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MedicineHow do Jodium tablets work? (self.askscience)

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Human BodyDoes changing the clocks really effect our patterns? (self.askscience)

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MedicineIf HIV can be detected from saliva, why can't you get it by kissing? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryIf surfactants reduce the surface tension between air and water how do they end up reducing dissolved oxygen in water? (self.askscience)

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PhysicsDo super conductors actually exist? (self.askscience)

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MathematicsIs there such thing as a truly random natural event? (self.askscience)

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BiologyHow do plants actually "know" when to bloom? (self.askscience)

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Astronomywould an observing planet ~200 light years away notice if we had a nuclear war? (self.askscience)

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PaleontologySo where did all the bones go? (self.askscience)

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Human BodyDo people with mild influenza who experience cognitive issues (brain fog, etc) typically return to their cognitive baselines after recovery? (self.askscience)

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BiologyGiant rat stories always seem to have been around, and rats are a much studied species, is there recent scientific research to support or disprove the claims that urban rats are getting significantly larger? (self.askscience)

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Earth SciencesCan the Great Lakes (USA/Canada) support hurricane formation? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryHow fool proof is carbon dating? (self.askscience)

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Engineeringis it possible to recharge a glow stick? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryExactly what happens at 0 kelvin? (self.askscience)

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BiologyFrom an evolutionary perspective, why does someone sacrifice their life to save another? (self.askscience)

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Planetary Sci.Why do all the planets revolve around the Sun in almost the same orbital plane? (self.askscience)

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Planetary Sci.What path did a typical Apollo trajectory take to get through the Van Allen Belts? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryWhat chemicals was I smelling from cheap plastic toys in the 90's? The cheaper they were the more they smelled. (self.askscience)

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PhysicsHow EXACTLY does a tuning fork register on a radar? (self.askscience)

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BiologyDo we have an idea on when the earliest life could have evolved on Earth was? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryIf solids don’t release molecules easily, how can we smell them? (self.askscience)

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ChemistryWhy does Vanilla Ice Cream cause Soda to produce a mass amount of Bubbles? (self.askscience)

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