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Since light is wavelike are there visible waves that can pass obstacles like AC current gets past a capacitor?

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What is the long term net effect of getting, say, a cold, or the flu? Is your immune system better or worse as a result?

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Why did the Big Bang happen instead of all the stuff staying in a Black Hole?

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If we could 'fall to the earth to China' wouldn't we actually just be on an orbital path with an apogee at ground level and a perigee below ground level on the other side of our orbit?

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Reading the Martian, he mentions oxygen toxicity from being in an environment with too much oxygen. Apart from the fire that doomed Apollo 1, why were they not concerned with oxygen toxicity in an all oxygen command pod?

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How do hot springs completely dissolve people?

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What causes the tingly achy soreness felt when ill?

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When the early universe was extremely dense, how much slower was time passing due to relativity? How long did the Photon Epoch 'feel'?

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Does the effect of the expansion of the universe on distant light, i.e. cosmological red shift, imply light itself loses energy over distance and time, since the only thing changing from a photon's perspective is the distance it must travel between it's initial and final point?

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How do ultradian cycles stay anchored to the average day/night cycle when they don't fit neatly into a 24 hour period?

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Since light is wavelike are there visible waves that can pass obstacles like AC current gets past a capacitor?	1
What is the long term net effect of getting, say, a cold, or the flu? Is your immune system better or worse as a result?	1
Why did the Big Bang happen instead of all the stuff staying in a Black Hole?	1
If we could 'fall to the earth to China' wouldn't we actually just be on an orbital path with an apogee at ground level and a perigee below ground level on the other side of our orbit?	1
Reading the Martian, he mentions oxygen toxicity from being in an environment with too much oxygen. Apart from the fire that doomed Apollo 1, why were they not concerned with oxygen toxicity in an all oxygen command pod?	1
How do hot springs completely dissolve people?	1
What causes the tingly achy soreness felt when ill?	1
When the early universe was extremely dense, how much slower was time passing due to relativity? How long did the Photon Epoch 'feel'?	1
Does the effect of the expansion of the universe on distant light, i.e. cosmological red shift, imply light itself loses energy over distance and time, since the only thing changing from a photon's perspective is the distance it must travel between it's initial and final point?	1
How do ultradian cycles stay anchored to the average day/night cycle when they don't fit neatly into a 24 hour period?	1