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How do antibodies find viruses? It's not like they can tell from afar that there is one and then "swim over", can they?

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Before there was an agreed-upon notion of "standard language" like High German, how did rulers whose realm spanned vastly different dialects actually communicate?

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Human babies take a very long time before being able to hold their stool (about 2 years). Do we know how prehistoric humans dealt with this problem? Having poop everywhere in your dwelling twice a day seems incredibly messy

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If a car's drag is due to a high pressure zone in front and a low pressure zone in the back, could one try to move that air in the front, through the car (e.g. a pipe) to the back, and reduce drag that way?

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How is wind able to carry sounds (e.g. a church bell from the neighboring town you usually never hear)? It would seem wind speeds are negligible in comparison to the speed of sound.

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Can you "breed" mules? After all they are infertile offspring from a horse and a donkey, so you can't directly rely on choosing a desirable mule for procreation.

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It seems modern physics is increasingly viewing information as the most basic "currency", e.g. when considering black holes' destruction of information. Is there a framework for this way of approaching physics?

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How does medical triage work? E.g. when there is a natural disaster and far more people arrive in an ER than can be handled, are there established guidelines who to treat and who not? How do you weigh two semi-sick people vs one really sick person (who might not survive no matter what you do)?

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There are a large number of websites that try to model the future behavior of the pandemic. To my knowledge very few of them assess their own accuracy; are their meta-analysis papers that look at which approaches have done well and which haven't?

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Relative humidity is heavily dependent on the temperature of the air; what actually happens on the molecular level that enables warmer air to hold more moisture?

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How do antibodies find viruses? It's not like they can tell from afar that there is one and then "swim over", can they?	1768	askscience
Before there was an agreed-upon notion of "standard language" like High German, how did rulers whose realm spanned vastly different dialects actually communicate?	16	AskHistorians
Human babies take a very long time before being able to hold their stool (about 2 years). Do we know how prehistoric humans dealt with this problem? Having poop everywhere in your dwelling twice a day seems incredibly messy	6	AskHistorians
If a car's drag is due to a high pressure zone in front and a low pressure zone in the back, could one try to move that air in the front, through the car (e.g. a pipe) to the back, and reduce drag that way?	1	askscience
How is wind able to carry sounds (e.g. a church bell from the neighboring town you usually never hear)? It would seem wind speeds are negligible in comparison to the speed of sound.	1	askscience
Can you "breed" mules? After all they are infertile offspring from a horse and a donkey, so you can't directly rely on choosing a desirable mule for procreation.	1	askscience
It seems modern physics is increasingly viewing information as the most basic "currency", e.g. when considering black holes' destruction of information. Is there a framework for this way of approaching physics?	1	askscience
How does medical triage work? E.g. when there is a natural disaster and far more people arrive in an ER than can be handled, are there established guidelines who to treat and who not? How do you weigh two semi-sick people vs one really sick person (who might not survive no matter what you do)?	1	askscience
There are a large number of websites that try to model the future behavior of the pandemic. To my knowledge very few of them assess their own accuracy; are their meta-analysis papers that look at which approaches have done well and which haven't?	1	askscience
Relative humidity is heavily dependent on the temperature of the air; what actually happens on the molecular level that enables warmer air to hold more moisture?	1	askscience