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Just by computationally analysing a compound's atomic structure, without doing any experiments, could we figure out that a particular compound is a room-temperature superconductor?

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If photons in a medium travel slower than C, does that mean we can assign a rest frame to them?

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Could there be, perhaps with more advanced measurements, an "organic" test for transgenderness, on the level of blood tests or MRI, that doesn't rely on the user's observed behaviour and self-reports?

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Is there a health condition that would require a person to take antibiotics continously for their entire life?

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Was there a particular evolutionary pressure for men to have beards and women not? Or is it just random?

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What is the actual meaning of "reducing" the Planck constant?

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If the universe turns out to be flat\infinite, would that mean that, through sheer size and assumed homogeniety\Copernicus principle, a sufficiently good copy of our local observable universe exists somewhere? If so, would that mean that the universe is "tiled" in some way?

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Are there black holes right now that weren't originally stars?

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If a person's thyroid gland were to be completely removed, would they still be able to live normally by taking some kind of supplement?

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If a person's thyroid gland were to be completely removed, would they still be able to live normally by taking some kind of supplement?

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Just by computationally analysing a compound's atomic structure, without doing any experiments, could we figure out that a particular compound is a room-temperature superconductor?	22
If photons in a medium travel slower than C, does that mean we can assign a rest frame to them?	1
Could there be, perhaps with more advanced measurements, an "organic" test for transgenderness, on the level of blood tests or MRI, that doesn't rely on the user's observed behaviour and self-reports?	1
Is there a health condition that would require a person to take antibiotics continously for their entire life?	1
Was there a particular evolutionary pressure for men to have beards and women not? Or is it just random?	1
What is the actual meaning of "reducing" the Planck constant?	1
If the universe turns out to be flat\infinite, would that mean that, through sheer size and assumed homogeniety\Copernicus principle, a sufficiently good copy of our local observable universe exists somewhere? If so, would that mean that the universe is "tiled" in some way?	1
Are there black holes right now that weren't originally stars?	1
If a person's thyroid gland were to be completely removed, would they still be able to live normally by taking some kind of supplement?	1
If a person's thyroid gland were to be completely removed, would they still be able to live normally by taking some kind of supplement?	1