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Was there an official line of communication betwen the Nazi and Allied leaderships during WWII? If so, what was discussed?

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If you placed a non-polar solvent in a microwave oven, would the sample be heated?

178 upvotes • r/askscience

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How does RSA generate the two prime numbers used for encryption so quickly when its security is based on the difficulty of finding primes?

21 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is there any theorem or postulate that describes the pattern of primes among the integers?

14 upvotes • r/askscience

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If entropy is always increasing, why did the celestial bodies (low entropy) form from the primordial soup (high entropy)?

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I have an 1,100 Watt microwave. I put a slice of pizza in the oven. How much of that 1,100 Watts actually becomes heat within the pizza, i.e., what's the practical efficiency of the microwave? What factors (geometry, substance, et cetera) influence this efficiency?

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Did the natural forces that define the universe emerge at the same time as the Big Bang? Or did some time pass before, for example, the electromagnetic field formed?

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If my stomach was replaced a with a coal-fired power plant, how much coal would it require to run my body for one day?

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If an earthquake is the result of tectonic plates finally slipping, why doesn't everyone on the plate feel it? Why is it felt only near the epicenter?

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Today in my partial differential equations class, my professor said that the determinant is the single most powerful and important function in all of mathematics. What is the basis for his statement?

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Was there an official line of communication betwen the Nazi and Allied leaderships during WWII? If so, what was discussed?	892	AskHistorians
If you placed a non-polar solvent in a microwave oven, would the sample be heated?	178	askscience
How does RSA generate the two prime numbers used for encryption so quickly when its security is based on the difficulty of finding primes?	21	askscience
Is there any theorem or postulate that describes the pattern of primes among the integers?	14	askscience
If entropy is always increasing, why did the celestial bodies (low entropy) form from the primordial soup (high entropy)?	5	askscience
I have an 1,100 Watt microwave. I put a slice of pizza in the oven. How much of that 1,100 Watts actually becomes heat within the pizza, i.e., what's the practical efficiency of the microwave? What factors (geometry, substance, et cetera) influence this efficiency?	2	askscience
Did the natural forces that define the universe emerge at the same time as the Big Bang? Or did some time pass before, for example, the electromagnetic field formed?	1	askscience
If my stomach was replaced a with a coal-fired power plant, how much coal would it require to run my body for one day?	1	askscience
If an earthquake is the result of tectonic plates finally slipping, why doesn't everyone on the plate feel it? Why is it felt only near the epicenter?	1	askscience
Today in my partial differential equations class, my professor said that the determinant is the single most powerful and important function in all of mathematics. What is the basis for his statement?	1	askscience