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I get the magnus effect. But how does this guy get the soccer ball to change direction twice?

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If stars are the foundry of elements, does this mean seams of things like gold and platinum on earth once begin as clouds of that element?

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Would it be feasible to build nuclear power plants below ground, so as to contain them in case of failure? Submerge everything except for the vapor exhausts?

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Why aren't mechanical kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) more common in commercial cars?

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If a room were conducive to producing echoes, would that mean that less sound would penetrate the walls and be heard in another room?

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How do we know the political polls are accurate this time around?

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In regards to RAM, does unused memory consume energy? Basically I want to know if closing applications before putting my computer to sleep saves more energy than ram that is nearly maxed out.

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How much water would need to agglomerate in space before it would stabilize into a sphere? If the answer is not much, how big could it get before gravity (or some other phenomenon) altered the water at the core?

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Say you are on a spinning carousel. You are at point A and want to get to point B on the opposite side. Would it be quicker to walk counter to the rotation or would it not matter?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I get the magnus effect. But how does this guy get the soccer ball to change direction twice?	1891
If stars are the foundry of elements, does this mean seams of things like gold and platinum on earth once begin as clouds of that element?	14
Would it be feasible to build nuclear power plants below ground, so as to contain them in case of failure? Submerge everything except for the vapor exhausts?	1
Why aren't mechanical kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) more common in commercial cars?	1
If a room were conducive to producing echoes, would that mean that less sound would penetrate the walls and be heard in another room?	1
How do we know the political polls are accurate this time around?	1
In regards to RAM, does unused memory consume energy? Basically I want to know if closing applications before putting my computer to sleep saves more energy than ram that is nearly maxed out.	1
How much water would need to agglomerate in space before it would stabilize into a sphere? If the answer is not much, how big could it get before gravity (or some other phenomenon) altered the water at the core?	1
Say you are on a spinning carousel. You are at point A and want to get to point B on the opposite side. Would it be quicker to walk counter to the rotation or would it not matter?	1