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How does a down quark turn into an up quark in neutron decay?

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If I drop something warm into a black hole, the black hole becomes colder. How does this not violate the laws of thermodynamics?

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[WP] Everyone in the world knows the exact date of their death, but not the year. Yours is the 30th of February.

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[EU] It's the early 24th century. The first stray Avada Kedavra's from the Battle of Hogwarts start to arrive in Klingon territory.

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As flu viruses mutate, do they ever accidentally reprise an earlier version? As in, could a version appear for which older people already had antibodies, but the younger generation did not?

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How are dying low-mass stars able to produce such heavy elements?

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[WP] She grew up in an orphanage, and was terrified of water. Nobody knew why. It turned out that it's because every time she goes swimming, she randomly teleports to another body of water.

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Suppose I have a balloon filled with Deuterium. How often should I expect quantum tunneling or lucky collisions to merge two of the nuclei into a helium nucleus?

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[WP] Every day at 9:05am, you're instantly transported to 9am the next day.

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[WP] when my son was 6, in 2007, he asked for a thumb drive. He said he needed it to "fix the internet". Clearly I dropped the ball on this, but can you tell me what his plan might have been, and the outcome?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How does a down quark turn into an up quark in neutron decay?	8	askscience
If I drop something warm into a black hole, the black hole becomes colder. How does this not violate the laws of thermodynamics?	8	askscience
[WP] Everyone in the world knows the exact date of their death, but not the year. Yours is the 30th of February.	8	WritingPrompts
[EU] It's the early 24th century. The first stray Avada Kedavra's from the Battle of Hogwarts start to arrive in Klingon territory.	7	WritingPrompts
As flu viruses mutate, do they ever accidentally reprise an earlier version? As in, could a version appear for which older people already had antibodies, but the younger generation did not?	7	askscience
How are dying low-mass stars able to produce such heavy elements?	7	askscience
[WP] She grew up in an orphanage, and was terrified of water. Nobody knew why. It turned out that it's because every time she goes swimming, she randomly teleports to another body of water.	7	WritingPrompts
Suppose I have a balloon filled with Deuterium. How often should I expect quantum tunneling or lucky collisions to merge two of the nuclei into a helium nucleus?	6	askscience
[WP] Every day at 9:05am, you're instantly transported to 9am the next day.	6	WritingPrompts
[WP] when my son was 6, in 2007, he asked for a thumb drive. He said he needed it to "fix the internet". Clearly I dropped the ball on this, but can you tell me what his plan might have been, and the outcome?	6	WritingPrompts