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2014, December
6224 How do you know a dated-at 1 million year old h...
5747 Which two are more genetically different... two...
4689 Why is there a Voronoi diagram on my giant Rees...
4315 can plants get "fat"?
4652 Curiosity found methane and water on Mars. How ...
3809 If a flashlight was on and free floating in spa...
3602 If the Voyager 1 looks at the earth - what date...
3530 Is the heat I feel when I face a bonfire transm...
3282 Why isn't the bottom of the ocean 4°C?
3435 What's the point of linear algebra?
2014, November
12060 The Philae lander has successfully landed on co...
5332 If I'm on a planet with incredibly high gravity...
4273 How did Einstein figure out relativity in the f...
5034 Why is there things like depression that make p...
4674 "If you remove all the space in the atoms, the ...
4411 Can moons have moons?
3967 Has Rosetta significantly changed our understan...
3780 Why don't we just artificially inseminate pandas?
3854 If normal body temperature is 37 degrees Celsiu...
3334 AskScience now has 4,000,000 subscribers! Here'...
2014, October
8362 Introducing: AskScience Quarterly, a new popula...
4934 When a napkin is dipped in water, where does th...
4429 Why are articles downplaying Ebola when it soun...
3217 Do multivitamins actually make people healthier...
3210 Why was it much harder to develop blue LEDs tha...
3282 Are the umbilical cord part of the mother or th...
2617 If someone survives Ebola do they develop an im...
2567 The ashes and bones of Philip II of Macedon was...
2435 If nothing can move faster than the speed of li...
2868 Why are we afraid of making super bugs with ant...
2014, September
5826 How many pennies need to be stacked before the ...
4019 Am I, as a human, closer in size to the earth o...
3948 Is the universe 13.8 billion years old, or is t...
4015 During a tsunami, does the energy of the wave i...
3830 Would the concept described in this XKCD comic ...
3686 The SWARM satellite recently revealed the Earth...
3503 "At near-light speed, we could travel to other ...
4031 When we "lose" fat, where does the fat really go?
3507 Since we see stars as they were some billions o...
3444 Are the similar lengths of the lunar and menstr...
2014, August
4624 Why do airplane windows need to have that hole?
3651 With all the water pressure on top of it, how i...
2317 [psychology] If we were denied any exposure to ...
2312 What happens when a sperm and an egg of two dif...
2298 Could a well developed sense of humor just be a...
2296 What have been the major advancements in comput...
2282 How does using water irresponsibly remove it fr...
2250 Have we ever seen a star disappear behind a bla...
2237 where does a lonely ant go when it is separated...
2222 Do ants of the same colony ever get into disput...
2014, July
10353 If someone asks me 'how many apples are on the ...
3972 Does wood rot in space? Would it be possible to...
2459 How close to Earth could a black hole get witho...
2407 Where does the matter of a bamboo come from?
2402 How do we have pictures of our own galaxy?
2297 Why are there so few large flying animals today?
2293 Epidemiologists of Reddit, with the spread of t...
2272 Can two lazers that both emit light outside of ...
2201 Do any other animals intentionally mix ingredie...
2197 When I create a mental image in my head, what i...
2014, June
3106 How is fat used up during starvation, if you to...
2744 Do insects like bees and ants have freeloaders ...
2686 A very bright light can damage your sight, and ...
2599 If I had a sealed room filled with butane gas, ...
2587 Why do most mammals find being stroked/patted p...
2541 Do children who speak different languages all s...
2539 Why can my brain go off on a thought tangent wh...
2445 A common "lifehack" is to wrap a beverage in we...
2402 Science documentary just said a magnetar would ...
2306 Is it possible for 2 total strangers be more ge...
2014, May
3587 If a caterpillar loses a leg, then goes through...
3099 You're driving, and you have only one window do...
3092 We've added new, artificial letters to the DNA ...
2993 If I shine a flashlight at Mars, does a small a...
2704 Have apes that have been taught sign language e...
2603 Do ants die if they fall from a high height?
2564 Why do dogs lick people?
2536 Do dogs of one breed prefer to be with their ow...
2525 If I were floating in deep space, between our s...
2430 How would schizophrenia manifest itself in some...
2014, April
3240 If we went extinct and aliens found a human sku...
2655 Why does the U.S. Navy rail gun round explode i...
2594 Since we can portray 3-D figures on a 2-D surfa...
2577 If I were to send a tree to mars with sufficien...
2394 When does interbreeding fail? Can a human's spe...
2362 Why can humans eat onions?
2287 Why does a mirror appear to be silver? When it ...
2277 Why is anyone bothering with the elements in th...
2218 If space based telescopes cant see planets how ...
2058 Why is it that when you have a cold, one of you...
2014, March
2715 Was calculus discovered or invented?
2707 Official AskScience inflation announcement disc...
2636 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey discussion thread s...
2388 Why do we get "bags" under our eyes when we don...
2269 Does covering up the toilet seat with paper red...
2259 Is there any relationship between a person's bl...
2240 Do trees die of old age?
2175 Let's say there's a daily lottery. Person A buy...
2151 Why does ceramic tank plating stop projectiles ...
2141 AskScience Cosmos Q&A thread. Episode 1: Standi...
2014, February
2621 When ants drink water, do they have to bite it ...
2599 Japan has smoking population that is about 1/3 ...
2531 Why can I take tin foil out of a 350 degree ove...
2448 Did dinosaurs actually roar or is it just a con...
2429 If all the sand in the Saharan Desert were to b...
2345 How do Google's driverless cars handle ice on r...
2125 If antibacterial soaps and sanitizers kill "99....
2120 Can people with anorexia identify their anonymi...
2069 Why is Goran ÄŒolak able to hold his breath for...
2036 Let's say I have a 10,000 mile long extension c...
2014, January
2861 Why is water from the tap not contaminated with...
2696 The 'air' inside some fruits, for example peppe...
2651 Has there ever been a blind test to see if peop...
2602 If men have XY and women have XX what would hap...
2298 In Japan, it is common for people with cold inf...
2219 How do hibernating animals survive without drin...
2141 How come we don't recognize the utter ridiculou...
2120 Why do cold symptoms peak in severity when I fi...
2091 If there's acid rain, is there such thing as ac...
2015 What is the "empty space" in an atom?