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Do all liquids evaporate like water? If I had a puddle of mercury, would it eventually evaporate?

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Why is sprinkling salt on your skin and pressing an ice-cube against it more dangerous than just using an ice-cube alone?

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What is the minimum amount of transistors a CPU would need to have and still remain Turing Complete.

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Why do say many important medicines and compounds use just Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon atoms?

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If the Earth were to spin fast enough, would it eventually cancel out the attraction of gravity and throw the atmosphere (and things on it) into space?

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With the recent confirmation of the existence of the Higgs Boson, is there anything left about the Standard Model that awaits discovery or needs fine-tuning?

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There must be a hard limit to continued reduction of lithography size for silicon (CPU). What are they?

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How do dolphins react to a death in their family? Do they have any customs similar to other intelligent animals like elephants when a member dies?

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If the Earth were a completely perfect sphere with no atmosphere, would there be some point above the surface where a satellite would need to travel faster than light to stay in orbit?

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If there are indeed neutrinos that travel faster than light, how would this affect black hole theory?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do all liquids evaporate like water? If I had a puddle of mercury, would it eventually evaporate?	1
Why is sprinkling salt on your skin and pressing an ice-cube against it more dangerous than just using an ice-cube alone?	1
What is the minimum amount of transistors a CPU would need to have and still remain Turing Complete.	1
Why do say many important medicines and compounds use just Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon atoms?	1
If the Earth were to spin fast enough, would it eventually cancel out the attraction of gravity and throw the atmosphere (and things on it) into space?	1
With the recent confirmation of the existence of the Higgs Boson, is there anything left about the Standard Model that awaits discovery or needs fine-tuning?	1
There must be a hard limit to continued reduction of lithography size for silicon (CPU). What are they?	0
How do dolphins react to a death in their family? Do they have any customs similar to other intelligent animals like elephants when a member dies?	0
If the Earth were a completely perfect sphere with no atmosphere, would there be some point above the surface where a satellite would need to travel faster than light to stay in orbit?	0
If there are indeed neutrinos that travel faster than light, how would this affect black hole theory?	0