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Why has it been so hard to find a (legally acceptable) drug-combo to conduct lethal injections? Wouldn't an overdose of narcotics do the trick?

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which looks bigger (at perigee) -- mars or jupiter?

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WOah, this just hit me -- is EVERY organelle inside a cell made up of proteins? (That's a lot of proteins!!)

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When they play stock footage on TV, why does the image quality always seem to have an "old" look--even when it's just a few years old?

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Is any research being done to address this "second law of thermodynamics" problem?

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I read that to make Geiger counters we use steel that was submerged under sea during the atomic tests. Is this necessary? Would it be possible to "calibrate" modern, contaminated steel to the extra radioactivity?

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Has anyone written a successful explanation of what humor is, what makes things funny?

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Would humans have been less likely to evolve if the asteroid had wiped out the dinosaurs earlier than when it did?

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What is humor? Why do we have it, and what makes something funny?

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When done correctly, what exactly is "peer review"?

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Why has it been so hard to find a (legally acceptable) drug-combo to conduct lethal injections? Wouldn't an overdose of narcotics do the trick?	1
which looks bigger (at perigee) -- mars or jupiter?	1
WOah, this just hit me -- is EVERY organelle inside a cell made up of proteins? (That's a lot of proteins!!)	1
When they play stock footage on TV, why does the image quality always seem to have an "old" look--even when it's just a few years old?	1
Is any research being done to address this "second law of thermodynamics" problem?	1
I read that to make Geiger counters we use steel that was submerged under sea during the atomic tests. Is this necessary? Would it be possible to "calibrate" modern, contaminated steel to the extra radioactivity?	1
Has anyone written a successful explanation of what humor is, what makes things funny?	1
Would humans have been less likely to evolve if the asteroid had wiped out the dinosaurs earlier than when it did?	1
What is humor? Why do we have it, and what makes something funny?	1
When done correctly, what exactly is "peer review"?	1