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According to this news article, the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson at an energy level of 125gv suggests the universe will end in 10 billion years in a big slurp. Is this true?

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Why have CPUs been limited in frequency to around 3.5Ghz for so many years? What prevents us from increasing the frequency to 10, 100, 1000Ghz?

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How can a pulsar like this even be possible?

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If we went out into space and created a closed glass sphere, would it be a more perfect vacuum than anything we could create on Earth?

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Does Human DNA contain any type of error-correcting code or employ something like CRC? If so, what type of error-correcting is formed?

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How large of a space would be necessary and how much power would be required if a current Sandy Bridge Intel chip were designed with vacuum tubed instead of transistors?

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How massive would two spheres have to be in space until I was unable to hold them apart with my arms due to gravitational attraction?

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If a softball sized black hole were created on the surface of the Earth, what would be the process of events?

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If at the time of the Big Bang everything was infinitely dense, why didn't it just create a black hole?

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If two radioactive atoms were entangled, would they decay at the exact same time?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
According to this news article, the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson at an energy level of 125gv suggests the universe will end in 10 billion years in a big slurp. Is this true?	1443
Why have CPUs been limited in frequency to around 3.5Ghz for so many years? What prevents us from increasing the frequency to 10, 100, 1000Ghz?	869
How can a pulsar like this even be possible?	857
If we went out into space and created a closed glass sphere, would it be a more perfect vacuum than anything we could create on Earth?	602
Does Human DNA contain any type of error-correcting code or employ something like CRC? If so, what type of error-correcting is formed?	392
How large of a space would be necessary and how much power would be required if a current Sandy Bridge Intel chip were designed with vacuum tubed instead of transistors?	293
How massive would two spheres have to be in space until I was unable to hold them apart with my arms due to gravitational attraction?	240
If a softball sized black hole were created on the surface of the Earth, what would be the process of events?	222
If at the time of the Big Bang everything was infinitely dense, why didn't it just create a black hole?	192
If two radioactive atoms were entangled, would they decay at the exact same time?	172