/u/rm999's posts in /r/askscience
Wilderness can be a rough place, do wild animals commonly suffer from anything like PTSD or anxiety?
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Every computer program is compiled (or interpreted) by another program, called the compiler or interpreter. This includes compilers themselves. Is there a "common ancestor" compiler of all high-level programs today, and if so what is it?
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Askscience: just a reminder of the rules, please avoid layman speculation unless you make it clear you are a layman or are speculating.
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The solar system is 4.6 billion years old but the Universe is 14 billion years old; what was happening to the matter that makes up our solar system in the 9.4 billion years before it formed?
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Are there any studies that directly compare the relative healthiness of consuming sugar vs low calorie sugar substitutes?
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Is there a term/concept for events that will release very large amounts of potential energy at the cost of a small amount of kinetic energy? Are there examples of this in nature?
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I've read that both aspirin and alcohol are good for your heart because they reduce blood clotting. Do they do this in the same way? What are the effects of taking both at the same time?
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