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I observed a strange phenomenon today while shoveling snow. What is happening here?

937 upvotes • powerpants

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Can alcohol intake during early pregnancy affect the embryo/fetus before the umbilical cord is developed? If so, how?

937 upvotes • Mewwy_Quizzmas

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When people are in a coma, do hospital staff maintain their dental hygiene?

937 upvotes • noodlelimbs

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Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology

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The news items are very vague and don't seem to be filtering through to my searches - or they don't exist - so r/askscience, what's going on at Fukushima? What do people NEED to know right now about the situation there?

936 upvotes • phidel_kashflow

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Why is it that propellers are usually in the front of airplanes but in back of submarines/ships?

936 upvotes • 31bubba83

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I had a very cold but totally liquid bottle of water in my refrigerator. When I took it out and chugged it a plug of slush formed in the mouth of the bottle. What were the physics behind that occurrence?

936 upvotes • joemarzen

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Would a typical modern adult human who'd never seen or heard of a snake before instinctively know it was dangerous and which end to be worried about?

936 upvotes • autoposting_system

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Why didn’t the Big Bang produce heavy elements?

935 upvotes • Cilarnen

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AskScience AMA Series: I am Professor Ilan Marek, Director of the Center for Sustainable Processes and Catalysis at Technion, ask me anything!

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I observed a strange phenomenon today while shoveling snow. What is happening here?	937	powerpants
Can alcohol intake during early pregnancy affect the embryo/fetus before the umbilical cord is developed? If so, how?	937	Mewwy_Quizzmas
When people are in a coma, do hospital staff maintain their dental hygiene?	937	noodlelimbs
Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology	937	AutoModerator
The news items are very vague and don't seem to be filtering through to my searches - or they don't exist - so r/askscience, what's going on at Fukushima? What do people NEED to know right now about the situation there?	936	phidel_kashflow
Why is it that propellers are usually in the front of airplanes but in back of submarines/ships?	936	31bubba83
I had a very cold but totally liquid bottle of water in my refrigerator. When I took it out and chugged it a plug of slush formed in the mouth of the bottle. What were the physics behind that occurrence?	936	joemarzen
Would a typical modern adult human who'd never seen or heard of a snake before instinctively know it was dangerous and which end to be worried about?	936	autoposting_system
Why didn’t the Big Bang produce heavy elements?	935	Cilarnen
AskScience AMA Series: I am Professor Ilan Marek, Director of the Center for Sustainable Processes and Catalysis at Technion, ask me anything!	935	AskScienceModerator