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Are major archaeological discoveries becoming more common or less common?

32 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Illustrations of dinosaurs often depict volcanoes in the background. Were erupting volcanoes once so common that this a probable scene if one were to look at a typical dinosaur during its era, or is this a cliche that's an artifact of compressing our perception of extremely long time-scales?

29 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is the Rate of Major Archeological/Historical Discoveries Accelerating or Decelerating?

25 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did engineers/machinists create the first precise straight edge?

23 upvotes • r/askscience

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If we had never seen an actual sample of gold, would modern atomic theory predict/know that it is yellow?

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In the absence of an interpreter/observer, does information exist? Is information real like matter and energy?

18 upvotes • r/askscience

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When did the Victorian house become the iconic haunted house?

16 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do salt lamps that claim to "ionize" the air actually do anything?

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Since Kepler has a fixed field of view, how many Keplers would it take to survey the entire sky?

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Do we know enough physics to accurately predict materials' properties and chemical reactions, and if so, why is so much trial-and-error required in materials science, versus pure computer simulation?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are major archaeological discoveries becoming more common or less common?	32	AskHistorians
Illustrations of dinosaurs often depict volcanoes in the background. Were erupting volcanoes once so common that this a probable scene if one were to look at a typical dinosaur during its era, or is this a cliche that's an artifact of compressing our perception of extremely long time-scales?	29	askscience
Is the Rate of Major Archeological/Historical Discoveries Accelerating or Decelerating?	25	AskHistorians
How did engineers/machinists create the first precise straight edge?	23	askscience
If we had never seen an actual sample of gold, would modern atomic theory predict/know that it is yellow?	22	askscience
In the absence of an interpreter/observer, does information exist? Is information real like matter and energy?	18	askscience
When did the Victorian house become the iconic haunted house?	16	AskHistorians
Do salt lamps that claim to "ionize" the air actually do anything?	15	askscience
Since Kepler has a fixed field of view, how many Keplers would it take to survey the entire sky?	6	askscience
Do we know enough physics to accurately predict materials' properties and chemical reactions, and if so, why is so much trial-and-error required in materials science, versus pure computer simulation?	5	askscience