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If we put a male baby into a community that only consists of men and never show him what women look like until he is 20, what would be sexually attracted to?

1221 upvotes • Ergydion

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How do trees create enough pressure to lift and crack concrete sidewalks with their roots?

1221 upvotes • Pantlessness

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Did Top Gear really find the source of the Nile and are they the first?

1219 upvotes • S4M1CK

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If humans were proportionally shrunk down to the size of an ant, and one person punched another person, would the resulting damage and pain to the receiver be the same as if we normal sized? Alternatively, what if we were blown up to the size of buildings?

1219 upvotes • cwutididthar

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If there are a finite number of atoms in the entire universe, that means there is still a finite number of permutations of atoms possible. Can our very existence occur again then on a infinite time scale if we are just made out of a certain permutation atoms?

1219 upvotes • xSialicAcidx

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Is there an element/compound that is denser as a gas than it is as a solid?

1218 upvotes • rupturedprostate

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Is there a theoretic limit to the size of an atom?

1217 upvotes • [deleted]

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AskScience AMA Series: We are members of The Conversation here to discuss science communication. Ask Us Anything!

1217 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Why does paper turns transparent when i smear fat/oil over it?

1217 upvotes • Ardubegino

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CPUs carry out anywhere from 1 to 32 instructions per clock cycle; if so few instructions per clock cycle are being performed, what is the benefit to cramming billions of transistors onto one chip?

1216 upvotes • perigee392

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If we put a male baby into a community that only consists of men and never show him what women look like until he is 20, what would be sexually attracted to?	1221	Ergydion
How do trees create enough pressure to lift and crack concrete sidewalks with their roots?	1221	Pantlessness
Did Top Gear really find the source of the Nile and are they the first?	1219	S4M1CK
If humans were proportionally shrunk down to the size of an ant, and one person punched another person, would the resulting damage and pain to the receiver be the same as if we normal sized? Alternatively, what if we were blown up to the size of buildings?	1219	cwutididthar
If there are a finite number of atoms in the entire universe, that means there is still a finite number of permutations of atoms possible. Can our very existence occur again then on a infinite time scale if we are just made out of a certain permutation atoms?	1219	xSialicAcidx
Is there an element/compound that is denser as a gas than it is as a solid?	1218	rupturedprostate
Is there a theoretic limit to the size of an atom?	1217	[deleted]
AskScience AMA Series: We are members of The Conversation here to discuss science communication. Ask Us Anything!	1217	AskScienceModerator
Why does paper turns transparent when i smear fat/oil over it?	1217	Ardubegino
CPUs carry out anywhere from 1 to 32 instructions per clock cycle; if so few instructions per clock cycle are being performed, what is the benefit to cramming billions of transistors onto one chip?	1216	perigee392