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Why does the flame of a cigarette lighter aid visibility in a dark room, but the flame of a blowtorch has no effect?

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Will related viruses compete with one another in a singular host?

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What is stopping smallpox from being retransmitted to humans the same way it was the first time?

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Do beavers exercise creativity and critical thinking when building a dam/den or are they driven by instinct like a spider spinning a web?

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Why does the flame of a cigarette lighter aid visibility in a dark room, but the flame of a blowtorch has no effect?

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Can people detect taste even if it were only affecting a single taste bud?

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If you get sedatives for surgery, will your body attempt a normal sleep cycle while you are under?

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Do planets always more-or-less orbit their star on the same plane as the star's equator, or is it possible for a star to have planets that orbit it in a way that we would consider "north to south"?

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Would the rocks that you find on other planets in our solar system be unique or would they be repeats of the rocks we find on earth?

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Could we get a satellite to orbit the sun perpendicular to the earth's orbit?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does the flame of a cigarette lighter aid visibility in a dark room, but the flame of a blowtorch has no effect?	7403
Will related viruses compete with one another in a singular host?	9
What is stopping smallpox from being retransmitted to humans the same way it was the first time?	7
Do beavers exercise creativity and critical thinking when building a dam/den or are they driven by instinct like a spider spinning a web?	1
Why does the flame of a cigarette lighter aid visibility in a dark room, but the flame of a blowtorch has no effect?	1
Can people detect taste even if it were only affecting a single taste bud?	1
If you get sedatives for surgery, will your body attempt a normal sleep cycle while you are under?	1
Do planets always more-or-less orbit their star on the same plane as the star's equator, or is it possible for a star to have planets that orbit it in a way that we would consider "north to south"?	1
Would the rocks that you find on other planets in our solar system be unique or would they be repeats of the rocks we find on earth?	1
Could we get a satellite to orbit the sun perpendicular to the earth's orbit?	1