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Do snakes accidentally get themselves tied in knots?

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How does light energy become thermal energy at the atomic and molecular level (as in, how does sunlight make my car hot)?

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[Physics] A recent /r/science post outlines that space is smooth, and not foamy. Doesn't this contradict the experimentally verified Casimir effect, though?

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A question about Liquid Helium

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How exactly can we quantify disorder through entorpy?

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So, ATLAS reports a boson detected at 125 GeV with an accuracy of 4.9 sigma. After we've found the Higgs, where do we go from there? What is left to be found/searched for at the LHC, or for particle physics in general?

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Would the universe being a 3-sphere imply that it has positive curvature?

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Is there an evolutionarily based reason why members of a couple want to sleep next to each other (not have sex with)?

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All of chemistry is based upon quantum mechanics. Organic/inorganic chemists, how much quantum do YOU know?

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We already have a large higher-education "bubble" in the US. Wouldn't free federal education make the bubble burst faster and harder?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do snakes accidentally get themselves tied in knots?	1079
How does light energy become thermal energy at the atomic and molecular level (as in, how does sunlight make my car hot)?	8
[Physics] A recent /r/science post outlines that space is smooth, and not foamy. Doesn't this contradict the experimentally verified Casimir effect, though?	3
A question about Liquid Helium	3
How exactly can we quantify disorder through entorpy?	1
So, ATLAS reports a boson detected at 125 GeV with an accuracy of 4.9 sigma. After we've found the Higgs, where do we go from there? What is left to be found/searched for at the LHC, or for particle physics in general?	1
Would the universe being a 3-sphere imply that it has positive curvature?	1
Is there an evolutionarily based reason why members of a couple want to sleep next to each other (not have sex with)?	1
All of chemistry is based upon quantum mechanics. Organic/inorganic chemists, how much quantum do YOU know?	1
We already have a large higher-education "bubble" in the US. Wouldn't free federal education make the bubble burst faster and harder?	1