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The Large Hadron Collider is 27km long in order to stably accelerate particles, but is there any hope of miniaturization in the future?	11
If there is energy coming to Earth from the sun's radiation, and leaving it from heat that radiates out from the planet into space, what is the net change over time? Is it perfectly balanced, or does the Earth cool down/heat up over a long enough timeline?	9
If you built a shelter on Antarctica, could a human survive there by living off the local flora/fauna?	1
If two people could produce an infinite supply of offspring, how many times could they have a baby before you got two separate kids who were genetically identical?	1
If the Chicxulub asteroid had simply missed Earth millions of years ago, what would have happened to the dinosaurs? For that matter, what would have happened to our species?	1
I've heard Archaeopteryx could glide/fly (just poorly), but birds descended from it evolved to fly much better. Could a currently living species that glides, like flying squirrels and sugar gliders, have descendant species that also evolve the capacity to fly millions of years from now?	1
What will likely become the legality for a drunk person getting into their autonomous car and then setting it to drive them home?	1
Is there any indication that the human brain generates waste heat from its constant information processing, like our silicon computer chips do?	1
How many extra calories does the body use when healing a serious injury?	1
When we theorize about what was "before" the big bang, or initiated it, isn't all our speculation (since it's based in the laws/intuitions of our universe) non-applicable?	1

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