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Why are almost all toxic and venomous creatures found in warm climates?

897 upvotes • Sejr_Lund

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Is there a maximum length that a human hair can grow to?

897 upvotes • clapper900

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Why are infrared telescopes like the JWST critical for observing the early universe? If light from far away is being red-shifted, wouldn't the farthest light eventually be shifted into radio wavelengths making radio telescopes more useful?

897 upvotes • chetanaik

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Why can’t bacteria and viruses, which evolve so quickly, easily overwhelm the immunological defences of complex organisms that have very long generation times?

897 upvotes • Equivalent-Bonus-885

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Did Dr. Mengele actually make any significant contributions to science or medicine with his experiments on Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps?

896 upvotes • rageously

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If there was a total meltdown of society, how long would the GPS system continue to work?

896 upvotes • [deleted]

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Why do resistor values need to be color-coded, unlike capacitors wherein the capacitance is already printed on it?

896 upvotes • nissantoyota

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Why do the colours on my computer monitor appear in negative when i tilt my screen?

896 upvotes • ItsLewis

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Can every atom exist in all three states? (Gas,liquid,solid)

896 upvotes • defnot_hedonismbot

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

896 upvotes • AutoModerator

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are almost all toxic and venomous creatures found in warm climates?	897	Sejr_Lund
Is there a maximum length that a human hair can grow to?	897	clapper900
Why are infrared telescopes like the JWST critical for observing the early universe? If light from far away is being red-shifted, wouldn't the farthest light eventually be shifted into radio wavelengths making radio telescopes more useful?	897	chetanaik
Why can’t bacteria and viruses, which evolve so quickly, easily overwhelm the immunological defences of complex organisms that have very long generation times?	897	Equivalent-Bonus-885
Did Dr. Mengele actually make any significant contributions to science or medicine with his experiments on Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps?	896	rageously
If there was a total meltdown of society, how long would the GPS system continue to work?	896	[deleted]
Why do resistor values need to be color-coded, unlike capacitors wherein the capacitance is already printed on it?	896	nissantoyota
Why do the colours on my computer monitor appear in negative when i tilt my screen?	896	ItsLewis
Can every atom exist in all three states? (Gas,liquid,solid)	896	defnot_hedonismbot
Ask Anything Wednesday - Biology, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Medicine, Psychology	896	AutoModerator