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Is there a correlation between the complexity of an organism and the genetic diversity of its species?

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If the Earth rotated slow enough, would a geosynchronous orbit be impossible?

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From facial symmetry to unconscious smells in a sweaty t-shirt, lots of studies have demonstrated that heterosexual attraction is in no small part related to perceived genetic fitness. Does this still hold true for homosexual attraction, considering the inability to directly reproduce?

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Do dogs/cats of the same breed ever exhibit different behavioral characteristics when raised in sharply contrasting cultures?

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Have there been any experiments for attaching new (digital) sensory organs to primates?

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Do any mammals with a gestation period longer than 1 year have a mating season?

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If the sun suddenly blinked out of existence, what would happen to the planets orbiting it?

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Do (unrelated) people who look like they could be twins tend, on average, to have more DNA in common than two random people of the same ethnicity?

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In a hardware-based true random number generator, how is the randomness of the underlying physical property guaranteed to exhibit a uniform distribution of outputs?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there a correlation between the complexity of an organism and the genetic diversity of its species?	15
If the Earth rotated slow enough, would a geosynchronous orbit be impossible?	3
From facial symmetry to unconscious smells in a sweaty t-shirt, lots of studies have demonstrated that heterosexual attraction is in no small part related to perceived genetic fitness. Does this still hold true for homosexual attraction, considering the inability to directly reproduce?	1
Do dogs/cats of the same breed ever exhibit different behavioral characteristics when raised in sharply contrasting cultures?	1
Have there been any experiments for attaching new (digital) sensory organs to primates?	1
Do any mammals with a gestation period longer than 1 year have a mating season?	1
If the sun suddenly blinked out of existence, what would happen to the planets orbiting it?	1
Do (unrelated) people who look like they could be twins tend, on average, to have more DNA in common than two random people of the same ethnicity?	1
In a hardware-based true random number generator, how is the randomness of the underlying physical property guaranteed to exhibit a uniform distribution of outputs?	1