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Why does a spectrograph of the sun's light produce multiple copies of the visible spectrum linked together by magenta?

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How many integrated circuits are in a computer?

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How does a computer store a number like e? Where would I find e in a computer's memory?

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Does the effect of Newton's shell theorem appear only in full with perfect symmetry, or is there a gradual onset of its effects with gradually increasing symmetry?

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Why do we kiss? Is kissing learned or innate? Or do we know?

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Where else do our gut bacteria live?

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Is an electromagnetic field a dimensionless point from its own frame of reference?

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Does the sun shine brighter when it "peeks around" an object at you than it does in the middle of the sky?

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A common subject in this forum is that gravity propagates out from the Sun at the speed of light, and that Earth wouldn't leave its orbit until 8 minutes after the Sun disappeared. Wouldn't gravity propagate from Earth as well? Do those waves meet in the middle, and if so, what happens there?

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Why is inertia?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does a spectrograph of the sun's light produce multiple copies of the visible spectrum linked together by magenta?	9
How many integrated circuits are in a computer?	9
How does a computer store a number like e? Where would I find e in a computer's memory?	8
Does the effect of Newton's shell theorem appear only in full with perfect symmetry, or is there a gradual onset of its effects with gradually increasing symmetry?	6
Why do we kiss? Is kissing learned or innate? Or do we know?	3
Where else do our gut bacteria live?	3
Is an electromagnetic field a dimensionless point from its own frame of reference?	2
Does the sun shine brighter when it "peeks around" an object at you than it does in the middle of the sky?	2
A common subject in this forum is that gravity propagates out from the Sun at the speed of light, and that Earth wouldn't leave its orbit until 8 minutes after the Sun disappeared. Wouldn't gravity propagate from Earth as well? Do those waves meet in the middle, and if so, what happens there?	1
Why is inertia?	1