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What percentage of our own galaxy have astronomers cataloged? How are names for stars selected?

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Is there some evolutionary advantage to being color-blind? Why would such a high occurrence of a recessive trait still be so prevalent?

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Is conciousness a necessary emergent property from a certain speed of computational power?

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If we discovered a small black hole with an event horizon of 100 meters accross headed towards Earth, would we be able to move or deflect it as if it were an asteroid?

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Why is gravity often considered to be the weakest of the fundamental forced when its effects can be felt so far away from the source?

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Would it be possible to perform computation without generating heat? If not, which law of physics prohibits this?

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On the atomic or quantum level, what makes Francium so unstable? Its most stable isotope has a half-life of only 22 minutes, meaning that any visible amount would vaporize itself.

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If our eyes could see in any range of the electromagnetic spectrum, which part of the spectrum would the night sky appear brightest?

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Why is elemental transmutation not performed on a regular basis? Is it that hard to change one atom into the atom of a different element?

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We know that the sun has a solar cycle of eleven years. Are there any other longer term cycles that the sun experiences?

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What percentage of our own galaxy have astronomers cataloged? How are names for stars selected?	8	askscience
Is there some evolutionary advantage to being color-blind? Why would such a high occurrence of a recessive trait still be so prevalent?	8	askscience
Is conciousness a necessary emergent property from a certain speed of computational power?	8	askscience
If we discovered a small black hole with an event horizon of 100 meters accross headed towards Earth, would we be able to move or deflect it as if it were an asteroid?	7	askscience
Why is gravity often considered to be the weakest of the fundamental forced when its effects can be felt so far away from the source?	7	askscience
Would it be possible to perform computation without generating heat? If not, which law of physics prohibits this?	7	askscience
On the atomic or quantum level, what makes Francium so unstable? Its most stable isotope has a half-life of only 22 minutes, meaning that any visible amount would vaporize itself.	7	askscience
If our eyes could see in any range of the electromagnetic spectrum, which part of the spectrum would the night sky appear brightest?	7	askscience
Why is elemental transmutation not performed on a regular basis? Is it that hard to change one atom into the atom of a different element?	6	askscience
We know that the sun has a solar cycle of eleven years. Are there any other longer term cycles that the sun experiences?	6	askscience