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If Earth's magnetic field were to gradually be increased how strong would it have to get before the average person would notice the effects? If it continued to increase at what point might it become a hazard to human life?	1
Is it possible to destroy a black hole by surrounding it with other stronger black holes to pull it apart from every direction?	1
How much of the biomass that made up my body at birth is still a part of me now at the age of 42?	1
What's actually going on at the leading edge of the universe? What would it be like to observe that region of space?	1
If I was placed inside a large box with no way of observing what was going on outside it is there any way to determine if the force of "gravity" I feel at any given moment is planetary based or the result of the box being constantly accelerated through space at a fixed rate?	1
How do cells that produce corrosive hydrochloric acid in the stomach prevent it from reacting with them during the production process?	1
In the same way that two spacecraft can match orbit and make "soft contact" with each other could a large asteroid or even a dwarf planet make a similar non-destructive encounter with another stellar body if it was travelling at precisely the right speed and trajectory?	1
Would the discovery of theoretical faster-than-light particles such as Tachyons be comparable in significance to that of the Higgs Boson or would it be greater?	1
Why do the computers operating spacecraft and rovers require heaters to keep them warm while on Earth we have entire industries built around cooling electronics as cold as possible to make them operate more efficiently?	1
Can bugs grow bigger muscles (or their equivalent) with exercise or do they always stay the same size no matter what they do?	1

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