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Can waste heat from a power plant be used for large-scale water desalinization? Is this widely done?

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Why is progress for treatment/prevention of Alzheimer's so slow?

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Why do some kinds of hair (chest, leg, etc.) stop growing at a certain length, while head and facial hair can seem to grow indefinitely?

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Does sibling incest occur in other mammals? How about birds, fish and insects?

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Can medical experiments be conducted on brain-dead patients?

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Why are flying insects attracted to light? Has the proliferation of artificial lighting changes the behavior, population or even physiology of these creatures?

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Why are nocturnal insects attracted to light sources?

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Is there a psychological explanation for the fact that everyday objects will always be underfoot or in the way up until the moment I need them, at which point they're nowhere to be found?

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Do large storms like Harvey significantly affect the salinity of seawater in their path? Would this have a noticeable impact on coastal ecosystems?

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Sometimes I can "revive" a dead dry cell battery simply by taking it out of the device and putting it back in. Why does this happen?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Can waste heat from a power plant be used for large-scale water desalinization? Is this widely done?	1
Why is progress for treatment/prevention of Alzheimer's so slow?	1
Why do some kinds of hair (chest, leg, etc.) stop growing at a certain length, while head and facial hair can seem to grow indefinitely?	1
Does sibling incest occur in other mammals? How about birds, fish and insects?	1
Can medical experiments be conducted on brain-dead patients?	1
Why are flying insects attracted to light? Has the proliferation of artificial lighting changes the behavior, population or even physiology of these creatures?	1
Why are nocturnal insects attracted to light sources?	1
Is there a psychological explanation for the fact that everyday objects will always be underfoot or in the way up until the moment I need them, at which point they're nowhere to be found?	1
Do large storms like Harvey significantly affect the salinity of seawater in their path? Would this have a noticeable impact on coastal ecosystems?	1
Sometimes I can "revive" a dead dry cell battery simply by taking it out of the device and putting it back in. Why does this happen?	1