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How can Google search thousands upon thousands of pages almost instantly, when it can take me a while to get a single one to load?

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During allergic reactions, what does injecting epinephrine do that the body's natural adrenaline can't?

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Do bees that die when they use their stingers not seemingly conflict with the concept of natural selection?

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When light is trapped in a black hole, does the gravity of the black hole cause light to actually slow down in it's moving through space-time, or is it still moving the same speed through space-time while space-time itself cascades in to the black hole like a waterfall?

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If space itself is constantly expanding, is time also speeding up/slowing down/expanding in some way?

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If it takes light roughly a million years for the particles to escape the sun, would it take billions of years (aroumd 15% of a star's lifetime) to escape VY Canis Majoris?

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Would it take light from the center of VY Canis Majoris nearly 1/6th of the star's lifetime to reach its edge and escape?

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Do we really understand how all four forces were one force, or what that would behave like, in the period immediately after the big bang, or do we just know that they were?

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Is existence expected to one day return to the state that it was in before the big bang, where time and space no longer exist?

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If your body loses salt and water when you sweat, why does salt water dehydrate you instead of replenishing you?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How can Google search thousands upon thousands of pages almost instantly, when it can take me a while to get a single one to load?	6
During allergic reactions, what does injecting epinephrine do that the body's natural adrenaline can't?	5
Do bees that die when they use their stingers not seemingly conflict with the concept of natural selection?	3
When light is trapped in a black hole, does the gravity of the black hole cause light to actually slow down in it's moving through space-time, or is it still moving the same speed through space-time while space-time itself cascades in to the black hole like a waterfall?	2
If space itself is constantly expanding, is time also speeding up/slowing down/expanding in some way?	2
If it takes light roughly a million years for the particles to escape the sun, would it take billions of years (aroumd 15% of a star's lifetime) to escape VY Canis Majoris?	1
Would it take light from the center of VY Canis Majoris nearly 1/6th of the star's lifetime to reach its edge and escape?	1
Do we really understand how all four forces were one force, or what that would behave like, in the period immediately after the big bang, or do we just know that they were?	1
Is existence expected to one day return to the state that it was in before the big bang, where time and space no longer exist?	1
If your body loses salt and water when you sweat, why does salt water dehydrate you instead of replenishing you?	1