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How would water behave on a terraformed Mars? Would huge waves swell on the ocean? Would the rivers flow more slowly? Would clouds rise higher before it started to rain?

1255 upvotes • WarrenGHarding

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Do chemists have to use a special type of glass when dealing with highly corrosive/acidic chemicals? Or is there something about glass in general that prevents test tubes and beakers from being ruined by these chemicals that can completely dissolve bone, metal or basically anything that's put in it?

1255 upvotes • ReptilianPope1

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How similar are the North and South Poles? Could species from the South Pole feasibly live in the North Pole and vice versa?

1254 upvotes • breeks

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How long would it take for a spaceship to reach the speed of light at a rate of acceleration which would allow its crew to operate normally?

1254 upvotes • iammucow

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AskScience AMA Series: We are Dr. David Parrillo and Jeff Wooster from the Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics business, here to sort out the facts from fiction on plastics packaging as it relates to sustainability, AMA!

1254 upvotes • Dow_Chemical

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How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system?

1254 upvotes • Landhund

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Here to Talk About Roots and Shoots: How Plants Prosper in the Desert and What it Means for Agriculture and Biodiversity, AMA!

1254 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Do automobiles provide any evolutionary pressure to squirrels or other small animals?

1252 upvotes • coinich

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If capacitance increases as distance between plates decreases, why aren't there very small 1F capacitors?

1251 upvotes • j_pierce3

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Why does organic matter burn instead of melting?

1250 upvotes • Cookieway

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How would water behave on a terraformed Mars? Would huge waves swell on the ocean? Would the rivers flow more slowly? Would clouds rise higher before it started to rain?	1255	WarrenGHarding
Do chemists have to use a special type of glass when dealing with highly corrosive/acidic chemicals? Or is there something about glass in general that prevents test tubes and beakers from being ruined by these chemicals that can completely dissolve bone, metal or basically anything that's put in it?	1255	ReptilianPope1
How similar are the North and South Poles? Could species from the South Pole feasibly live in the North Pole and vice versa?	1254	breeks
How long would it take for a spaceship to reach the speed of light at a rate of acceleration which would allow its crew to operate normally?	1254	iammucow
AskScience AMA Series: We are Dr. David Parrillo and Jeff Wooster from the Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics business, here to sort out the facts from fiction on plastics packaging as it relates to sustainability, AMA!	1254	Dow_Chemical
How exactly is the "direction" of the flow of power measured in a alternating current system?	1254	Landhund
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Here to Talk About Roots and Shoots: How Plants Prosper in the Desert and What it Means for Agriculture and Biodiversity, AMA!	1254	AskScienceModerator
Do automobiles provide any evolutionary pressure to squirrels or other small animals?	1252	coinich
If capacitance increases as distance between plates decreases, why aren't there very small 1F capacitors?	1251	j_pierce3
Why does organic matter burn instead of melting?	1250	Cookieway