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What causes 'clumsiness' in people?

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Do cigarette filters filter out both nicotine, tar, and fine particles uniformly?

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How did we know what note to tune our instruments to before we understood the physics of sound?

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[Physics] I have some questions abour light. How can polarizatiom, bifrigence, and transmission be explained considering the quantum nature of light?

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If mercury barometers are exposed to the atmosphere, why doesn't the mercury evaporate?

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[Physics] If you were in a vacuum or a rarified atmosphere, would you be able to physically feel drop in viscousity?

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[physics] how much gravitational potential energy is there in the unevenness of earth's surface and is it feasible to generate energy from this?

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[Biology] What is the term for enormous leaps of evolution that occur far away from local maxima of fitness? I'm wondering, specifically, how venus fly trap plants could have evolved. What are some other enormous leaps of evolution?

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[Anthropology] [Biology] How long ago did humans or human ancestors switch from a winner-takes-all alpha male breeding society to a more paired-mate one? Are there any instances of tribal warfare to secure females and subsequent infanticide of loser male's offspring?

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[Engineering] How do scientists machine spheres of silicon to atomic levels of precision?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What causes 'clumsiness' in people?	26
Do cigarette filters filter out both nicotine, tar, and fine particles uniformly?	23
How did we know what note to tune our instruments to before we understood the physics of sound?	10
[Physics] I have some questions abour light. How can polarizatiom, bifrigence, and transmission be explained considering the quantum nature of light?	8
If mercury barometers are exposed to the atmosphere, why doesn't the mercury evaporate?	1
[Physics] If you were in a vacuum or a rarified atmosphere, would you be able to physically feel drop in viscousity?	1
[physics] how much gravitational potential energy is there in the unevenness of earth's surface and is it feasible to generate energy from this?	1
[Biology] What is the term for enormous leaps of evolution that occur far away from local maxima of fitness? I'm wondering, specifically, how venus fly trap plants could have evolved. What are some other enormous leaps of evolution?	1
[Anthropology] [Biology] How long ago did humans or human ancestors switch from a winner-takes-all alpha male breeding society to a more paired-mate one? Are there any instances of tribal warfare to secure females and subsequent infanticide of loser male's offspring?	1
[Engineering] How do scientists machine spheres of silicon to atomic levels of precision?	1