	2217	AWildBugHasAppeared
What is more dense (in terms of volume): an atom or a galaxy?	2216	iuhazarda
How do hibernating animals survive without drinking?	2214	whiteddit
Why is it hotter the closer you get to the sun, even though there is no medium to transfer the heat? Does the radiation somehow cool down the further it travels?	2212	[deleted]
I always hear that "a cure for cancer" is misleading, because cancer consists of a variety of different disorders, with no single cure. That being the case, are there any individual cancers that have been effectively "cured"?	2211	losphobos
If arrows spun, would it improve their flight stability in the same way as spinning bullets?	2211	Bastard__
If inflammation is bad, why does our body do it?	2211	ThermalFlask