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How bad would things get on earth if the planet's rotation stopped for one 24 hour period?

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If someone stood naked in front of a light, how bright would the light need to be before they burst into flame?

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I see people are building VR headsets for their phones. Is there a "because science" reason why it can't be tablets?

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If the size of the observable universe is ~28 billion light years in diameter, and the universe is expected to be ~14 billion years old, doesn't that mean we only see what the light can bring us and it all is likely MUCH larger and older than we can detect?

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When anthropologists dig up a human skeleton from the pre-modern era, do they find kidney/gall stones or is this more of a modern thing?

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If all of humanity were able to economically ship our non-compost-able garbage to be incinerated by the sun, would we negatively affect the Earth by decreasing Earth's overall mass?

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Since we know the exact weight of gold, why isn't gold-panning/gold recovery an exact science that could be automated with close to 100% recovery rates?

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Is it technically possible to "sheath" an antenna with a larger/different antenna to get a better signal without metal-on-metal contact?

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When we slow down physical action by using a high speed camera, we learn things that we cannot normally see. Does the same apply to sound? What have we learned by slowing down a sound recording?

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Could a dinosaur that was time-grabbed from prehistory survive in our less-oxygenated atmosphere?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How bad would things get on earth if the planet's rotation stopped for one 24 hour period?	1
If someone stood naked in front of a light, how bright would the light need to be before they burst into flame?	1
I see people are building VR headsets for their phones. Is there a "because science" reason why it can't be tablets?	1
If the size of the observable universe is ~28 billion light years in diameter, and the universe is expected to be ~14 billion years old, doesn't that mean we only see what the light can bring us and it all is likely MUCH larger and older than we can detect?	1
When anthropologists dig up a human skeleton from the pre-modern era, do they find kidney/gall stones or is this more of a modern thing?	1
If all of humanity were able to economically ship our non-compost-able garbage to be incinerated by the sun, would we negatively affect the Earth by decreasing Earth's overall mass?	1
Since we know the exact weight of gold, why isn't gold-panning/gold recovery an exact science that could be automated with close to 100% recovery rates?	1
Is it technically possible to "sheath" an antenna with a larger/different antenna to get a better signal without metal-on-metal contact?	1
When we slow down physical action by using a high speed camera, we learn things that we cannot normally see. Does the same apply to sound? What have we learned by slowing down a sound recording?	1
Could a dinosaur that was time-grabbed from prehistory survive in our less-oxygenated atmosphere?	0