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Is there any truth to the idea that we're now "too clean" and we are somehow weaker for it?

2099 upvotes • [deleted]

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Now that a piece of wreckage from flight MH370 has been confirmed on Réunion Island, is it possible to use our understanding of direction and speed of currents in the Indian Ocean to narrow down where it likely crashed?

2098 upvotes • Gargatua13013

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm a wildlife ecologist who's spent 15 years studying threatened mammals all around the world - AMA!

2096 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Is it possible to take the genetic material from one egg and fertilize another egg?

2096 upvotes • timbukme

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Where does Hawking Radiation fall on the EM Spectrum?

2095 upvotes • TheHipsterLemon

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Why can I swat a flying insect with my palm using enough force to knock the average person unconscious and the insect flit away seemingly unharmed?

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AskScience AMA Series: We are iNaturalist, educators who use our online social network to help students learn about nature. Ask Us Anything!

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The extended warm period during the "boring billion" between 1.8 and 0.8 Gya is proposed to have been the result of atmospheric N2O being 10x higher than it is today. Where did all the N2O during that period come from?

2094 upvotes • ghostoftheuniverse

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Does gravity travel at the speed of light? If the sun suddenly disappeared, would we still orbit it for a while?

2093 upvotes • Cammylamingtons

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AskScience AMA Series: We are a plant ecology research lab working on the fate of abandoned cranberry bogs. Ask Us Anything!

2091 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there any truth to the idea that we're now "too clean" and we are somehow weaker for it?	2099	[deleted]
Now that a piece of wreckage from flight MH370 has been confirmed on Réunion Island, is it possible to use our understanding of direction and speed of currents in the Indian Ocean to narrow down where it likely crashed?	2098	Gargatua13013
AskScience AMA Series: I'm a wildlife ecologist who's spent 15 years studying threatened mammals all around the world - AMA!	2096	AskScienceModerator
Is it possible to take the genetic material from one egg and fertilize another egg?	2096	timbukme
Where does Hawking Radiation fall on the EM Spectrum?	2095	TheHipsterLemon
Why can I swat a flying insect with my palm using enough force to knock the average person unconscious and the insect flit away seemingly unharmed?	2094	[deleted]
AskScience AMA Series: We are iNaturalist, educators who use our online social network to help students learn about nature. Ask Us Anything!	2094	AskScienceModerator
The extended warm period during the "boring billion" between 1.8 and 0.8 Gya is proposed to have been the result of atmospheric N2O being 10x higher than it is today. Where did all the N2O during that period come from?	2094	ghostoftheuniverse
Does gravity travel at the speed of light? If the sun suddenly disappeared, would we still orbit it for a while?	2093	Cammylamingtons
AskScience AMA Series: We are a plant ecology research lab working on the fate of abandoned cranberry bogs. Ask Us Anything!	2091	AskScienceModerator