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2018, December
14535 I saw a video of someone breathing in a rag of ...
12818 Why do we get random thoughts of violence that ...
11438 Do any other species besides humans bury their ...
10769 Will we ever run out of music? Is there a finit...
10517 If you were to sky-dive in the rain, would wate...
10099 If an ant was the size of a human, would it sti...
8217 Does modern sedentary lifestyle contribute to t...
8176 Why does having had a concussion make one ineli...
7900 What’s stopping the water in lakes from seepi...
7809 How fast can a submarine surface?
2018, November
17106 The Gunpowder Plot involved 36 barrels of gunpo...
17087 Didn't the person who wrote world's first compi...
15658 Is a cure for tinnitus actively being worked on...
14133 If Hubble can make photos of galaxys 13.2ly awa...
14008 Does the force of ejaculation influence the pro...
12353 Are there seasons in the deep ocean?
11524 Could a single celestial body be as large as th...
9544 Is there an altitude on Venus where both temper...
9220 What is the ecological impact of toilet paper?
8767 Why is consuming activated charcoal harmless (a...
2018, October
11352 If we've only had plastics for the last 80 year...
11331 Does dyslexia occur in blind people, for instan...
11142 Are there any chemicals so deadly a mere drop o...
10990 Whats the difference between me thinking about ...
9630 If you were to fall down a skyscraper's elevato...
9090 Do tall people have larger internal organs? If ...
8806 Prosthetics: Can someone born without a limb (r...
8286 Men and Women have different warning signs for ...
8121 If you stand on a skateboard, hold an umbrella ...
7510 How do lakes deep underground maintain an ecosy...
2018, September
13611 How many people can one tree sufficiently make ...
12122 As we begin covering the planet with solar pane...
10474 What's happening in our brains when we're tryin...
9864 Would bee hives grow larger if we didn't harves...
9572 Do dogs understand pictures of their owners?
9419 When sign language users are medically confused...
9332 Does a diamond melt in lava?
9185 Why are people’s palms never dark?
9033 How did dinosaurs have sex?
8839 When staring into complete darkness do your eye...
2018, August
14918 What is the bottom of the Sahara desert like? L...
11843 The freezing point of carbon dioxide is -78.5C,...
11742 Why does our brains tend to recall bad memories...
11624 What is the purpose of utilizing screws with a ...
11347 Of all the nuclear tests completed on American ...
10491 If you were a human floating towards the sun, a...
10093 How far do you have to go beneath the ocean flo...
9128 When an animal is eaten whole, how does it actu...
8952 What happens to the 0.01% of bacteria that isnt...
8511 What causes our stomach to rumble when we are h...
2018, July
26854 Why do we have to "fall" asleep? Why can't we j...
18617 Do dogs of one breed prefer to be with their ow...
16370 What is the “pins and needles†feeling that...
11927 Do any non-human animals deliberately combine f...
11852 Why do we lose the desire to eat while we are s...
11196 Supposing I have an unfair coin (not 50/50), bu...
9442 Why do we experience no sort of gag reflex when...
9273 AskScience AMA Series: We have made the first s...
9244 Why do the boys rescued from the cave in Thaila...
8898 AskScience AMA Series: We're three experts on p...
2018, June
16178 What happened to acid rain? I remember hearing ...
14464 Is it possible for a deck of cards to be shuffl...
13024 What is the white stuff inside pimples? What it...
12148 Why does hitting the top of a bottle of beer wi...
10769 Chemically, why was the Fat Man more powerful t...
10132 Why do sunburns seem to "radiate" heat?
9562 When it rains, do flies or other flying bugs do...
9074 During a nuclear disaster, is it possible to in...
8877 Why do the cameras inside the ISS have so many ...
8320 If there was a bag of 10 balls, 9 white and 1 r...
2018, May
15837 If dividing by zero is undefined and causes so ...
14628 Does washing off fruits and vegetables before e...
14349 Does a heart need to beat? Would we be able to ...
11631 Why can't we perform a Pancreas transplant for ...
11255 Can plants be "fat"?
9884 Is it a coincidence that all elements are prese...
9470 How do our hairs know when to stop growing?
9251 Is there a certain priority list for a severely...
8986 How Precisely Are Satellites put into orbit? Is...
8792 How come when hot metal is placed in cold water...
2018, April
13705 How deep or shallow can the sand be in a desert?
13394 What happened with Zika, is it gone now?
11537 Why do cognitive abilities progressively go dow...
11301 How did we first find out there was no oxygen i...
9785 How does a master key work?
9672 If the great pacific garbage patch WAS compacte...
9311 If Potassium acts as a counter-agent to sodium ...
9215 If extra wings seen on biplanes add more lift a...
8665 How did they beam back live images from the moo...
8643 On an atomic level, what causes things to be sh...
2018, March
65702 Stephen Hawking megathread
21878 Why do we use pillows now when we sleep? Did we...
16594 The universe is said to be around 23% dark matt...
14411 Can the ancient magnetic field surrounding Mars...
13915 How do scientists know we've only discovered 14...
12383 When we extract energy from tides, what loses e...
12350 Why do grapefruits and grapefruit juice interac...
11320 Is lab grown meat chemically identical to the r...
11175 Am I using muscles to keep my eyelids open or t...
11001 If you cut entirely through the base of a tree ...
2018, February
37407 Why is it that during winter it's not uncommon ...
28317 Do heavily forested regions of the world like t...
21984 The video game "Subnautica" depicts an alien pl...
21825 Similar to increasing wealth gap, are we experi...
18409 How realistic is the cancer "vaccine" talked ab...
16781 Is there any reason for the alphabet being in t...
16474 When did scientists realize that Jupiter had no...
15176 If iron loses it's magnetism around 800 degrees...
11780 What elements are at genuine risk of running ou...
11724 When octopus/squid/cuttlefish are out of the wa...
2018, January
26364 For humans, sea water is not drinkable due to i...
21675 Why are Primates incapable of Human speech, whi...
20325 Ethiopia is building the largest hydroelectric ...
18835 Ages 1 to 4 are very important for brain develo...
18526 If nuclear waste will still be radioactive for ...
17918 Since light stops penetrating water at 1000 met...
13802 How do we know what Ancient Egyptian (or any an...
12900 Wide hips are considered a sign of fertility an...
11282 Why doesn't a dark chocolate bar break predicta...
11142 How do scientists studying antimatter MAKE the ...
