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Did the insects with queens (bees, ants, wasps, termites) all evolve from a common ancestor with queens, or is their social organization an example of convergent evolution?

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If I picked up a piece of highly radioactive stuff and it killed me, would I feel pain as it did so?

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Purely hypothetically, in order to combat (some) sea-level rise as a result of climate change, could we just dig lots of giant holes with canals to the ocean in uninhabited areas?

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Did the insects with queens (bees, ants, wasps, termites) all evolve from a common ancestor with queens, or is their social organization an example of convergent evolution?	2225
If I picked up a piece of highly radioactive stuff and it killed me, would I feel pain as it did so?	1
Purely hypothetically, in order to combat (some) sea-level rise as a result of climate change, could we just dig lots of giant holes with canals to the ocean in uninhabited areas?	1