/u/almost_useless's posts in /r/askscience
Reports are coming out that SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in old sewage samples. How many people need to be infected before we can detect viruses in sewage?
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In areas with distinct summer/winter seasons, there is a peak in pollen levels in the spring and early summer. Are there similar "pollen seasons" in tropical climate?
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Why are long radioactive half-lives bad when talking about waste from nuclear power generation? Doesn't a long half life mean there is less radioactivity?
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Is there any data for rate of breakthrough covid infections, with "time since vaccination" as the variable?
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Meltdown bug: Are Intel CPUs working according to specifications, or are they not working the way Intel has promised?
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If I have a collection of loose objects in a container, is it possible to know beforehand if they will likely become more or less ordered if I shake the container?
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If we didn't have vaccines, how dangerous would an omicron infection be, compared to the previous strains?
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