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If hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs, then won't the surviving 0.01% make hand sanitizer resistant strains?

8492 upvotes • SHADYROCKS01

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What causes our stomach to rumble when we are hungry?

8485 upvotes • PeterP1227

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What other families of viruses have potential to cause pandemics other than influenza and coronavirus?

8484 upvotes • Speed_King_Ignite

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What is the smallest amount of matter needed to create a black hole ? Could a poppy seed become a black hole if crushed to small enough space ?

8483 upvotes • vangyyy

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Why is it that some muscles «burn» while exercised hard, while in others you experience more of a fatigue-like feeling?

8478 upvotes • TheLittleThingy

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Are cancers always fatal when left untreated?

8478 upvotes • toolemeister

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How can medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen work on a number of (seemingly) unrelated symptoms (reducing fevers, joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, toothaches, etc.)? Do they do just one thing that affects all of these processes or do they do lots of different things at once?

8469 upvotes • jradio610

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Why does a web browser require 4 gigabytes of RAM to run?

8452 upvotes • profdc9

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When the mars rover went to mars were they able to remove all bacteria and small life from it? If not could any of the bacteria be able to live in the harsh conditions of mars? And how do they obtain soil samples looking for bacteria if it could possibly be from the rover itself?

8449 upvotes • cxcookie117

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What have been the implications/significance of finding the Higgs Boson particle?

8442 upvotes • Idle_Redditing

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs, then won't the surviving 0.01% make hand sanitizer resistant strains?	8492	SHADYROCKS01
What causes our stomach to rumble when we are hungry?	8485	PeterP1227
What other families of viruses have potential to cause pandemics other than influenza and coronavirus?	8484	Speed_King_Ignite
What is the smallest amount of matter needed to create a black hole ? Could a poppy seed become a black hole if crushed to small enough space ?	8483	vangyyy
Why is it that some muscles «burn» while exercised hard, while in others you experience more of a fatigue-like feeling?	8478	TheLittleThingy
Are cancers always fatal when left untreated?	8478	toolemeister
How can medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminophen work on a number of (seemingly) unrelated symptoms (reducing fevers, joint pain, muscle pain, headaches, toothaches, etc.)? Do they do just one thing that affects all of these processes or do they do lots of different things at once?	8469	jradio610
Why does a web browser require 4 gigabytes of RAM to run?	8452	profdc9
When the mars rover went to mars were they able to remove all bacteria and small life from it? If not could any of the bacteria be able to live in the harsh conditions of mars? And how do they obtain soil samples looking for bacteria if it could possibly be from the rover itself?	8449	cxcookie117
What have been the implications/significance of finding the Higgs Boson particle?	8442	Idle_Redditing