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We hear about animal extinction all the time, but why not plant extinction?

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Which is worse for your liver, drinking a lot at once every so often or a few drinks a day for an extended period?

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Why is it that we can do calculations on, and apply logic to, quantities but not qualities?

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What's a good estimate for the percentage of plants on earth that are edible to humans? Or what percentage of plants is toxic or otherwise deleterious to humans?

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How does a radar receiver "know" what is coming into it is the radio waves it has sent out that are bouncing back rather than those from another radar?

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Suppose there is a water planet that doesn't rotate like our moon and that was far enough from its star so that the far side would be below 0 C and the near side above; would half of it freeze and the other half be liquid?

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Any good Youtube science channels besides the better known ones I can add to my feed for more daily science?

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With all the talk about new battery technologies and particularly about charging durations for electric cars, why is there never any talk about changeable batteries?

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How much of a gut or belly is actual fat and how much is just the size of the abdominal cavity and its contents pushing out?

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Why is dirt brown?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
We hear about animal extinction all the time, but why not plant extinction?	1
Which is worse for your liver, drinking a lot at once every so often or a few drinks a day for an extended period?	1
Why is it that we can do calculations on, and apply logic to, quantities but not qualities?	1
What's a good estimate for the percentage of plants on earth that are edible to humans? Or what percentage of plants is toxic or otherwise deleterious to humans?	1
How does a radar receiver "know" what is coming into it is the radio waves it has sent out that are bouncing back rather than those from another radar?	1
Suppose there is a water planet that doesn't rotate like our moon and that was far enough from its star so that the far side would be below 0 C and the near side above; would half of it freeze and the other half be liquid?	1
Any good Youtube science channels besides the better known ones I can add to my feed for more daily science?	1
With all the talk about new battery technologies and particularly about charging durations for electric cars, why is there never any talk about changeable batteries?	1
How much of a gut or belly is actual fat and how much is just the size of the abdominal cavity and its contents pushing out?	1
Why is dirt brown?	1