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Are there any materials whose state is more dependent on pressure than temperature?

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Why didn't Siberia, Russia, or other parts of far East Asia know about and/or try to colonize North America before Columbus and the rest of Europe?

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Do we have any idea what antimatter looks like?

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Is there a material that absorbs thermal energy faster or slower than it emits it?

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Why wouldn't blowing up an asteroid be a good idea?

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If I created a sufficiently powerful magnetic/electric/electromagnetic field, could it warp space-time similar to how a black hole's immense gravity does?

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Why is that the Electromagnetic Pulse from a nuclear detonation so much more pronounced when a nuke is detonated in space as compared to a nuke on the Earth's surface?

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If I was looking out the window of a faster than light space-ship, would the stars change from points of light to lines like in every sci-fi movie or would Red/Blue Shifted or be affected by some other relativistic phenomena?

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If two spaceships leave Earth at relativistic velocities of equal magnitude but opposite directions, will passengers aboard the ships experience the same time dilation?

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Why would evolution allow for muscle atrophy?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are there any materials whose state is more dependent on pressure than temperature?	1
Why didn't Siberia, Russia, or other parts of far East Asia know about and/or try to colonize North America before Columbus and the rest of Europe?	1
Do we have any idea what antimatter looks like?	1
Is there a material that absorbs thermal energy faster or slower than it emits it?	1
Why wouldn't blowing up an asteroid be a good idea?	1
If I created a sufficiently powerful magnetic/electric/electromagnetic field, could it warp space-time similar to how a black hole's immense gravity does?	1
Why is that the Electromagnetic Pulse from a nuclear detonation so much more pronounced when a nuke is detonated in space as compared to a nuke on the Earth's surface?	1
If I was looking out the window of a faster than light space-ship, would the stars change from points of light to lines like in every sci-fi movie or would Red/Blue Shifted or be affected by some other relativistic phenomena?	1
If two spaceships leave Earth at relativistic velocities of equal magnitude but opposite directions, will passengers aboard the ships experience the same time dilation?	1
Why would evolution allow for muscle atrophy?	1