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Why do teenagers and children seem less affected by COVID than other age groups?

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How has Hurricane Harvey managed to stay in the Southeastern Texas area so long when other Hurricanes crawling up the East Coast seem to go right through one place to the next at a quicker rate?

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Why does a body part accidentally hitting something hurt way more than intentionally?

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If vaccines are just a small bit of the disease we're building an immunity against, how is our immune system able to process that small infection compared to getting infected through transmission?

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Are we as a society/government currently doing anything to prepare for the effects of the drought in the Colorado Basin and potential water shortages in the upcoming decades?

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With fresh water availability around the world shrinking with record droughts, how far away are we from having mass produced desalinated ocean water?

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What is the evolutionary benefit/reason for Parrots being able to mimic human speech?

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Why wasn't the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo tranquilized instead of killed?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do teenagers and children seem less affected by COVID than other age groups?	1684
How has Hurricane Harvey managed to stay in the Southeastern Texas area so long when other Hurricanes crawling up the East Coast seem to go right through one place to the next at a quicker rate?	763
Why does a body part accidentally hitting something hurt way more than intentionally?	1
If vaccines are just a small bit of the disease we're building an immunity against, how is our immune system able to process that small infection compared to getting infected through transmission?	1
Are we as a society/government currently doing anything to prepare for the effects of the drought in the Colorado Basin and potential water shortages in the upcoming decades?	1
With fresh water availability around the world shrinking with record droughts, how far away are we from having mass produced desalinated ocean water?	1
What is the evolutionary benefit/reason for Parrots being able to mimic human speech?	1
Why wasn't the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo tranquilized instead of killed?	1