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Hawking Radiation: BH made of matter. Virtual particles pop into existence, but the anti-particle is the one that escapes and the particle falls to the BH. Did the BH just become more massive though Hawking Radiation?

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Are the newly discovered ultra-thin "diamond nanothreads" as strong as spider silk?

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My dad gets a static electric shock on every sip of orange juice. Why?

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I had a friend who claimed that during college (late 1960's) he was playing with a liquid metal in chem class that dissolved his gold wedding ring unexpectedly. Could this happen?

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Which is more powerful, a gamma ray burst or the gravitational wave detected by LIGO?

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My dad gets a static electricity shock every time he drinks orange juice, every sip. Why?

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Is there any thin material that can be placed between a magnet and my refrigerator that would prevent the magnet from sticking?

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When mixing a powered food ingredient with water, what's happening at the molecular level?

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At what distance would it take for the most powerful gamma ray burst we know of to completely obliterate Earth? As in, actually break the planet apart and vaporize it.

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Hawking Radiation: BH made of matter. Virtual particles pop into existence, but the anti-particle is the one that escapes and the particle falls to the BH. Did the BH just become more massive though Hawking Radiation?	10
Are the newly discovered ultra-thin "diamond nanothreads" as strong as spider silk?	9
My dad gets a static electric shock on every sip of orange juice. Why?	3
I had a friend who claimed that during college (late 1960's) he was playing with a liquid metal in chem class that dissolved his gold wedding ring unexpectedly. Could this happen?	1
Which is more powerful, a gamma ray burst or the gravitational wave detected by LIGO?	1
My dad gets a static electricity shock every time he drinks orange juice, every sip. Why?	1
Is there any thin material that can be placed between a magnet and my refrigerator that would prevent the magnet from sticking?	1
When mixing a powered food ingredient with water, what's happening at the molecular level?	1
At what distance would it take for the most powerful gamma ray burst we know of to completely obliterate Earth? As in, actually break the planet apart and vaporize it.	1