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Since a day is about 23 hours and 56 minutes, how does this not cause clocks (that go on a 24 hour day) and the day to be out of sync?

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What difference does it make whether time is discrete or continuous?

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Given enough time for it to play out, is it more likely our immune system would evolve to eventually be impervious to a particular virus, or the virus would evolve to be impervious to our immune system?

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What are the leading theories on the non-Indo European portion of Proto-Germanic?

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Does time dilation (due to either speed or mass) slow elementary particles?

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How do we know a fundamental particle decaying into another does not reflect/show that it is not actually a fundamental particle?

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When someone with synesthesia associates a quality with say, a certain number, is there a pattern/tendency among people with synesthesia, or is it random?

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What effect(s) does amnesia have on addiction(s)?

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Do the holographic universe, 11 or 12 dimension universe, and string theories compliment each other, at least one causes problems for another, or have no implications at all related to each other?

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Is Scotland's dialect of English, compared to other dialects, different mainly because it did not have the Latin influence of the Romans early on, and when the French speaking Normans conquered, borrowed a little less French from the Normans?

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Since a day is about 23 hours and 56 minutes, how does this not cause clocks (that go on a 24 hour day) and the day to be out of sync?	13
What difference does it make whether time is discrete or continuous?	13
Given enough time for it to play out, is it more likely our immune system would evolve to eventually be impervious to a particular virus, or the virus would evolve to be impervious to our immune system?	13
What are the leading theories on the non-Indo European portion of Proto-Germanic?	12
Does time dilation (due to either speed or mass) slow elementary particles?	11
How do we know a fundamental particle decaying into another does not reflect/show that it is not actually a fundamental particle?	10
When someone with synesthesia associates a quality with say, a certain number, is there a pattern/tendency among people with synesthesia, or is it random?	10
What effect(s) does amnesia have on addiction(s)?	9
Do the holographic universe, 11 or 12 dimension universe, and string theories compliment each other, at least one causes problems for another, or have no implications at all related to each other?	8
Is Scotland's dialect of English, compared to other dialects, different mainly because it did not have the Latin influence of the Romans early on, and when the French speaking Normans conquered, borrowed a little less French from the Normans?	7