/u/Toorelad's posts in /r/askscience
Would it be possible to ignite any of the gas giants in our solar system? If so, how? If so again, what effects would that have on Earth?
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Why is a cold beer the perfect drink after a long day of work? Is it conditioning, or some kind of biological response?
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If testosterone is the main reason that males generally develop to be larger and stronger (and please correct me if I have misunderstood that), how do some animal species have generally larger and stronger females?
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Where in the body is new blood made, and is it renewed constantly or does the body wait until it needs more to create more?
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Do probiotics actually have positive effects on human health? If they do, why do they need to be taken consistently? Shouldn't living cultures of viable, healthy bacteria set up shop in the human gut and replicate themselves?
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Does it make sense to let a more contagious but less deadly form of a disease run unchecked? If the symptoms are more mild, is it likely to supplant other variants and hasten the transition from a deadly disease to a seasonal flu?
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Sometimes, but only sometimes, when I get into the bathtub, every hair on my body is covered in tiny air bubbles that are visible and quite fun to knock off. How does this happen? (The hairs catching and holding thousands of bubbles of air as I lower myself in.)
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