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So the New Horizons probe will begin sending the images of Pluto to us tomorrow. What type of data compression algorithm will it be using?

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How are billions of transistors put on a microchip the size of your thumbnail? With what tools are humans able to arrange materials with this (nearly atom specific) level of precision?

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How are the abdominal muscles dealt with during surgery?

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Are there any problems that are in the EXP complexity class that are not in NP?

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What happened to the meteorites that caused our Moon's craters?

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How can we measure redshift and light from astronomical objects accurately? It seems like the atmosphere of earth or other gases in space might interfere with the light that is coming in.

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[BIOLOGY] [GENETICS] Are there any permanent or quantifiable genetic differences between domesticated animals and their wild relatives? If you did not feed your household dog for long enough, would it eventually try to eat you?

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We know that between any two points in a cube there exists exactly 1 line that contains both points. Is this also true for hypercubes?

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If the universe and space-time are expanding at an accelerating rate, why is the space between the atoms in my body not rapidly spreading apart as well?

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Why is the space-time continuum generally represented as a 2D Cartesian Grid? Are there any better visual metaphors to represent the space-time continuum? Why is it not presented as a 3D (or 4D) object?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
So the New Horizons probe will begin sending the images of Pluto to us tomorrow. What type of data compression algorithm will it be using?	125
How are billions of transistors put on a microchip the size of your thumbnail? With what tools are humans able to arrange materials with this (nearly atom specific) level of precision?	49
How are the abdominal muscles dealt with during surgery?	29
Are there any problems that are in the EXP complexity class that are not in NP?	10
What happened to the meteorites that caused our Moon's craters?	9
How can we measure redshift and light from astronomical objects accurately? It seems like the atmosphere of earth or other gases in space might interfere with the light that is coming in.	5
[BIOLOGY] [GENETICS] Are there any permanent or quantifiable genetic differences between domesticated animals and their wild relatives? If you did not feed your household dog for long enough, would it eventually try to eat you?	3
We know that between any two points in a cube there exists exactly 1 line that contains both points. Is this also true for hypercubes?	2
If the universe and space-time are expanding at an accelerating rate, why is the space between the atoms in my body not rapidly spreading apart as well?	1
Why is the space-time continuum generally represented as a 2D Cartesian Grid? Are there any better visual metaphors to represent the space-time continuum? Why is it not presented as a 3D (or 4D) object?	1