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Is there any chance the asteroid belt in our solar system could coalesce and form a planet?

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So what's the consensus (is there a consensus?) on the BICEP2 findings of 6 months ago?

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Is every fruit on a tree a genetic clone of the parent plant? Were I to examine the dna of an apple, banana, or orange tree for example, would there be any variation between each individual fruit?

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What could it mean when Carbon-14 is found in multiple dinosaur bone samples? The research group I work for has recently discovered this and the (six day creationist) research leader is convinced that the findings back up his religion.

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If a sizeable meteor (think Chelyabinsk size) hit the polar ice cap, what would happen?

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How can animals with smaller brains than humans (crows, deer, otters etc) have such highly developed emotions and intelligence? Are their brains denser than the human brain?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there any chance the asteroid belt in our solar system could coalesce and form a planet?	1447
So what's the consensus (is there a consensus?) on the BICEP2 findings of 6 months ago?	6
Is every fruit on a tree a genetic clone of the parent plant? Were I to examine the dna of an apple, banana, or orange tree for example, would there be any variation between each individual fruit?	4
What could it mean when Carbon-14 is found in multiple dinosaur bone samples? The research group I work for has recently discovered this and the (six day creationist) research leader is convinced that the findings back up his religion.	1
If a sizeable meteor (think Chelyabinsk size) hit the polar ice cap, what would happen?	1
How can animals with smaller brains than humans (crows, deer, otters etc) have such highly developed emotions and intelligence? Are their brains denser than the human brain?	1