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IamA biologist who just defended my PhD thesis on butterfly life cycles and local climate. Ask me anything!

6567 upvotes • r/IAmA

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Chemically speaking, is there anything besides economics that keeps us from recycling literally everything?

5299 upvotes • r/askscience

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When the heart beats faster, the contractions are closer together in time. But is each contraction itself also faster?

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In the interest of not perpetuating misconceptions, what is the ACTUAL mechanism behind osmosis?

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What is the temporal scale of weather autocorrelation? To what extent is there such a thing as a "cold year" or a "warm year"?

19 upvotes • r/askscience

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How does a gear train increase torque?

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Why is there sometimes a halo of light around a plane's shadow on the ground (at least when seen from the plane)?

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How useful is the mean deviation? Is its disuse more a result of historical accident or mathematical necessity?

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In machine learning, are weights randomly adjusted between training runs?

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What's the deal with "new math" and "old math" in (American) schools?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
IamA biologist who just defended my PhD thesis on butterfly life cycles and local climate. Ask me anything!	6567	IAmA
Chemically speaking, is there anything besides economics that keeps us from recycling literally everything?	5299	askscience
When the heart beats faster, the contractions are closer together in time. But is each contraction itself also faster?	2953	askscience
In the interest of not perpetuating misconceptions, what is the ACTUAL mechanism behind osmosis?	20	askscience
What is the temporal scale of weather autocorrelation? To what extent is there such a thing as a "cold year" or a "warm year"?	19	askscience
How does a gear train increase torque?	17	askscience
Why is there sometimes a halo of light around a plane's shadow on the ground (at least when seen from the plane)?	8	askscience
How useful is the mean deviation? Is its disuse more a result of historical accident or mathematical necessity?	8	askscience
In machine learning, are weights randomly adjusted between training runs?	1	askscience
What's the deal with "new math" and "old math" in (American) schools?	1	askscience