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Do animals that live in an area without a typical day/night cycle (ie, near the poles) still follow a 24 hour sleeping pattern?

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Did the Spanish flu cause long-flu symptoms similar to how Covid causes Long Covid?

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If we found a way to reverse a hashing function, would that make them ultra-compression algorithms?

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Why is there no such thing as x-ray or gamma ray goggles like their are night vision goggles (infra-red)?

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If you had a mass suspended by a magnet, and you picked the magnet + the mass up, would you feel the weight of both, or just the magnet?

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If gravity is uniform in 3 dimensional space, why do celestial formations typically follow disc shapes?

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The EM drive was mentioned a while back. This seemed to cause quite the ruckus amongst the science community. How does the EM drive "work", if at all, now that sufficient time for testing has passed?

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Since gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, and gravity is the curvature of space time, how could a warp drive ever produce FTL movement?

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Why do cylindrical "rattle" magnets early always attract, instead of repelling 50% of the time?

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Why is there a vaccine for FIV (Feline immunodeficiency virus), but not HIV?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do animals that live in an area without a typical day/night cycle (ie, near the poles) still follow a 24 hour sleeping pattern?	4725
Did the Spanish flu cause long-flu symptoms similar to how Covid causes Long Covid?	1753
If we found a way to reverse a hashing function, would that make them ultra-compression algorithms?	50
Why is there no such thing as x-ray or gamma ray goggles like their are night vision goggles (infra-red)?	10
If you had a mass suspended by a magnet, and you picked the magnet + the mass up, would you feel the weight of both, or just the magnet?	1
If gravity is uniform in 3 dimensional space, why do celestial formations typically follow disc shapes?	1
The EM drive was mentioned a while back. This seemed to cause quite the ruckus amongst the science community. How does the EM drive "work", if at all, now that sufficient time for testing has passed?	1
Since gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, and gravity is the curvature of space time, how could a warp drive ever produce FTL movement?	1
Why do cylindrical "rattle" magnets early always attract, instead of repelling 50% of the time?	1
Why is there a vaccine for FIV (Feline immunodeficiency virus), but not HIV?	1