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How do ancient languages compare to modern ones in terms of complexity? Roughly the same?

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Why do infants lose certain abilities around 6 months old, such as distinguishing between different language sounds and different primates' faces?

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Just as "red" in hundred meant "count", does the "ter" in close relatives (like father, mother, brother, sister) mean anything in Old(er) English?

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How does freezing sperm not destroy or damage it?

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What is believed to cause the apparent randomness of "good days" and "bad days" for people who have/have had dementia or stroke?

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What caused the different branches of Proto-Indo European (PIE) to have different order in grammar (subject verb object etc.)?

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How does the force needed to pull quarks apart increase, not decrease, as the distance between them increases?

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How three of the universal forces are in unified theory.

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Considering an electron has angular momentum but without the movement associated with it, wouldn't that (possibly/likely) reflect the electron having particles within it (as a proton has three quarks)?

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What impurities are not removed from water by evaporation and condensation?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How do ancient languages compare to modern ones in terms of complexity? Roughly the same?	3377
Why do infants lose certain abilities around 6 months old, such as distinguishing between different language sounds and different primates' faces?	930
Just as "red" in hundred meant "count", does the "ter" in close relatives (like father, mother, brother, sister) mean anything in Old(er) English?	372
How does freezing sperm not destroy or damage it?	371
What is believed to cause the apparent randomness of "good days" and "bad days" for people who have/have had dementia or stroke?	173
What caused the different branches of Proto-Indo European (PIE) to have different order in grammar (subject verb object etc.)?	41
How does the force needed to pull quarks apart increase, not decrease, as the distance between them increases?	26
How three of the universal forces are in unified theory.	16
Considering an electron has angular momentum but without the movement associated with it, wouldn't that (possibly/likely) reflect the electron having particles within it (as a proton has three quarks)?	14
What impurities are not removed from water by evaporation and condensation?	14