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How is the environment/humanity not affected by the hundreds (or thousands) of tests of nuclear bombs over the last century?

1767 upvotes • scattingcougar

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Why doesn't the water in rivers, streams and lakes just go into the ground?

1766 upvotes • Lallii

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Why is blood group O+ so common?

1766 upvotes • Aristo_socrates

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Why would it be so hard to harness the energy of a lightning?

1766 upvotes • [deleted]

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How would the cosmos/physics change if space suddenly stopped expanding?

1766 upvotes • Blizzgrarg

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How are our voices and laughs "shaped"? Would you be able to change it completely with training, plus does one always have a "signature" voice?

1765 upvotes • [deleted]

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We are scientists from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology coming to you from our annual meeting in Berlin. We study fossils. Ask Us Anything!

1765 upvotes • VertPaleoAMA

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AskScience Special AMA: We are the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium. Last week we published more than 30 papers and a giant collection of data on the function of the human genome. Ask us anything!

1764 upvotes • Epistaxis

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If PI has an infinite, non-recurring amount of numbers, can I just name any sequence of numbers of any size and will occur in PI?

1764 upvotes • xai_death

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I’m watching a Spark show on Neanderthals that says most humans have 2-4% Neanderthal DNA, except Africans. Because Neanderthals roamed far and wide, except not to Africa. But didn’t they come from Africa? Didn’t all Homos evolve in Africa?

1764 upvotes • TychaBrahe

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How is the environment/humanity not affected by the hundreds (or thousands) of tests of nuclear bombs over the last century?	1767	scattingcougar
Why doesn't the water in rivers, streams and lakes just go into the ground?	1766	Lallii
Why is blood group O+ so common?	1766	Aristo_socrates
Why would it be so hard to harness the energy of a lightning?	1766	[deleted]
How would the cosmos/physics change if space suddenly stopped expanding?	1766	Blizzgrarg
How are our voices and laughs "shaped"? Would you be able to change it completely with training, plus does one always have a "signature" voice?	1765	[deleted]
We are scientists from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology coming to you from our annual meeting in Berlin. We study fossils. Ask Us Anything!	1765	VertPaleoAMA
AskScience Special AMA: We are the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium. Last week we published more than 30 papers and a giant collection of data on the function of the human genome. Ask us anything!	1764	Epistaxis
If PI has an infinite, non-recurring amount of numbers, can I just name any sequence of numbers of any size and will occur in PI?	1764	xai_death
I’m watching a Spark show on Neanderthals that says most humans have 2-4% Neanderthal DNA, except Africans. Because Neanderthals roamed far and wide, except not to Africa. But didn’t they come from Africa? Didn’t all Homos evolve in Africa?	1764	TychaBrahe