/u/Stuck_In_the_Matrix's posts in /r/askscience
What property of our universe makes physical laws pervasive and persistent? Are all physical laws of nature constant through both space and time? Why are the fundamental properties of the universe immutable?
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Why do some some grand unification theories, such as the SU(5) Georgi–Glashow model and SO(10), require proton decay to be true?
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Is there a relationship between the size of a possible meteor that is on an intercept trajectory with Earth and the probability that we haven't found it yet?
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In quantum mechanics, a wavefunction collapses to a single eigenstate due to interaction with the external world. What exactly is an "observation" in the quantum world and does an observation require consciousness to collapse the wavefunction?
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NASA says California needs 11 trillion gallons of water to get back to par. How much energy would be required to desalinate 11 trillion gallons? How much water is that in terms the average person could understand?
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Why does Euler's sum of powers conjecture hold for the case where k=3 but not when k=4 or k=5? Does it hold true for k=6?
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If future data from the LHC and ILC suggest that our universe is metastable, what does that mean for the future of the universe?
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What are the differences between how IBM's Deep Blue was programmed when it beat Kasparov vs. Google's Deepmind when it beat Lee Se-dol?
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How does a string of codons become a human brain. What is the series of steps from A to Z in this process?
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