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Is light pure energy? Is there even any meaning to the phrase "pure energy"? Can energy ever exist by itself?

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What is it about having extra stores of fat on one's body that makes it so unhealthy?

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Will the avg person gain more weight if they eat a cake spread out over the course of a week, or if they eat it all in one sitting?

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If ball bearings are continuously dropped at 1-second intervals from some height above the ground, will they also hit the ground at 1-second intervals?

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Is it theoretically possible to convert dark energy to other forms of energy?

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When jump-starting a car, you're supposed to connect three of the alligator clips to battery terminals, but the 4th to the engine to ground it. What exactly does it mean to ground it and what could happen if you instead connected all 4 to battery terminals?

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A few questions on the cosmic microwave background

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A lot of questions about acceleration/gravity and light traveling different from c in vacuo

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A distant observer will never see an in-falling object cross the event horizon. But what if you were falling too, but stopped before you reached the horizon?

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I recently had to put my little doggy to sleep. How confident can I be that he was unconscious and felt no pain while dying?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is light pure energy? Is there even any meaning to the phrase "pure energy"? Can energy ever exist by itself?	4
What is it about having extra stores of fat on one's body that makes it so unhealthy?	4
Will the avg person gain more weight if they eat a cake spread out over the course of a week, or if they eat it all in one sitting?	4
If ball bearings are continuously dropped at 1-second intervals from some height above the ground, will they also hit the ground at 1-second intervals?	4
Is it theoretically possible to convert dark energy to other forms of energy?	4
When jump-starting a car, you're supposed to connect three of the alligator clips to battery terminals, but the 4th to the engine to ground it. What exactly does it mean to ground it and what could happen if you instead connected all 4 to battery terminals?	3
A few questions on the cosmic microwave background	3
A lot of questions about acceleration/gravity and light traveling different from c in vacuo	3
A distant observer will never see an in-falling object cross the event horizon. But what if you were falling too, but stopped before you reached the horizon?	3
I recently had to put my little doggy to sleep. How confident can I be that he was unconscious and felt no pain while dying?	3