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2015, December
6081 Do sound canceling headphones function as heari...
6206 If I went back 100,000 years and mated with a h...
6248 Why is it that, if you add any sequence of numb...
5112 Why is glass so loud?
4465 Is it possible to have a planet at just the rig...
4518 Why are Nuclear reactors never built in Water o...
4535 When I'm on an airplane and I look straight ahe...
4490 If you drop your a phone or something else with...
4115 What does an IQ of 70 entail, cognitively, emot...
4200 Do multiple wounds heal slower than just a sing...
2015, November
8670 My textbook says electricity is faster than light?
6013 Why do wind turbines only have 3 blades?
5824 How the heck do jellyfish work if they have no ...
5899 How much shallower would the Oceans be if they ...
4782 We know we'll see a supernova in 2016 because w...
3858 If a solid sheet of a metal were only an atom t...
3800 Does a rainbow extend into the invisible part o...
3819 How does exposure to radioactivity affect the h...
3777 If I pick up my coffee right after I stir it, s...
3638 Why does this ping-pong pong ball get sucked in...
2015, October
7503 My girlfriend insists on letting her restaurant...
5567 How do we know that there is a "Pluto-size ball...
4804 AskScience AMA: We are scientists from the team...
4424 How can I smell a piece of metal if it doesn't ...
4360 Would drinking "heavy water" (Deuterium oxide) ...
4307 Since DNA is an acid, is there such thing as DN...
3887 AskScience AMA: I'm Vinny Lynch, assistant prof...
7406 Why can't I weigh the earth by putting a scale ...
4226 If we can produce zero-calorie drinks easily, w...
3674 The fastest spinning neutron star spins at 716 ...
2015, September
6101 Given time to decompress slowly, could a human ...
5124 Can dopamine be artificially entered into someo...
4818 So far SETI has not discovered any radio signal...
5127 If there was a body of water that was as deep a...
4780 If the sun disappeared from one moment to anoth...
4380 AskScience AMA Series: We’re Hannah Morris an...
4256 What will it mean for science if NASA announces...
4064 Can you get hearing loss from exposure to loud ...
6275 Came across this "fact" while browsing the net....
3700 When an adult learns a new language, does their...
2015, August
8397 This coconut oil melted during a heat wave and ...
9126 Why is it normal for children in practically al...
6913 This is not a 'cicada year,' but I hear one buz...
6855 I've heard that one of the purposes of the "fre...
5564 If I flip a coin 1,000,000 times, what are the ...
5293 Does sexual preference (Straight/LGBT) change o...
4580 How does a computer know to turn itself back on...
4322 Why is it that many cultures use the decimal sy...
4389 If I were traveling at near the speed of light ...
4060 Are farts stored as compressed gas? What's the ...
2015, July
39284 A message to our users
11623 New Horizons flies by Pluto in 33 Minutes! - NA...
10295 Could a modern day human survive and thrive in ...
6618 Why don't we take blood from dead people?
5207 Kepler 452b: Earth's Bigger, Older Cousin Megat...
4927 Could you stand on a gas planet or would you "f...
3998 If we can't hear transmissions from somewhere l...
4129 Does lightning strike the ocean? If so, does it...
3811 If you fingerprint a person as an infant, and a...
3835 Is there any evidence that cetacean species com...
2015, June
8657 What would happen to me, and everything around ...
5122 How common is it for animals to die during hibe...
5647 I know of absolute zero at -273.15°C, but is t...
4986 Why hasn't evolution caused mammals to have man...
4572 How far underwater could you breath using a hos...
5328 If I had a 1 dollar coin, could I theoretically...
4213 The EU has banned many chemicals that are suspe...
4048 Why does Uranus look so smooth compared to othe...
4007 Would it be possible with modern technology to ...
3782 Iron smelting requires extremely high temperatu...
2015, May
8753 If I wanted to randomly find someone in an amus...
6316 How long would it take a modern computer with c...
8194 If you farted hard enough in space, could you m...
5138 How does the cell on the tip of my nose know to...
5322 Would a person submerged in a tub of water, una...
4738 Why isn't there an animal that could live for 1...
4350 What would a cup full of viruses or bacteria lo...
4162 At what rate, if any, does the earth produce fo...
3755 As photosynthesis requires light, why aren't pl...
3773 Are all languages equally as 'effective'?
2015, April
6926 IF sound could travel through space, how loud w...
5467 Do creatures such as cuttlefish and octopuses g...
5344 Do human beings make noises/sounds that are eit...
4412 Why does the Human body reject transplanted org...
4371 If the Universe were shrunk to something akin t...
4215 Is it theoretically possible for a nuclear reac...
4190 When we have to fight ourselves awake, what are...
3929 If I wrap a cold object in several blankets, wi...
3514 If a space ship were to have a cloth banner, a ...
3456 Which, as a %, is more "empty" - an atom or the...
2015, March
7905 If we were far enough from earth, could we see ...
5406 Light bends around massive objects. Could there...
5107 Why does putting salt water (saline) into our b...
5834 Apparently bedwetting (past age 12) is one of t...
4686 If everyone was required to stay at home for 2 ...
4602 The pupils in our eyes shrink when faced with b...
4265 Do astronauts on extended missions ever develop...
6058 Happy Pi Day! Come celebrate with us
3717 If the gravity of the moon is strong enough to ...
3528 What would happen if the moon was covered with ...
2015, February
5287 How can I explain to my boss that we did in fac...
5886 If someone with schizophrenia was hallucinating...
3991 XKCD's "Fundamental Forces" isn't funny, it's s...
3836 It's my understanding that when we try to touch...
4449 Would it be possible for two people to grow tog...
3816 If modern man came into existence 200k years ag...
3530 Why do physics break down above the Planck Temp...
3493 If we were to discover life on other planets, w...
3189 If little crumbs fall down your trachea what ha...
10498 What color is the dress? Why do some people see...
2015, January
5406 If we viewed a star "going supernova" in real t...
5046 I keep hearing about outbreaks of measles and w...
4885 Could life actually be supported by a constant ...
4458 Has there been a disease that was beneficial to...
3978 Does the human eye have a quantifiable image re...
3887 Why are deep sea fishs "uglier" and less symmet...
3590 If I ate 10,000 calories in one go, would my bo...
3559 In light of the new high-res photo of Andromeda...
3377 After death how long do processes like digestio...
3317 Is it possible that a mountain taller than the ...