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There are 3.5 billion year old fossilized prokaryotic bacteria. Can we determine what "species" these fossilized bacteria belong to? Could their descendants exist today in a mostly unmodified form?

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Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to set up a radio or TV receiver 100 light years from Earth, could they receive clear radio broadcasts from the 1920s today (and then get TV broadcasts in 20 or 30 years)?

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How would the Internet "work" on the Moon or other planets?

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Why does R/DNA make errors when it replicates? IF R/DNA perfectly replicated itself at each division, would we all be exact copies of the first living organism?

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I've seen both the blue and black and gold and white versions of The Dress. Should I call Professor X? What is causing some people to see one set of colors and some people to see the other colors?

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Is it possible to re-liquefy amber deposits to get access to the creatures trapped within?

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We "know" that "the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago," but how long did it take for the last dinosaur species to go extinct? Would they all have been extinct within a year of the asteroid strike, for example?

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Why do my muscles sometimes jerk randomly when I'm dozing off?

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I pour soda in to a glass and it fizzes. I drink what's in the glass and go to get more. This time, there's no fizz when I'm pouring the soda into the glass. Why is that?

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There are 3.5 billion year old fossilized prokaryotic bacteria. Can we determine what "species" these fossilized bacteria belong to? Could their descendants exist today in a mostly unmodified form?	4
Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to set up a radio or TV receiver 100 light years from Earth, could they receive clear radio broadcasts from the 1920s today (and then get TV broadcasts in 20 or 30 years)?	1
How would the Internet "work" on the Moon or other planets?	1
Why does R/DNA make errors when it replicates? IF R/DNA perfectly replicated itself at each division, would we all be exact copies of the first living organism?	1
I've seen both the blue and black and gold and white versions of The Dress. Should I call Professor X? What is causing some people to see one set of colors and some people to see the other colors?	1
Is it possible to re-liquefy amber deposits to get access to the creatures trapped within?	1
We "know" that "the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago," but how long did it take for the last dinosaur species to go extinct? Would they all have been extinct within a year of the asteroid strike, for example?	1
Why do my muscles sometimes jerk randomly when I'm dozing off?	1
I pour soda in to a glass and it fizzes. I drink what's in the glass and go to get more. This time, there's no fizz when I'm pouring the soda into the glass. Why is that?	0