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Environmental Psychologists: Has research been done on how interior spaces with sharp vertices impacts mood/outlook? And/or, how would universally curved spaces in building interiors change human response on an individual/collective level?

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Why has domestication not resulted in longer living dogs (or has it, and I'm just not aware)?

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Since we now know plants communicate with one another chemically through their roots, are singly potted plants the equivalent of humans in solitary confinement? In other words, are plant lovers unknowingly torturing those they profess to love?

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We know that some other species (e.g. whales) have accents and dialects in the way they communicate. Have there been any species found which definitively do not have dialects, but rather any member of the species in the world would understand another?

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In a world in which a toroidal ring is the planet, and the sun orbits it by going both around the circumference (in daily cycles) and revolving around the cylinder (in yearly cycles), what would the climate of the planet look like?

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How much information is contained within the structure of a human brain? That is, not how much information does the human brain contain, but if a 1:1 digital replication composing all neuronal networks and neurobiological systems were to be built, how much memory would be required to store it?

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Why is heat lighting more rarely accompanies by thunder?

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Environmental Psychologists: Has research been done on how interior spaces with sharp vertices impacts mood/outlook? And/or, how would universally curved spaces in building interiors change human response on an individual/collective level?	73
Why has domestication not resulted in longer living dogs (or has it, and I'm just not aware)?	1
Since we now know plants communicate with one another chemically through their roots, are singly potted plants the equivalent of humans in solitary confinement? In other words, are plant lovers unknowingly torturing those they profess to love?	1
We know that some other species (e.g. whales) have accents and dialects in the way they communicate. Have there been any species found which definitively do not have dialects, but rather any member of the species in the world would understand another?	1
In a world in which a toroidal ring is the planet, and the sun orbits it by going both around the circumference (in daily cycles) and revolving around the cylinder (in yearly cycles), what would the climate of the planet look like?	1
How much information is contained within the structure of a human brain? That is, not how much information does the human brain contain, but if a 1:1 digital replication composing all neuronal networks and neurobiological systems were to be built, how much memory would be required to store it?	1
Why is heat lighting more rarely accompanies by thunder?	1