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Why are tides larger in some places than others?

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Geologically, why is so much of the world's oil found in the Middle East? What circumstances in the past created those oil reserves?

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Does the movement of the whole solar system through the galaxy affect the movement of its constituent planets? If so, how?

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What is a Bose–Einstein condensate, and why is it important?

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Will the Antarctic Plate ever leave the South Pole? Or is it stuck there?

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When you have a lump of decaying material, like Radium, it doesn't all decay at once, at the same rate, right? Different atoms will "pop" at different times? What implications does this have?

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Do higher octane gasolines have higher carbon emissions? What about ethanol blends?

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Why are there earthquakes in Oklahoma?

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Why does the world smell different when it's warmer outside?

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The data transmission rate from the New Horizons spacecraft is very slow because it's very far away. Why?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why are tides larger in some places than others?	17
Geologically, why is so much of the world's oil found in the Middle East? What circumstances in the past created those oil reserves?	10
Does the movement of the whole solar system through the galaxy affect the movement of its constituent planets? If so, how?	10
What is a Bose–Einstein condensate, and why is it important?	8
Will the Antarctic Plate ever leave the South Pole? Or is it stuck there?	6
When you have a lump of decaying material, like Radium, it doesn't all decay at once, at the same rate, right? Different atoms will "pop" at different times? What implications does this have?	5
Do higher octane gasolines have higher carbon emissions? What about ethanol blends?	3
Why are there earthquakes in Oklahoma?	3
Why does the world smell different when it's warmer outside?	2
The data transmission rate from the New Horizons spacecraft is very slow because it's very far away. Why?	2