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If a person catches a cold and COVID-19 at the same time, will that person get seriously sick from both illnesses, or one of the viruses will "win" the fight against the other?

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If the gravitational pull of a planet is the same in all directions, why does Saturn, for example, have rings in only one plane? Shouldn't it be inside of a "shell" of debris instead of just having rings?

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In UV-Visible spectroscopy, why aren't the absorption bands infinitely thin, since the energy for each transition is very well-defined?

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How does the physical concept of entropy relates to the information theory concept of entropy?

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How did the scientists, in the dawn of chemistry as we know it, knew when they found a new element? How were they sure it wasn't just another compound?

381 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why so many organic substances containing NO2 groups are explosive?

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What does the wave function Ψ look like for an hydrogen atom?

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When a pair matter-antimatter is formed, why does it annihillates itself instead of just sticking together?

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Why is there such a thing as "critical mass" for a radioactive material? Why couldn't the chain reaction sustain itself with less mass than the critical amount? How is this mass calculated?

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Can someone please explain the Pauli Exclusion Principle for me?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If a person catches a cold and COVID-19 at the same time, will that person get seriously sick from both illnesses, or one of the viruses will "win" the fight against the other?	8348	askscience
If the gravitational pull of a planet is the same in all directions, why does Saturn, for example, have rings in only one plane? Shouldn't it be inside of a "shell" of debris instead of just having rings?	7996	askscience
In UV-Visible spectroscopy, why aren't the absorption bands infinitely thin, since the energy for each transition is very well-defined?	2158	askscience
How does the physical concept of entropy relates to the information theory concept of entropy?	1563	askscience
How did the scientists, in the dawn of chemistry as we know it, knew when they found a new element? How were they sure it wasn't just another compound?	381	askscience
Why so many organic substances containing NO2 groups are explosive?	224	askscience
What does the wave function Ψ look like for an hydrogen atom?	151	askscience
When a pair matter-antimatter is formed, why does it annihillates itself instead of just sticking together?	71	askscience
Why is there such a thing as "critical mass" for a radioactive material? Why couldn't the chain reaction sustain itself with less mass than the critical amount? How is this mass calculated?	10	askscience
Can someone please explain the Pauli Exclusion Principle for me?	10	askscience