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The video game "Subnautica" depicts an alien planet with many exotic underwater ecosystems. One of these is a "lava zone" where molten lava stays in liquid form under the sea. Is this possible?

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"There is no Dothraki word for 'thank you.'" We're all familiar with the "Culture reflects language" trope in popular culture, but are there linguistic differences to that extent in certain cultures in real life?

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If I dug down to the Earth-Moon barycenter undergound and stood in its exact area, would anything interesting occur?

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Just how common are binary star systems?

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On the topic of light pressure and flashlights, how long would it take for a flashlight turned on in the vacuum of space to propel itself to the speed of light?

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Can time actually appear to "slow down" to people with sufficiently quick speed and reflexes? Like the superhero Quicksilver? Or, on a less fantastic note, video game characters?

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Why are mice the go-to animal for experiments?

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Does the new "UFO" footage released by the DoD show aircraft seemingly beyond our technological mastery of propulsion/physics?

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Since a hypothetical vacuum meta-stability event would propagate at c, what happens if one occurs beyond the cosmological horizon?

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If Black Holes have gravitational fields so powerful that not even light can escape, does that mean that objects that are pulled into a black hole do so at speeds exceeding the speed of light?

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The video game "Subnautica" depicts an alien planet with many exotic underwater ecosystems. One of these is a "lava zone" where molten lava stays in liquid form under the sea. Is this possible?	21930
"There is no Dothraki word for 'thank you.'" We're all familiar with the "Culture reflects language" trope in popular culture, but are there linguistic differences to that extent in certain cultures in real life?	164
If I dug down to the Earth-Moon barycenter undergound and stood in its exact area, would anything interesting occur?	56
Just how common are binary star systems?	56
On the topic of light pressure and flashlights, how long would it take for a flashlight turned on in the vacuum of space to propel itself to the speed of light?	10
Can time actually appear to "slow down" to people with sufficiently quick speed and reflexes? Like the superhero Quicksilver? Or, on a less fantastic note, video game characters?	1
Why are mice the go-to animal for experiments?	1
Does the new "UFO" footage released by the DoD show aircraft seemingly beyond our technological mastery of propulsion/physics?	1
Since a hypothetical vacuum meta-stability event would propagate at c, what happens if one occurs beyond the cosmological horizon?	1
If Black Holes have gravitational fields so powerful that not even light can escape, does that mean that objects that are pulled into a black hole do so at speeds exceeding the speed of light?	1