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Something about what we're always told about climate change doesn't make sense to me, can someone explain?

950 upvotes • MonkeyFan9987

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Why are scientists so quick to point to man made climate change as the cause of the hot temperatures when our temperature records are such a small sample size?

949 upvotes • EHoffman922

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Can empirical evidence exist for specific selective pressures in evolution?

949 upvotes • WildlifeBiologist10

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Does our body store every antibody to every infection/disease we've ever had?

948 upvotes • land_lady

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How do we know redshifting is due to the universe expanding? What if it's an effect similar to friction, so the wave loses energy as it travels through space, and it's just more noticeable from the extremely distant galaxies?

948 upvotes • keenemaverick

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I once saw an article saying all of the beautiful pictures of space are all just colorized to help distinguish certain things for astronomers, is this true at all?

948 upvotes • Cloak-and-Dagger

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The Pauli Exclusion Principle doesn't apply to Bosons. Does this mean any number of bosons can occupy the same space?

948 upvotes • Rare-Technology-4773

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What would happen if a person stayed underwater continuously without drying off? Like.. for a day, a week, a year, whatever.

947 upvotes • kungfu_kickass

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How does homosexuality get passed on through genetics if homosexuals do not create offspring? (This is not a loaded question. Please do not delete.)

947 upvotes • BassheadPanda

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RIP Kepler Megathread

947 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Something about what we're always told about climate change doesn't make sense to me, can someone explain?	950	MonkeyFan9987
Why are scientists so quick to point to man made climate change as the cause of the hot temperatures when our temperature records are such a small sample size?	949	EHoffman922
Can empirical evidence exist for specific selective pressures in evolution?	949	WildlifeBiologist10
Does our body store every antibody to every infection/disease we've ever had?	948	land_lady
How do we know redshifting is due to the universe expanding? What if it's an effect similar to friction, so the wave loses energy as it travels through space, and it's just more noticeable from the extremely distant galaxies?	948	keenemaverick
I once saw an article saying all of the beautiful pictures of space are all just colorized to help distinguish certain things for astronomers, is this true at all?	948	Cloak-and-Dagger
The Pauli Exclusion Principle doesn't apply to Bosons. Does this mean any number of bosons can occupy the same space?	948	Rare-Technology-4773
What would happen if a person stayed underwater continuously without drying off? Like.. for a day, a week, a year, whatever.	947	kungfu_kickass
How does homosexuality get passed on through genetics if homosexuals do not create offspring? (This is not a loaded question. Please do not delete.)	947	BassheadPanda
RIP Kepler Megathread	947	AskScienceModerator