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When you graph your family tree (parents, parent's parents, parent's parent's parents, etc), it's an ever expanding graph. But humans started from a very small pool of people. Would the graph end up looking like a diamond? At what point would the graph start getting "smaller"

1953 upvotes • DJSlambert

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Can I lower the effective calories of a drink by cooling it?

1953 upvotes • QwapJack

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Physically, what makes a recessive gene recessive?

1952 upvotes • tenfingerperson

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Why is the pH scale 1 through 14 instead of 1-10 or 1-100?

1948 upvotes • Dimpl3s

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How can you melt metal with magnets?

1948 upvotes • imoldgregg420

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Why are antennas a half wavelength?

1948 upvotes • HornySkeleton

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AskScience AMA Series: I’m David Johns, a doctoral student at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. I study the scientific arguments around the controversial question of how much salt we should be eating in order to stay healthy. Ask Me Anything!

1948 upvotes • MailmanSchool_AMA

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what is physically happening to Li when a Li-ion battery is charged under load (while on)?

1947 upvotes • _whatevs_

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AskScience AMA Series: I am Dr. Laura Kloepper, a biologist who studies the emergence and echolocation dynamics of large bat cave colonies. This summer I am traveling and camping with two female students as we record bats across the Southwest. Ask Me Anything!

1946 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Why is the derivative of the volume of a sphere equal to its surface area?

1945 upvotes • theqwertyosc

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When you graph your family tree (parents, parent's parents, parent's parent's parents, etc), it's an ever expanding graph. But humans started from a very small pool of people. Would the graph end up looking like a diamond? At what point would the graph start getting "smaller"	1953	DJSlambert
Can I lower the effective calories of a drink by cooling it?	1953	QwapJack
Physically, what makes a recessive gene recessive?	1952	tenfingerperson
Why is the pH scale 1 through 14 instead of 1-10 or 1-100?	1948	Dimpl3s
How can you melt metal with magnets?	1948	imoldgregg420
Why are antennas a half wavelength?	1948	HornySkeleton
AskScience AMA Series: I’m David Johns, a doctoral student at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. I study the scientific arguments around the controversial question of how much salt we should be eating in order to stay healthy. Ask Me Anything!	1948	MailmanSchool_AMA
what is physically happening to Li when a Li-ion battery is charged under load (while on)?	1947	_whatevs_
AskScience AMA Series: I am Dr. Laura Kloepper, a biologist who studies the emergence and echolocation dynamics of large bat cave colonies. This summer I am traveling and camping with two female students as we record bats across the Southwest. Ask Me Anything!	1946	AskScienceModerator
Why is the derivative of the volume of a sphere equal to its surface area?	1945	theqwertyosc