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Is it possible to store or preserve rubber or silicone parts like vehicle tires, O-rings, belts, valves, flaps, etc. for later use decades from now?

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How would one go about extracting insulin in an extended (weeks or months long) emergency?

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What is powdered alcohol?

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When you have surgery or suffer a cut that needs to be stitched, what happens to hair follicles that gets sewn under the skin? Do they stop being follicles, or do they keep growing under the skin?

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How much stress and weight would any single part of a space elevator's tether have to be able to handle, also taking into consideration factors like wind, rain, ice, lightning, and terrorist attacks?

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I understand that a Perpetual Motion Machine is impossible because it violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. But what about electrons circling the nucleus of an atom?

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How would a theory of many worlds or branching timelines or parallel timelines reconcile itself with the laws of energy or entropy?

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A California underground gas facility currently leaks 110,00 pounds/hour into the air. Would it make more sense to burn it (light with fire) than to allow methane/mercaptan to dissipate into the air and area?

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Is it true that New York City under 16 feet of water 30,000 years ago, and could that happen again?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it possible to store or preserve rubber or silicone parts like vehicle tires, O-rings, belts, valves, flaps, etc. for later use decades from now?	6
How would one go about extracting insulin in an extended (weeks or months long) emergency?	2
What is powdered alcohol?	1
When you have surgery or suffer a cut that needs to be stitched, what happens to hair follicles that gets sewn under the skin? Do they stop being follicles, or do they keep growing under the skin?	1
How much stress and weight would any single part of a space elevator's tether have to be able to handle, also taking into consideration factors like wind, rain, ice, lightning, and terrorist attacks?	1
I understand that a Perpetual Motion Machine is impossible because it violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. But what about electrons circling the nucleus of an atom?	1
How would a theory of many worlds or branching timelines or parallel timelines reconcile itself with the laws of energy or entropy?	1
A California underground gas facility currently leaks 110,00 pounds/hour into the air. Would it make more sense to burn it (light with fire) than to allow methane/mercaptan to dissipate into the air and area?	1
Is it true that New York City under 16 feet of water 30,000 years ago, and could that happen again?	0