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If a car is a faraday cage why do I still get signal?

532 upvotes • ladald

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1000kg of cotton, 1000kg of nails, or both?

532 upvotes • 1234Name4321

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If every multicellular life form suddenly disappeared, would singled celled life forms eventually re-evolve into multicellular ones again?

532 upvotes • PM_ME_COOL_POTATOES

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Assuming all life on Earth descended from a common ancestor that existed almost 4 billion years ago, what generation are we, approximately?

531 upvotes • StevenStevenson

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How much power is created/used on the ISS?

531 upvotes • TheTinman85

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Is there a rule that states that calculations of particle interactions at micro scales, by nature, cannot be scaled up into the macro-systems? Or are we just limited by our current understanding and nothing really prevents us from finding a way to scale quantum equations upwards?

531 upvotes • Dr_Snarky

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Why does heterochromia seem to be so common in house cats, when compared to other kinds of pet animals?

531 upvotes • QuothTheRabbit

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If you pour a layer of oil on top of water in an open container, will it keep the water from evaporating?

530 upvotes • schematicboy

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Why does youtube lose the buffered part of a video when you skip ahead to an unbuffered part?

530 upvotes • Rinfiyks

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Why is 2^1023 the last power of 2 that both excel and google calculator can calculate?

530 upvotes • mawrokgm

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If a car is a faraday cage why do I still get signal?	532	ladald
1000kg of cotton, 1000kg of nails, or both?	532	1234Name4321
If every multicellular life form suddenly disappeared, would singled celled life forms eventually re-evolve into multicellular ones again?	532	PM_ME_COOL_POTATOES
Assuming all life on Earth descended from a common ancestor that existed almost 4 billion years ago, what generation are we, approximately?	531	StevenStevenson
How much power is created/used on the ISS?	531	TheTinman85
Is there a rule that states that calculations of particle interactions at micro scales, by nature, cannot be scaled up into the macro-systems? Or are we just limited by our current understanding and nothing really prevents us from finding a way to scale quantum equations upwards?	531	Dr_Snarky
Why does heterochromia seem to be so common in house cats, when compared to other kinds of pet animals?	531	QuothTheRabbit
If you pour a layer of oil on top of water in an open container, will it keep the water from evaporating?	530	schematicboy
Why does youtube lose the buffered part of a video when you skip ahead to an unbuffered part?	530	Rinfiyks
Why is 2^1023 the last power of 2 that both excel and google calculator can calculate?	530	mawrokgm