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Do any types of fission reactions ever occur in the Sun?

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Is gravity the only force that can produce a black hole? Could an extremely strong electomagnetic field create one? Also, is there a way to vary the strength of the weak and strong force in the lab? Could these forces be adjusted in a confined area?

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Why are the Emergency Broadcast tones the specific frequencies that they are? What about emergency vehicles? Are certain sound frequencies able to be heard further away?

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A few questions about the most magnetic object ever discovered -- Magnetar SGR 1806-20

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How large would an asteroid need to be to incinerate the entire surface of Earth after impact?

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Will Homo sapiens eventually evolve into a completely new species?

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Is there an experiment that could cause a Vacuum Metastability Event‎ if the universe is indeed in a false vacuum state?

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Why doesn't the immune system of a chimera animal not attack itself? Shouldn't different cells with different genetic code in the same body trigger some type of immune response?

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If an anti-proton has the same charge as an electron (-1 e), why don't electrons and protons annihilate each other as a proton and anti-proton would?

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Why is it when you have a high fever from the flu, you don't sweat, but as soon as the fever breaks, you start sweating a lot?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do any types of fission reactions ever occur in the Sun?	15
Is gravity the only force that can produce a black hole? Could an extremely strong electomagnetic field create one? Also, is there a way to vary the strength of the weak and strong force in the lab? Could these forces be adjusted in a confined area?	14
Why are the Emergency Broadcast tones the specific frequencies that they are? What about emergency vehicles? Are certain sound frequencies able to be heard further away?	12
A few questions about the most magnetic object ever discovered -- Magnetar SGR 1806-20	12
How large would an asteroid need to be to incinerate the entire surface of Earth after impact?	12
Will Homo sapiens eventually evolve into a completely new species?	12
Is there an experiment that could cause a Vacuum Metastability Event‎ if the universe is indeed in a false vacuum state?	12
Why doesn't the immune system of a chimera animal not attack itself? Shouldn't different cells with different genetic code in the same body trigger some type of immune response?	12
If an anti-proton has the same charge as an electron (-1 e), why don't electrons and protons annihilate each other as a proton and anti-proton would?	11
Why is it when you have a high fever from the flu, you don't sweat, but as soon as the fever breaks, you start sweating a lot?	11