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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Birgül Akolpoglu, a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany. I work on microalgae and bacteria-based microrobots that could one day be used to deliver drugs and battle cancer! AMA!

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If I gain 10 lbs of fat, lose it, and then gain 10 lbs again, am I "refilling" those same fat cells before creating new ones?

1902 upvotes • charlie702

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What determines a person's reaction to capsaicin-rich foods? Is it physiological, psychological, or genetic?

1899 upvotes • fuyunoyoru

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Does anyone have any scholarly articles explaining why we are still in an ice age? Did carbon dioxide emissions change the atmosphere that much to end the ice age we were in?

1898 upvotes • jfrag30

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Why does a lack of oxygen cause cell death instead of the cell 'winding down' into some kind of stasis?

1897 upvotes • Zenquin

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What happens to a smell once it's been smelled?

1896 upvotes • Slayershunt

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What happens to the human body when exposed to overwhelming amounts of radiation?

1896 upvotes • Baddiemcnoskill

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Why do artillery guns always shoot short at night?

1894 upvotes • KingBydlo

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Planck's quantum hypothesis proves that a body can't emit radiation beyond a certain frequency, but this still means that it will emit waves in ALL THE POSSIBLE FREQUENCIES below this limit. So wouldn't the body still be losing energy at an infinite rate?

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As a high speed charged particle crosses the event horizon of a black hole, what happens to its magnetic field?

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Birgül Akolpoglu, a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany. I work on microalgae and bacteria-based microrobots that could one day be used to deliver drugs and battle cancer! AMA!	1903	AskScienceModerator
If I gain 10 lbs of fat, lose it, and then gain 10 lbs again, am I "refilling" those same fat cells before creating new ones?	1902	charlie702
What determines a person's reaction to capsaicin-rich foods? Is it physiological, psychological, or genetic?	1899	fuyunoyoru
Does anyone have any scholarly articles explaining why we are still in an ice age? Did carbon dioxide emissions change the atmosphere that much to end the ice age we were in?	1898	jfrag30
Why does a lack of oxygen cause cell death instead of the cell 'winding down' into some kind of stasis?	1897	Zenquin
What happens to a smell once it's been smelled?	1896	Slayershunt
What happens to the human body when exposed to overwhelming amounts of radiation?	1896	Baddiemcnoskill
Why do artillery guns always shoot short at night?	1894	KingBydlo
Planck's quantum hypothesis proves that a body can't emit radiation beyond a certain frequency, but this still means that it will emit waves in ALL THE POSSIBLE FREQUENCIES below this limit. So wouldn't the body still be losing energy at an infinite rate?	1894	_spoderman_
As a high speed charged particle crosses the event horizon of a black hole, what happens to its magnetic field?	1894	Aceisking12