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Do animals sleepwalk like humans do?

874 upvotes • lAPPYc

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The James Webb Space Telescope is incredibly precisely made. But it will be mounted on top of several tons of rocket. How do they make sure it doesn’t get warped in flight?

873 upvotes • Cavtheman

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what is a coefficient? like the convection heat-transfer coefficient and the drag coefficient

873 upvotes • Serious-Pick2870

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Would a "starship" traveling through space require constant thrust (i.e. warp or impulse speed in Star Trek), or would they be able to fire the engines to build speed then coast on momentum?

872 upvotes • justabaldguy

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If North America converted to 240v electrical systems like other parts of the world, would we see dramatic energy efficiency improvements?

872 upvotes • SwimmingNaked

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Particles at Cern travel at close to the speed of light when they collide. So given nothing can travel faster than the speed of light relative to anything else what speed do the particles collide at? Or am I just totally way off base?

872 upvotes • nevl71

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Do insects such as flies have "homes" or nests? Or do they just spend their lives roaming through the air trying to eat and mate?

872 upvotes • HITMAN616

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Is it possible to change polarity of a film of some sort using voltage or current?

872 upvotes • IluvBread

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Why are lemon seeds seemingly randomly distributed about the center of the lemon?

872 upvotes • dilfybro

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Does being born during different seasons make a difference for early child development?

872 upvotes • Gettothachoppurr

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do animals sleepwalk like humans do?	874	lAPPYc
The James Webb Space Telescope is incredibly precisely made. But it will be mounted on top of several tons of rocket. How do they make sure it doesn’t get warped in flight?	873	Cavtheman
what is a coefficient? like the convection heat-transfer coefficient and the drag coefficient	873	Serious-Pick2870
Would a "starship" traveling through space require constant thrust (i.e. warp or impulse speed in Star Trek), or would they be able to fire the engines to build speed then coast on momentum?	872	justabaldguy
If North America converted to 240v electrical systems like other parts of the world, would we see dramatic energy efficiency improvements?	872	SwimmingNaked
Particles at Cern travel at close to the speed of light when they collide. So given nothing can travel faster than the speed of light relative to anything else what speed do the particles collide at? Or am I just totally way off base?	872	nevl71
Do insects such as flies have "homes" or nests? Or do they just spend their lives roaming through the air trying to eat and mate?	872	HITMAN616
Is it possible to change polarity of a film of some sort using voltage or current?	872	IluvBread
Why are lemon seeds seemingly randomly distributed about the center of the lemon?	872	dilfybro
Does being born during different seasons make a difference for early child development?	872	Gettothachoppurr