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Can a person who is well educated about symptoms and onset of schizophrenia identify or at least suspect himself of having this disease when he/she actually gets it? Or is it always 100% ego-syntonic in the beginning?

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What is the limit of the size of an element's atomic nucleus? Could a neutron star be considered an element?

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The ISS is constantly bombarded by tiny meteors. How will the mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope withstand this environment without shielding?

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Will globular star clusters eventually collapse under the gravity of all the stars in them? What will happen then? [Astrophysics]

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ISON was almost completely obliterated during perihelion. Does that mean it was its first time near the Sun? If yes, what could have made it go there from the Oort Cloud?

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[political sciences] When addressing a controversial issue, like legalization of drugs, why can't lawmakers make a trial-law, trying out how it will work out for some time, and then deciding wether to let it stay or not?

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Let's say a drug addict has a car accident and suffers severe retrograde amnesia. What happens to his addiction?

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So, if/when the Unification of physical theories is actually achieved, granting explanation to all physical phenomena, what will be the physicists' next point of interest?

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Could there be kinds of electromagnetic waves, of wavelenghts so large or so small, that we cannot yet see them, or recognize them as such?

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Why don't the gases that form stripes, circles and vortexes visible on Jupiter's surface blend together into a uniform, one-coloured and featureless mixture?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Can a person who is well educated about symptoms and onset of schizophrenia identify or at least suspect himself of having this disease when he/she actually gets it? Or is it always 100% ego-syntonic in the beginning?	1598
What is the limit of the size of an element's atomic nucleus? Could a neutron star be considered an element?	15
The ISS is constantly bombarded by tiny meteors. How will the mirrors of James Webb Space Telescope withstand this environment without shielding?	12
Will globular star clusters eventually collapse under the gravity of all the stars in them? What will happen then? [Astrophysics]	10
ISON was almost completely obliterated during perihelion. Does that mean it was its first time near the Sun? If yes, what could have made it go there from the Oort Cloud?	10
[political sciences] When addressing a controversial issue, like legalization of drugs, why can't lawmakers make a trial-law, trying out how it will work out for some time, and then deciding wether to let it stay or not?	8
Let's say a drug addict has a car accident and suffers severe retrograde amnesia. What happens to his addiction?	6
So, if/when the Unification of physical theories is actually achieved, granting explanation to all physical phenomena, what will be the physicists' next point of interest?	5
Could there be kinds of electromagnetic waves, of wavelenghts so large or so small, that we cannot yet see them, or recognize them as such?	3
Why don't the gases that form stripes, circles and vortexes visible on Jupiter's surface blend together into a uniform, one-coloured and featureless mixture?	3