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Why does high voltage wiring normally use solid wire but low voltage or speaker wire use stranded wire?

462 upvotes • tacotuesday247

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[Physics] Do bullets fired from rifled barrels eventually curve one way or the other due to their rotation?

462 upvotes • SuperBruan

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Why are airplane propellers generally in the front and boat propellers in the back?

462 upvotes • americasocks

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Does satellite communication involve different communication protocols?

462 upvotes • surgura

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If plasmid has two sites of the same type of restriction enzyme. If we add that type of enzyme, then we will cut the plasmid in both sites, or just cut one ?

462 upvotes • Bananaleafss

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How do children who are exposed to multiple languages tell the difference between them?

461 upvotes • coolamebe

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What was Turing most likely referring to when he talked about "overwhelming statistical evidence" of Telepathy?

461 upvotes • StopfortheKlopp

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Why are some animals so intrigued with laser pointers?

461 upvotes • Caseylightning

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If an astronaut in the vacuum of space released a bag of flour, would the powder stick onto him/her?

460 upvotes • Calvyno

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Do the 2000+ nuclear explosions since 1945 harm/affect us today?

460 upvotes • EnviousNoob

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does high voltage wiring normally use solid wire but low voltage or speaker wire use stranded wire?	462	tacotuesday247
[Physics] Do bullets fired from rifled barrels eventually curve one way or the other due to their rotation?	462	SuperBruan
Why are airplane propellers generally in the front and boat propellers in the back?	462	americasocks
Does satellite communication involve different communication protocols?	462	surgura
If plasmid has two sites of the same type of restriction enzyme. If we add that type of enzyme, then we will cut the plasmid in both sites, or just cut one ?	462	Bananaleafss
How do children who are exposed to multiple languages tell the difference between them?	461	coolamebe
What was Turing most likely referring to when he talked about "overwhelming statistical evidence" of Telepathy?	461	StopfortheKlopp
Why are some animals so intrigued with laser pointers?	461	Caseylightning
If an astronaut in the vacuum of space released a bag of flour, would the powder stick onto him/her?	460	Calvyno
Do the 2000+ nuclear explosions since 1945 harm/affect us today?	460	EnviousNoob