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If a probe was sent to drill into the ice of Europa to search for life, couldn't even a single microbe potentially introduce life to the planet or threaten their biosphere? Can we render a probe truly, truly sterile and if so how can such be done?

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Is it true that men on average have more variations in intelligence, above and below the average, than woman?

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Is it possible that the property of "dark energy" which causes galaxies to move away from each other might reverse or change in the future?

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How old is the oldest insect colony in the world and where is it?

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If there is no such thing as a perfect circle, what is the closest thing to it?

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How likely it is that blue whales are not the heaviest animals ever but some undiscovered species is? Blue whales live in an environment which are unlikely to be result in them becoming fossils.

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Is there any reason to think there is not a "center to the universe"? Is that not a meaningful question?

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What evidence is there, that there is more than one electron in the universe?

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How does NASA share the results of probes it uses to study other planets? Is the data simply published periodically or made available online? Do you have to be a scientist and apply to obtain it, or pay for it?

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A Pi Day Question: Pi is irrational and has infinite digits. Is there a name for the what the maximum digits of Pi needed to calculate anything? For example, the size of the observable universe to the minimum measurable distance, a planck length?

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If a probe was sent to drill into the ice of Europa to search for life, couldn't even a single microbe potentially introduce life to the planet or threaten their biosphere? Can we render a probe truly, truly sterile and if so how can such be done?	17
Is it true that men on average have more variations in intelligence, above and below the average, than woman?	6
Is it possible that the property of "dark energy" which causes galaxies to move away from each other might reverse or change in the future?	2
How old is the oldest insect colony in the world and where is it?	1
If there is no such thing as a perfect circle, what is the closest thing to it?	1
How likely it is that blue whales are not the heaviest animals ever but some undiscovered species is? Blue whales live in an environment which are unlikely to be result in them becoming fossils.	1
Is there any reason to think there is not a "center to the universe"? Is that not a meaningful question?	1
What evidence is there, that there is more than one electron in the universe?	1
How does NASA share the results of probes it uses to study other planets? Is the data simply published periodically or made available online? Do you have to be a scientist and apply to obtain it, or pay for it?	1
A Pi Day Question: Pi is irrational and has infinite digits. Is there a name for the what the maximum digits of Pi needed to calculate anything? For example, the size of the observable universe to the minimum measurable distance, a planck length?	1