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Why can't radioactive nuclear reactor waste be used to generate further power?

2046 upvotes • Turbotroll

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Is it more fuel efficient for a car to accelerate more before going up a hill or maintain a constant speed before and during the climb?

2046 upvotes • Sharkunt

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How can gravity escape a black hole?

2046 upvotes • imihajlov

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Why do we use (kilo/mega/giga)bytes when describing data storage, but (kilo/mega/giga)bits when describing data transmission?

2044 upvotes • oliverwinton

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Would it be possible to use time dilation to travel into the future?

2044 upvotes • The_Punned_It

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How come in this picture you see four rays of light coming off this star?

2044 upvotes • johnster97

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I'm 32. Is there a single cell, or even molecule, left in my body that was there when I was born or am I a completely physically different organism from who I was as an infant?

2040 upvotes • ShesGotSauce

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Where is, or why doesn't the Kuwait Fires in the early 90's show up in the atmospheric CO2 charts?

2039 upvotes • [deleted]

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Are human faces really that distinct or do our brains exaggerate the differences between them?

2038 upvotes • [deleted]

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The killdeer bird uses a "broken wing act" to distract predators from its nest. When it does this, does it understand WHY this works? Or is this simply an instinctive behavior?

2037 upvotes • pannenkoek2012

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why can't radioactive nuclear reactor waste be used to generate further power?	2046	Turbotroll
Is it more fuel efficient for a car to accelerate more before going up a hill or maintain a constant speed before and during the climb?	2046	Sharkunt
How can gravity escape a black hole?	2046	imihajlov
Why do we use (kilo/mega/giga)bytes when describing data storage, but (kilo/mega/giga)bits when describing data transmission?	2044	oliverwinton
Would it be possible to use time dilation to travel into the future?	2044	The_Punned_It
How come in this picture you see four rays of light coming off this star?	2044	johnster97
I'm 32. Is there a single cell, or even molecule, left in my body that was there when I was born or am I a completely physically different organism from who I was as an infant?	2040	ShesGotSauce
Where is, or why doesn't the Kuwait Fires in the early 90's show up in the atmospheric CO2 charts?	2039	[deleted]
Are human faces really that distinct or do our brains exaggerate the differences between them?	2038	[deleted]
The killdeer bird uses a "broken wing act" to distract predators from its nest. When it does this, does it understand WHY this works? Or is this simply an instinctive behavior?	2037	pannenkoek2012