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If a 20 year old gets an organ transplant from a 50 year old, 30 years later is that organ functioning as if it were 80 years old or 50 years old?

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If a powerful gamma ray burst happened close enough to Earth that it could destroy all life on Earth, would the "dark side" of Earth, the side opposite the burst, survive the ordeal?

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Do solutions with surfactants like soap evaporate faster since they make "dissolving" into gasses easier, like they do with solids/ other liquids?

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Many fish like barracuda are attracted to shiny objects. So are crows and many birds, they will collect them. Humans across cultures are fascinated by and greatly value shiny metals. Is there any evolutionary or biological basis for this attraction to shininess for so many different creatures?

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Forgetting something but remembering it later, forgetting something and knowing you did but unable to recall what, and just plain forgetting something entirely: are these neurologically all the same or are there different mechanisms in the brain by which we forget?

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Is the hypothetical subatomic particle called the X17 particle pseudoscience or genuine new physics?

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If I forget something, then remember it later, what is happening neurologically? Did I truly forget the original thought and a new thought had the feeling of "remembering" attached to it somehow? Or is something forgotten revive-able, and therefore is anything ever truly forgotten?

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If a 20 year old gets an organ transplant from a 50 year old, 30 years later is that organ functioning as if it were 80 years old or 50 years old?	14071
If a powerful gamma ray burst happened close enough to Earth that it could destroy all life on Earth, would the "dark side" of Earth, the side opposite the burst, survive the ordeal?	1
Do solutions with surfactants like soap evaporate faster since they make "dissolving" into gasses easier, like they do with solids/ other liquids?	1
Many fish like barracuda are attracted to shiny objects. So are crows and many birds, they will collect them. Humans across cultures are fascinated by and greatly value shiny metals. Is there any evolutionary or biological basis for this attraction to shininess for so many different creatures?	1
Forgetting something but remembering it later, forgetting something and knowing you did but unable to recall what, and just plain forgetting something entirely: are these neurologically all the same or are there different mechanisms in the brain by which we forget?	1
Is the hypothetical subatomic particle called the X17 particle pseudoscience or genuine new physics?	1
If I forget something, then remember it later, what is happening neurologically? Did I truly forget the original thought and a new thought had the feeling of "remembering" attached to it somehow? Or is something forgotten revive-able, and therefore is anything ever truly forgotten?	1