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If we humans were more intelligent as a species, how would we be smarter? What specific cerebral tasks would, say, work faster or avail themselves of more data? Would that necessarily result in a more cerebral species, that is, greater reliance on intelligent deduction than on emotion or instinct?

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Why are humans such creatures of habit when our environment is always changing? Or is a preference for routine simply a product of affluence, something that would not have been present in our evolutionary environment?

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Why do we even talk about a blood–brain barrier when (1) every neuron in the brain needs blood and (2) so many viruses, prions, chemicals, and other things get past the barrier anyway?

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Do women live longer than men even when controlling for dangerous behavior like drinking, smoking, drugs, and speeding?

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What do anthropologists consider to be the subcultures of the United States?

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How do animals "know" the warning signs of venomous creatures, such as a black widow's red hourglass or a rattlesnake's rattle? Is it purely instinct, or is there some transmission of information, the way migratory birds "learn" a migration route from those who've flown it before?

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How do animals "know" the warning signs of venomous creatures, such as a black widow's red hourglass or a rattlesnake's rattle? Is it purely instinct, or is there some transmission of information, the way migratory birds "learn" a migration route from those who've flown it before?

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Why does not completely using up a prescribed antibiotic contribute to development of an antibiotic-resistant strain? Wouldn't the resistant bacteria survive no matter how much of the antibiotic was used anyway?

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Do oxygen and other molecules on the very outer edges of the atmosphere get bumped out of gravity's pull and into space, never to return again and, if so, is there a net loss of atmosphere over time?

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Why do old people gradually shift their waking hours so they’re waking up earlier and earlier but also going to bed earlier and earlier?

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If we humans were more intelligent as a species, how would we be smarter? What specific cerebral tasks would, say, work faster or avail themselves of more data? Would that necessarily result in a more cerebral species, that is, greater reliance on intelligent deduction than on emotion or instinct?	1	askscience
Why are humans such creatures of habit when our environment is always changing? Or is a preference for routine simply a product of affluence, something that would not have been present in our evolutionary environment?	1	askscience
Why do we even talk about a blood–brain barrier when (1) every neuron in the brain needs blood and (2) so many viruses, prions, chemicals, and other things get past the barrier anyway?	1	askscience
Do women live longer than men even when controlling for dangerous behavior like drinking, smoking, drugs, and speeding?	1	askscience
What do anthropologists consider to be the subcultures of the United States?	1	askscience
How do animals "know" the warning signs of venomous creatures, such as a black widow's red hourglass or a rattlesnake's rattle? Is it purely instinct, or is there some transmission of information, the way migratory birds "learn" a migration route from those who've flown it before?	1	askscience
How do animals "know" the warning signs of venomous creatures, such as a black widow's red hourglass or a rattlesnake's rattle? Is it purely instinct, or is there some transmission of information, the way migratory birds "learn" a migration route from those who've flown it before?	1	askscience
Why does not completely using up a prescribed antibiotic contribute to development of an antibiotic-resistant strain? Wouldn't the resistant bacteria survive no matter how much of the antibiotic was used anyway?	1	askscience
Do oxygen and other molecules on the very outer edges of the atmosphere get bumped out of gravity's pull and into space, never to return again and, if so, is there a net loss of atmosphere over time?	1	askscience
Why do old people gradually shift their waking hours so they’re waking up earlier and earlier but also going to bed earlier and earlier?	1	askscience