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Why, when you are paralyzed from the neck down, are your involentary organs not paralyzed as well?

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What factors decrease the efficiency of palladium as a catalyst for hydrogenation? Are there ways of regenerating it's catalytic properties?

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What causes gasses to be different colors?

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If you have ice water in an air tight container, and the ice melts, does the pressure of the system change?

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Can an isolated population that starts with two people and continues through the inbreeding of the second generation ever reach a point where the effects of inbreeding are lost?

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Why do antidepressants sometimes make things worse before they make them better?

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What happens to the body after you lose a dominant body part? Do you form a new dominance or do you just learn to deal with the impairment?

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If the sun had a moon the same relative size and distance as the Earth's moon is to the Earth, how big of a shadow would it cast on the ground when this moon passes between the Earth and the Sun?

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What are potential causes of multiplet peaks in Gamma Spectroscopy ?

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How do you train a messenger bird? How does it know where you want it to go?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why, when you are paralyzed from the neck down, are your involentary organs not paralyzed as well?	325
What factors decrease the efficiency of palladium as a catalyst for hydrogenation? Are there ways of regenerating it's catalytic properties?	6
What causes gasses to be different colors?	3
If you have ice water in an air tight container, and the ice melts, does the pressure of the system change?	1
Can an isolated population that starts with two people and continues through the inbreeding of the second generation ever reach a point where the effects of inbreeding are lost?	1
Why do antidepressants sometimes make things worse before they make them better?	1
What happens to the body after you lose a dominant body part? Do you form a new dominance or do you just learn to deal with the impairment?	1
If the sun had a moon the same relative size and distance as the Earth's moon is to the Earth, how big of a shadow would it cast on the ground when this moon passes between the Earth and the Sun?	1
What are potential causes of multiplet peaks in Gamma Spectroscopy ?	1
How do you train a messenger bird? How does it know where you want it to go?	1