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Why do bridges suffer from resonance at specific wind speeds if wind isn't a consistently periodic driving force?

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The New Horizons probe used a MIPS R3000 CPU that was first introduced in the late 80's and was the same one used in the PlayStation 1. The new Orion spacecraft is controlled by an IBM processor made in 2002. Why are NASA using such outdated hardware instead of smaller and more efficient processors?

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What is the best theory as to why the corona of the sun is much hotter than its surface?

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Since silicon-based processors are reaching their performance limit, what's the most likely next 'big step' in computing?

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When reverse image searching for a picture via TinyEye, it told me that it had 'searched over 34.6 billion images in 0.7 seconds' before showing me the 14 results it found. How does it do this so insanely quickly?

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Is there a maximum number of times that a liver can regrow itself? Does regrowing reduce the functionality of a liver or does it always return to 100%?

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When designing, for example, an engine block, what tools/methods do engineers specifically use to decide on very complex, non-formulaic, and seemingly random structural elements?

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What is the gravitational pull of the average human?

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How are irregular satellites captured into orbit?

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What effect would there be on the life and geography of Earth if it was in a binary system with another body so large, the centre of rotation was outside the Earth? (The same as the Pluto-Charon system)

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Why do bridges suffer from resonance at specific wind speeds if wind isn't a consistently periodic driving force?	100
The New Horizons probe used a MIPS R3000 CPU that was first introduced in the late 80's and was the same one used in the PlayStation 1. The new Orion spacecraft is controlled by an IBM processor made in 2002. Why are NASA using such outdated hardware instead of smaller and more efficient processors?	10
What is the best theory as to why the corona of the sun is much hotter than its surface?	8
Since silicon-based processors are reaching their performance limit, what's the most likely next 'big step' in computing?	7
When reverse image searching for a picture via TinyEye, it told me that it had 'searched over 34.6 billion images in 0.7 seconds' before showing me the 14 results it found. How does it do this so insanely quickly?	5
Is there a maximum number of times that a liver can regrow itself? Does regrowing reduce the functionality of a liver or does it always return to 100%?	4
When designing, for example, an engine block, what tools/methods do engineers specifically use to decide on very complex, non-formulaic, and seemingly random structural elements?	1
What is the gravitational pull of the average human?	1
How are irregular satellites captured into orbit?	1
What effect would there be on the life and geography of Earth if it was in a binary system with another body so large, the centre of rotation was outside the Earth? (The same as the Pluto-Charon system)	1