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What is occurring in your brain when you forget the word you need to use, but "have it on the tip of your tongue"?

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How is the James Webb Space Telescope protected from small asteroids and space debris?

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Would it theoretically be more environmentally-friendly to liter a banana peel (in nature) as opposed to throwing it out in a garbage can?

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My daughter's 6th science teacher told her all the planets orbit in the same direction because the sun is spinning in that direction and pulls on the planets in that direction. I've never heard of this. Is this at all correct?

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Is there an opposite of albino? Can a white person be born black?

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That Swedish guy who tried to split the atom in his own kitchen. What's the worst that could have happened?

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Are all viruses descended from a single common ancestor?

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Electromagnetic Waves: How is the transparency/opacity of materials defined?

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How do birds that swallow an entire fish in one gulp avoid getting cut by the fins?

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Last year, CERN released 300 terabytes of Large Hadron Collider data. Why does particle physics use so much data?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is occurring in your brain when you forget the word you need to use, but "have it on the tip of your tongue"?	255
How is the James Webb Space Telescope protected from small asteroids and space debris?	254
Would it theoretically be more environmentally-friendly to liter a banana peel (in nature) as opposed to throwing it out in a garbage can?	253
My daughter's 6th science teacher told her all the planets orbit in the same direction because the sun is spinning in that direction and pulls on the planets in that direction. I've never heard of this. Is this at all correct?	252
Is there an opposite of albino? Can a white person be born black?	251
That Swedish guy who tried to split the atom in his own kitchen. What's the worst that could have happened?	250
Are all viruses descended from a single common ancestor?	250
Electromagnetic Waves: How is the transparency/opacity of materials defined?	249
How do birds that swallow an entire fish in one gulp avoid getting cut by the fins?	249
Last year, CERN released 300 terabytes of Large Hadron Collider data. Why does particle physics use so much data?	249