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In places where nudity is the norm, do people who go through puberty have the innate sexual attraction to other peoples primary and secondary sex characteristics or is that a learned trait?

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AskScience AMA Series: We are Bechara Choucair, Carole Johnson, and Tim Manning, the vaccine, testing, and supply coordinators for the White House COVID-19 Response Team. AUA!

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Could you have a binary set of moons that orbit a planet together? Not 2 moons in separate orbits, but a pair or moons rotating around each other and orbiting a planet as well.

6371 upvotes • GandalfTheBored

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If you keep a metal next to a magnet long enough, will the metal change shape?

6362 upvotes • Koolboy_678

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How did scientists know the first astronauts’ spacesuits would withstand the pressure differences in space and fully protect the astronauts inside?

6360 upvotes • misterbecca

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What does the data for covid show regarding transmittablity outdoors as opposed to indoors?

6356 upvotes • Buy_More_Bitcoin

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Do we know whether Covid is actually seasonal?

6352 upvotes • drewski_pz

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If a black hole's singularity is infinitely dense, how can a black hole grow in size leagues bigger than it's singularity?

6349 upvotes • CyberMatrix888

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Can satellites be in geostationary orbit at places other than the equator? Assuming it was feasible, could you have a space elevator hovering above NYC?

6348 upvotes • OpenWaterRescue

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I always thought that all dirt is the result of fungus slowly breaking apart bedrock over millions of years but I do not know if this is actually true. Is it?

6346 upvotes • weird_foreign_odor

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In places where nudity is the norm, do people who go through puberty have the innate sexual attraction to other peoples primary and secondary sex characteristics or is that a learned trait?	6381	[deleted]
AskScience AMA Series: We are Bechara Choucair, Carole Johnson, and Tim Manning, the vaccine, testing, and supply coordinators for the White House COVID-19 Response Team. AUA!	6378	AskScienceModerator
Could you have a binary set of moons that orbit a planet together? Not 2 moons in separate orbits, but a pair or moons rotating around each other and orbiting a planet as well.	6371	GandalfTheBored
If you keep a metal next to a magnet long enough, will the metal change shape?	6362	Koolboy_678
How did scientists know the first astronauts’ spacesuits would withstand the pressure differences in space and fully protect the astronauts inside?	6360	misterbecca
What does the data for covid show regarding transmittablity outdoors as opposed to indoors?	6356	Buy_More_Bitcoin
Do we know whether Covid is actually seasonal?	6352	drewski_pz
If a black hole's singularity is infinitely dense, how can a black hole grow in size leagues bigger than it's singularity?	6349	CyberMatrix888
Can satellites be in geostationary orbit at places other than the equator? Assuming it was feasible, could you have a space elevator hovering above NYC?	6348	OpenWaterRescue
I always thought that all dirt is the result of fungus slowly breaking apart bedrock over millions of years but I do not know if this is actually true. Is it?	6346	weird_foreign_odor