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If one black hole falls into another black hole will the first black hole be pulled apart and cease being a black hole?

1281 upvotes • cincycusefan

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If I was trying to heat a room using a dozen candles, would it be better to group them all together in the center of the room, or evenly throughout the room?

1279 upvotes • Fioricascastle

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The flow of time, the expansion of space, and the increase of entropy all proceed in a single direction. Is there any explicit relationship between them?

1278 upvotes • [deleted]

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How much "younger" than us on Earth did the crew on Apollo 11 get from their travel due to time dilation?

1277 upvotes • DeadScientist

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Ari Daniel, science journalist and radio producer. I just lived on a glacier in Greenland for a week while reporting climate change stories for NOVA and PRI's The World. AMA!

1277 upvotes • ari_daniel

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Why are there no natural proton emissions in radioactive decay?

1277 upvotes • BanX

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Hi AskScience, My grandfather held a patent regarding nuclear fission, he has Dementia now and I would like to be able to talk with him about it. Can you help me understand it?

1276 upvotes • sargentsnicklefritz

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How far north or south do you have to go before time zones stop making sense?

1276 upvotes • leviathenr

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How do snow tires work?

1276 upvotes • Panda-Express

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Will there be an eventual limit to physical/athletic world records? It seems every year we run/pitch/jump/swim a mph/second faster/ foot higher. Will humans continue to become bigger stronger faster or will the body hit a point where it becomes physiologically impossible?

1275 upvotes • Detlef_Schrempf

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If one black hole falls into another black hole will the first black hole be pulled apart and cease being a black hole?	1281	cincycusefan
If I was trying to heat a room using a dozen candles, would it be better to group them all together in the center of the room, or evenly throughout the room?	1279	Fioricascastle
The flow of time, the expansion of space, and the increase of entropy all proceed in a single direction. Is there any explicit relationship between them?	1278	[deleted]
How much "younger" than us on Earth did the crew on Apollo 11 get from their travel due to time dilation?	1277	DeadScientist
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Ari Daniel, science journalist and radio producer. I just lived on a glacier in Greenland for a week while reporting climate change stories for NOVA and PRI's The World. AMA!	1277	ari_daniel
Why are there no natural proton emissions in radioactive decay?	1277	BanX
Hi AskScience, My grandfather held a patent regarding nuclear fission, he has Dementia now and I would like to be able to talk with him about it. Can you help me understand it?	1276	sargentsnicklefritz
How far north or south do you have to go before time zones stop making sense?	1276	leviathenr
How do snow tires work?	1276	Panda-Express
Will there be an eventual limit to physical/athletic world records? It seems every year we run/pitch/jump/swim a mph/second faster/ foot higher. Will humans continue to become bigger stronger faster or will the body hit a point where it becomes physiologically impossible?	1275	Detlef_Schrempf