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Does air flow through a curved tube at an appreciably slower rate than a straight tube?

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In animals that use gifts in courting, do gifts gain or lose value with supply and demand fluctuations?

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Do nonprimate animals respond to supply and demand?

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Does it get significantly harder to heat water another degree as temps go up?

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What are the main limits to fish population in the oceans?

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Besides physical pain, does the brain feel "displeasure" or just lack of pleasure?

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Do humans build a tolerance to internal chemicals (endorphins, adrenaline) the way the do to outside chemicals (heroin, caffeine)?

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If I keep an ant colony in a confined area and give them unlimited calories, what happens?

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Does the amount of calories burnt by mental activity vary by the objective difficulty of the task or by the difficulty for the person?

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Based on what we know in astronomy and molecular interactions, is there any possibility of that old stoner idea that the whole universe we see is just "atoms" of some larger object in a bigger universe?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Does air flow through a curved tube at an appreciably slower rate than a straight tube?	10
In animals that use gifts in courting, do gifts gain or lose value with supply and demand fluctuations?	10
Do nonprimate animals respond to supply and demand?	8
Does it get significantly harder to heat water another degree as temps go up?	8
What are the main limits to fish population in the oceans?	5
Besides physical pain, does the brain feel "displeasure" or just lack of pleasure?	2
Do humans build a tolerance to internal chemicals (endorphins, adrenaline) the way the do to outside chemicals (heroin, caffeine)?	1
If I keep an ant colony in a confined area and give them unlimited calories, what happens?	1
Does the amount of calories burnt by mental activity vary by the objective difficulty of the task or by the difficulty for the person?	1
Based on what we know in astronomy and molecular interactions, is there any possibility of that old stoner idea that the whole universe we see is just "atoms" of some larger object in a bigger universe?	1