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If the world were decimated by plague, with only 10% surviving. Would their be Chernobyl like melt downs or can the nuclear plants run fully autonomous?	1
Weird weather anomaly spotted off coast of N.C. What could be some logical scientific causes?	1
Could we deploy huge sun-blocking reflective shades over north/south poles/arctic/antarctic regions to reverse some of global warming?	1
Why is there a higher frequency of visible moon days since 2008, and less before? Before then I remember them but not as frequently, now it's like everyday? Has the moon moved? (I was born in 79).	1
If We're Living in a Simulation, is there anything about the big bang that might resemble a program being rendered, with the focus (us) being first, possibly as a way to explain the Axis of Evil?	1
Assuming multiverse theory is true, and assuming someone could transport between them. What sort of message could one "leave" that would be unique to that universe, or what sort of "fingerprint" could be made?	1
If you could theoretically add 2 inland seas - similar in size/volume to the Great Salt Lake to the Great Basin Desert one on the northern side, one on the southern side, fed by canals from the pacific, what effect would that have on climate change?	1
What effect on local climate, water table, rainfall, etc would there be if you created an exact clone of the great salt lake in the deserts of Arizona and Nevada by digging the lake bed and diverting water to it from the ocean?	1
What effect on climate would happen if we created a mile wide canal or river that ran from California to New Jersey and Texas at the gulf of Mexico to the Arctic ocean..	1
Could we create better weather patterns and essentially terraform earth by adding a 1 mile wide canal running east to west and north to south on the x/y axis of n. America? What effect would this have on climate change?	1

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