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If you drop your a phone or something else with a glass screen and the screen doesn't crack, does it have a higher chance of shattering the next time you drop it?

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How exactly does electronic image stabilization work? Is it using a gyroscope?

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Why does a laptop have a better wifi reception than a phone?

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What happens to light and thermal energy?

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What happens if I inhale a small harmless insect for example a fly and can't cough it out? How deep could it go and what happens to the fly?

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Why do I have to keep my burnt hand under cool water for as long as 10 minutes? Isn't it cooled down after one minute? What's the point?

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Why don't we use the light reaction like in chloroplasts on a massive scale since they produce both electricity and oxygen and use only water?

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Is it rare for highly intelligent life like humans to occur/develop on another planet in the universe?

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There exist desalination machines on electricity, why aren't they being used with solar power in for example California?

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Is it possible to be physiologically unable to burp?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If you drop your a phone or something else with a glass screen and the screen doesn't crack, does it have a higher chance of shattering the next time you drop it?	3905
How exactly does electronic image stabilization work? Is it using a gyroscope?	120
Why does a laptop have a better wifi reception than a phone?	6
What happens to light and thermal energy?	2
What happens if I inhale a small harmless insect for example a fly and can't cough it out? How deep could it go and what happens to the fly?	1
Why do I have to keep my burnt hand under cool water for as long as 10 minutes? Isn't it cooled down after one minute? What's the point?	1
Why don't we use the light reaction like in chloroplasts on a massive scale since they produce both electricity and oxygen and use only water?	1
Is it rare for highly intelligent life like humans to occur/develop on another planet in the universe?	1
There exist desalination machines on electricity, why aren't they being used with solar power in for example California?	1
Is it possible to be physiologically unable to burp?	1