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Prior to the modern alarm clock, how did people wake up at certain times?

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When a dolphin produces noise for the purposes of echolocation can another dolphin "listen in" or hack the signal in a meaningful way?

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Does Hubble (or others) plan to do another deep field observation?

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Is it possible to selectively breed a plant species so it breathes more CO2?

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Dreaming is very rare thing for me to remember as it is but when I do they consist of no plot and often just pictures of things, so no story or video-like memories at all. Can anyone help me understand this?

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How come all the plants that get us high are land plants?

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Is it possible for a number like pi to have an infinite amount of one number and not another?

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If the universe were somehow tuned differently, would it effect the lifetime of particles?

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I learned from a very reliable source that the Death Star superlaser consumes about 2 main sequence stars' worth of energy in a given planet annihilation event. Since this was long ago - and far away - would we detect these events given our current tech? If so, would we know somethings fishy?

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If the universe is both infinite and expanding would that mean an infinite amount of space is constantly being created?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Prior to the modern alarm clock, how did people wake up at certain times?	7
When a dolphin produces noise for the purposes of echolocation can another dolphin "listen in" or hack the signal in a meaningful way?	2
Does Hubble (or others) plan to do another deep field observation?	1
Is it possible to selectively breed a plant species so it breathes more CO2?	1
Dreaming is very rare thing for me to remember as it is but when I do they consist of no plot and often just pictures of things, so no story or video-like memories at all. Can anyone help me understand this?	1
How come all the plants that get us high are land plants?	1
Is it possible for a number like pi to have an infinite amount of one number and not another?	1
If the universe were somehow tuned differently, would it effect the lifetime of particles?	1
I learned from a very reliable source that the Death Star superlaser consumes about 2 main sequence stars' worth of energy in a given planet annihilation event. Since this was long ago - and far away - would we detect these events given our current tech? If so, would we know somethings fishy?	1
If the universe is both infinite and expanding would that mean an infinite amount of space is constantly being created?	1