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If I pick up my coffee right after I stir it, so that it's still swirling around, will there be a gyroscopic effect making me less likely to spill it?

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What is it exactly that limits the size of mirrors we can construct for telescopes?

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What's the smallest possible number of fundamental units, and what would they be?

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Is it theoretically possible to measure the superposition of a particle without disturbing it?

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[WP] A man, a plan, a canal.

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[WP] Go to geoguessr.com and write a story connecting all five locations. Do not move to the next location until you're done writing about the previous one.

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Is there a distinction between 3+1 spacetime and 1+3 spacetime?

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Why do we use G and never a constant equal to 1/4πG, unlike how we often use the electric constant instead of Coulomb's constant?

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If a non-cost-prohibitive room temperature superconductor were discovered tomorrow, how would it be in use three months from now? A year? Five years?

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Let's say the JWST has a critical launch failure and is completely destroyed. How much time and money would it take to produce another one?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If I pick up my coffee right after I stir it, so that it's still swirling around, will there be a gyroscopic effect making me less likely to spill it?	3404	askscience
What is it exactly that limits the size of mirrors we can construct for telescopes?	11	askscience
What's the smallest possible number of fundamental units, and what would they be?	7	askscience
Is it theoretically possible to measure the superposition of a particle without disturbing it?	5	askscience
[WP] A man, a plan, a canal.	4	WritingPrompts
[WP] Go to geoguessr.com and write a story connecting all five locations. Do not move to the next location until you're done writing about the previous one.	2	WritingPrompts
Is there a distinction between 3+1 spacetime and 1+3 spacetime?	2	askscience
Why do we use G and never a constant equal to 1/4πG, unlike how we often use the electric constant instead of Coulomb's constant?	1	askscience
If a non-cost-prohibitive room temperature superconductor were discovered tomorrow, how would it be in use three months from now? A year? Five years?	1	askscience
Let's say the JWST has a critical launch failure and is completely destroyed. How much time and money would it take to produce another one?	1	askscience