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As someone gets more obese, do their actual skin cells stretch or do they replicate fast enough to keep up with the increasing surface area?

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[Physics] If an object is traveling through space at 51% the speed of light, and it passes an object flying in the opposite direction at the same speed, wouldn't their relative speed exceed the speed of light? Would physics allow this?

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What would our visual experience be like if we could see across a greater wavelength of light, from radio waves to gamma rays?

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Why do so many chemical solids such as drugs or sugars look like white powder when they are in their pure form?

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If I move 99.9% the speed of light in a linear direction, would I perceive the background radiation from the Big Bang in greater detail towards the direction I was moving?

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As someone gets more obese, do their actual skin cells stretch or do they replicate fast enough to keep up with the increasing surface area?	7452
[Physics] If an object is traveling through space at 51% the speed of light, and it passes an object flying in the opposite direction at the same speed, wouldn't their relative speed exceed the speed of light? Would physics allow this?	1
What would our visual experience be like if we could see across a greater wavelength of light, from radio waves to gamma rays?	1
Why do so many chemical solids such as drugs or sugars look like white powder when they are in their pure form?	1
If I move 99.9% the speed of light in a linear direction, would I perceive the background radiation from the Big Bang in greater detail towards the direction I was moving?	1