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May 2
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- Reflex
- question (humans fertilizing other animals)
- many worlds, infinity
- Hummingbird moths seem to love an area of my yard that the article doesn't say is a proper habitat for them, why?
- Thread identification
- Why does infrared need a line of sight but radio doesn't?
- How Long Can Sperm Survive in a Man's Body After Castration?
May 3
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May 4
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- Cosmic radiation on interplanetary voyages.
- Secondary effects of learning a second language
- my skin exudes smelly substance
- Pleiades - singular or plural?
- If disease is beneficial to putting the population in check, then why do people want to minimize disease or delay death?
- How to start up a coal power plant
- Satiety and appetite
May 5
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- Homebrew sunscreen
- Why is the eyes cavity called "orbital" cavity?
- Hairy day!
- Low temp Rankine cycle generators?
- EmDrive: How sure are we that sound cannot travel in a vacuum?
- Fraction of mass in galaxies
- Why right triangles are so important to describe lots of natural phenomena?
- Is Yi qi the first fully Chinese species name?
- MOID
May 6
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- Does the heart have nervous?
- "the universe was only one five hundredth the mass it is now"
- Personal hygiene in apes and other animals
- Palm mounts
May 7
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- Speed of light, dark energy, dark matter
- beating dogs (and other animals) to improve the flavor of the meat
- Dairy cattle and osteoporosis
- Ladybirds
- Cosmetic dentistry
- Oxygen content of the atmosphere
- Predictions of temperature fluctuations
- The force that pushes me outward
- Would a roller coaster be exciting in space?
- Females & make-up
May 8
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May 9
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- Dark Matter
- Space elevator
- Extinct (planes)
- The adipose tissue has the smallest amount of extracellular matrix
- Why is it more windy over the ocean than it is over land?
- Science and applied science
May 10
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- Are there places on Earth where no practical amount of clothing and fast walking will keep you from discomfort?
- Misconceptions about hiv
May 11
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- Fish identification
- Names of internet trunk lines
- Cats like earwax
- If I have twice the metabolic rate of a normal person then does that mean I have twice as much brain power?
- Self-driving cars and speed limits
May 12
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- Large wheels trailed behind early British tanks
- UL Recognized Component Mark
- Upside down J
- Power outage cycles
- Ahklun Mountains highest point
May 13
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- STDs and nutrition in developing countries
- Automated Milk Harvester
- How many total distinct living organisms exist within a typical human body at any given time?
- Danger in use of microwave oven
- Is the following essay is considered as a scientific literature?
May 14
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- The nature of empty space
- The height of Everest
- Relative regularity of clocks?
- Progress 59
- Do the depolarization or repolarization represent systole / diastole?
- Pleasure
- Permanent coma
- Trains and speed limits
May 15
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- What is a train's speed control "user interface" like?
- FLUG
- Smallest number of cages in KenKen puzzle?
- What chemical properties make certain materials good insulators or good conductors of heat (or energy in general)?
May 16
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- What flower is this?
- Journal publication and peer-reviewer anonymity
- About the inhalation of objects
- Making metal glow blue
- A bluish shade of yellow...
- What's the opposite of "mellow" in the context of soil?
May 17
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- Historic geophysics
- Can Gene Therapy Naturally Reverse Itself?
- At what point will all the rainforests be used up for any kind of human development?
- Once in a while I find one of these bugs on my neck on just below
- Is it possible to take out smoke of the ear?
- What is the difference between academic article to scientific article (if there is)?
- What kind of bug is this?
May 18
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- relative refractory period in the heart
- volcanololy/geology
- Sleep issue
- Tasking
- Age and the amount of sleep
- ISS
- Species identification: is this a Dark-spotted Frog?
- Laser printing process
- Earthquake magnitudes
- Sitting on Spitfire wings
May 19
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- Kinect and Kinect for Xbox One power consumption
- Strange sound
- Why is the "basilic" vein called in this name?
- early girl tomato
May 20
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- USMLE Step 2 (Step 2 CS) must be taken before step 3?
- X-7
- Mobile tech
- Professional - Master mariner
- What are these masts for?
May 21
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- Urethral fuzz -- what's it called?
- Albino animal article request
- Microbiology - pathogen classification
- Biology/Anthropology - The development of gold in humans
- argon
May 22
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- What is the difference between analgesia and sedation?
- Definition of planet
- List of USB type C devices
- Active resolution vs total resolution
- String Theory with less scientific literacy
- Healthy processed foods ?
- pocket calculators
May 23
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May 24
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May 25
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- Radon and illness
- Geology vs physical geography, is geology a sub-field of physical geography?
- By what mechanism do some diseases cause loss of appetite?
- Cutting patterns out of fabric: humans against computers
May 26
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- burning eye by acidic stuff vs basic stuff
- Why and how alcohol kills bacteria?
- Oligocene Drowning
- Cattle bathing in the Andaman Sea
May 27
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- What is the difference between erection and priapism?
- What kind of frog?
- Heat equation on the ice rink
- Sending a low-loss message to the distant future
- Can we get free electricity from a phone jack?
May 28
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May 29
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- Why would the North Pole be full of oil (alledgedly)? Was is not always a cold place where life couldn't thrive?
- Windmill without blades
- Mitigating dengue fever in US flooded areas with mosquito bits
May 30
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- animals and humans
- Do milk-cows need to give birth to calves to produce milk?
- Physiological reasons for vegetarianism and veganism