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Is there a general consensus on how much time is left before mass migration is forced by climate change?

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Have we ever tried to define life as a "spectrum" or "continuum"? Explanation in text.

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The 1964 launch of the Mariner 4 probe to Mars had limited scientific instruments and sent back a handful of 200x200 pixel images. Would such a relatively low-tech probe provide us any useful information today were it sent to any outer planets or their moons?

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What current scientific concensus of Mars Viking Landers Labeled Release experiment detecting metabolism on Mars in 1976?

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Barring accidents, what would a reasonable life expectancy be and what are our prospects for extending it?

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My stupid thought for the day: is there a maximum temperature?

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It took 36 years for Voyager I to exit the solar system. If we launched a new one today, how fast could we beat that time?

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What do antibiotics do that the human immune system does not?

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How strong is the correlation between being abused as a child and going on to be a serial murderer, and is there evidence that said criminals can be rehabilitated?

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What is the largest a planet could appear in the sky (in terms of degrees) and still have a world stable enough for life as we know it?

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Is there a general consensus on how much time is left before mass migration is forced by climate change?	1
Have we ever tried to define life as a "spectrum" or "continuum"? Explanation in text.	1
The 1964 launch of the Mariner 4 probe to Mars had limited scientific instruments and sent back a handful of 200x200 pixel images. Would such a relatively low-tech probe provide us any useful information today were it sent to any outer planets or their moons?	1
What current scientific concensus of Mars Viking Landers Labeled Release experiment detecting metabolism on Mars in 1976?	1
Barring accidents, what would a reasonable life expectancy be and what are our prospects for extending it?	1
My stupid thought for the day: is there a maximum temperature?	1
It took 36 years for Voyager I to exit the solar system. If we launched a new one today, how fast could we beat that time?	1
What do antibiotics do that the human immune system does not?	1
How strong is the correlation between being abused as a child and going on to be a serial murderer, and is there evidence that said criminals can be rehabilitated?	1
What is the largest a planet could appear in the sky (in terms of degrees) and still have a world stable enough for life as we know it?	1