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If I wave my phone/laptop around, or while travelling quickly, is it more difficult for it to receive a signal? Are signal reception or speed (even a little bit) affected?

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Why do some people have ear lobes? Do they serve a practical function? Are they sexually selected like blue eyes?

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Fats have twice the calories of sugars, but that is when burned in a calorimeter machine. Does the complexity of fat molecules require more energy for the body to break them down, and does that offset some of the difference in energy obtained?

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Is the universe a perpetual motion machine?

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If a fever is part of the immune response then do drugs like Ibuprofen and Aspirin slow your recovery from infection? If not, why not?

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How do breast-milk antibodies help infants if large proteins are usually broken down before absorption?

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How easy is it to damage hearing with loud music? Do people with hearing loss such as connexin mutations have the same vulnerability as people with normal hearing?

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How does Reddit's 'hotness' algorithm function? e.g. does it take account of how user numbers are different at different times of the day?

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At what sea level is the mean height of the earth's surface?

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If I take antacid after orange juice do I inhibit the Vitamin C?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If I wave my phone/laptop around, or while travelling quickly, is it more difficult for it to receive a signal? Are signal reception or speed (even a little bit) affected?	1273
Why do some people have ear lobes? Do they serve a practical function? Are they sexually selected like blue eyes?	19
Fats have twice the calories of sugars, but that is when burned in a calorimeter machine. Does the complexity of fat molecules require more energy for the body to break them down, and does that offset some of the difference in energy obtained?	8
Is the universe a perpetual motion machine?	1
If a fever is part of the immune response then do drugs like Ibuprofen and Aspirin slow your recovery from infection? If not, why not?	1
How do breast-milk antibodies help infants if large proteins are usually broken down before absorption?	1
How easy is it to damage hearing with loud music? Do people with hearing loss such as connexin mutations have the same vulnerability as people with normal hearing?	1
How does Reddit's 'hotness' algorithm function? e.g. does it take account of how user numbers are different at different times of the day?	1
At what sea level is the mean height of the earth's surface?	1
If I take antacid after orange juice do I inhibit the Vitamin C?	1