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Why don't the holes in the mesh of a microwave let out radiation?

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Black holes affect light; thus light is pulled by gravity. Does light exert its own pull in return?

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Is the space in the middle of a tuning fork silent?

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A common joke format takes any word ending in "er", and says "I hardly know 'er"! What is the history of this? What is the earliest known use?

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Is it coincidence that the earth's tilt is synchronized with its orbital apsides?

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Today, Operation Paperclip (hiring Nazi scientists to work for the USA) is well known. Was it known at the time? Was there any opposition, particularly within NASA?

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Why does gyroscopic precession go at a speed inversely proportional to spin speed, while nodal precession of an orbit is directly proportional?

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Why do people talk about ultra-sensitive cameras and telescopes that can detect individual photons, but never ultra-sensitive antennas that can detect individual photons of radio?

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Lead, mercury, uranium. Why does it seem like the densest metals are also the poisonous ones? Is it BECAUSE of their density?

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What happens when antimatter meets dissimilar matter? An electron and anti-electron annihillate, but what about an electron and an anti-neutrino?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why don't the holes in the mesh of a microwave let out radiation?	21	askscience
Black holes affect light; thus light is pulled by gravity. Does light exert its own pull in return?	20	askscience
Is the space in the middle of a tuning fork silent?	19	askscience
A common joke format takes any word ending in "er", and says "I hardly know 'er"! What is the history of this? What is the earliest known use?	19	AskHistorians
Is it coincidence that the earth's tilt is synchronized with its orbital apsides?	18	askscience
Today, Operation Paperclip (hiring Nazi scientists to work for the USA) is well known. Was it known at the time? Was there any opposition, particularly within NASA?	18	AskHistorians
Why does gyroscopic precession go at a speed inversely proportional to spin speed, while nodal precession of an orbit is directly proportional?	14	askscience
Why do people talk about ultra-sensitive cameras and telescopes that can detect individual photons, but never ultra-sensitive antennas that can detect individual photons of radio?	14	askscience
Lead, mercury, uranium. Why does it seem like the densest metals are also the poisonous ones? Is it BECAUSE of their density?	14	askscience
What happens when antimatter meets dissimilar matter? An electron and anti-electron annihillate, but what about an electron and an anti-neutrino?	13	askscience