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When an animal is eaten whole, how does it actually die? Suffocation? Digestive acid?

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What "cutesy" science terms irritate(d) you the most? Conversely, which have aged well?

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I have a cryptocurrency mining computer in my apt which generates a lot of heat. In the winter, my apt needs the heat anyway, so I figure I'm essentially running it for free. Are GPUs roughly as efficient at producing heat as a normal heater?

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When animals are eaten whole, what actually kills them? Suffocation? Being crushed? Digestive acid?

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Drinking water straight from a stream, pond or lake is a terrible idea. So what did early hominids do? When and why did we lose that wild animal ability?

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Why is sexual reproduction so evolutionarily advantageous? Why didn't self-replicating organisms simply evolve to have more DNA variations?

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What's the maximum number of bytes that could be etched into a tombstone and still be reliably readable in a few hundred years? And what encoding would you use?

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Is it possible Chicxulub was part of a larger group of asteroids on the same trajectory? If so, can we figure out where the rest are today?

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You move your mouse. Which happens first: your monitor renders the movement on the screen or your brain, having received confirmation that your muscle did something, begins anticipating the cursor movement?

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Is it possible Chicxulub was part of a larger group of asteroids on the same trajectory? If so, can we figure out where the rest are today?

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When an animal is eaten whole, how does it actually die? Suffocation? Digestive acid?	9111
What "cutesy" science terms irritate(d) you the most? Conversely, which have aged well?	1
I have a cryptocurrency mining computer in my apt which generates a lot of heat. In the winter, my apt needs the heat anyway, so I figure I'm essentially running it for free. Are GPUs roughly as efficient at producing heat as a normal heater?	1
When animals are eaten whole, what actually kills them? Suffocation? Being crushed? Digestive acid?	1
Drinking water straight from a stream, pond or lake is a terrible idea. So what did early hominids do? When and why did we lose that wild animal ability?	1
Why is sexual reproduction so evolutionarily advantageous? Why didn't self-replicating organisms simply evolve to have more DNA variations?	1
What's the maximum number of bytes that could be etched into a tombstone and still be reliably readable in a few hundred years? And what encoding would you use?	1
Is it possible Chicxulub was part of a larger group of asteroids on the same trajectory? If so, can we figure out where the rest are today?	1
You move your mouse. Which happens first: your monitor renders the movement on the screen or your brain, having received confirmation that your muscle did something, begins anticipating the cursor movement?	1
Is it possible Chicxulub was part of a larger group of asteroids on the same trajectory? If so, can we figure out where the rest are today?	1