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What effect does human burial have on the environment?

809 upvotes • reidhoch

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Voyager 1 and 2 are still communicating today; How much further will they transmit for?

809 upvotes • Geologitize

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What does current look like on a quantum level?

809 upvotes • cpmpal

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If there is a normal matter periodic table, is it plausible that there is an anti-periodic table? (e.g. anti-protons and whatnot make anti-elements)

808 upvotes • Ryutauro

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500 tons of phosphate leaked into the Nile river. What are the health risks?

808 upvotes • HahaNiceNameBro

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How do the astronauts ground the electronics on the ISS?

808 upvotes • WhoisTylerDurden

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If a commercial airplane has both engines fail at cruising altitude, how far can it glide in an attempt to find a safe place to land?

808 upvotes • grentlen

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Which is more efficient, keeping my house at a constant temperature even when I'm gone, or repeatedly cooling and heating it?

807 upvotes • [deleted]

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I once heard a rumor that archaeologists digging at Five Points NY (basis for "Gangs of New York") contracted 19th century diseases. Is this true? If so, is this the only instance of an old disease becoming new again?

807 upvotes • ammcurious

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If we cloned a mammoth, would that mammoth and all resulting mammoths that spawned from that mammoth have extremely short lifespans due to telomere length?

806 upvotes • blueblarflubar

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What effect does human burial have on the environment?	809	reidhoch
Voyager 1 and 2 are still communicating today; How much further will they transmit for?	809	Geologitize
What does current look like on a quantum level?	809	cpmpal
If there is a normal matter periodic table, is it plausible that there is an anti-periodic table? (e.g. anti-protons and whatnot make anti-elements)	808	Ryutauro
500 tons of phosphate leaked into the Nile river. What are the health risks?	808	HahaNiceNameBro
How do the astronauts ground the electronics on the ISS?	808	WhoisTylerDurden
If a commercial airplane has both engines fail at cruising altitude, how far can it glide in an attempt to find a safe place to land?	808	grentlen
Which is more efficient, keeping my house at a constant temperature even when I'm gone, or repeatedly cooling and heating it?	807	[deleted]
I once heard a rumor that archaeologists digging at Five Points NY (basis for "Gangs of New York") contracted 19th century diseases. Is this true? If so, is this the only instance of an old disease becoming new again?	807	ammcurious
If we cloned a mammoth, would that mammoth and all resulting mammoths that spawned from that mammoth have extremely short lifespans due to telomere length?	806	blueblarflubar