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2020, December
16423 Why can we develop a vaccine for COVID in 8 mon...
10925 If 2/3 of the American adult population gets th...
10746 Why is wifi perfectly safe and why is microwave...
9775 How can a vessel contain 100M degrees celsius?
9772 Was the 1918 pandemic virus more deadly than Co...
9200 What’s the difficulty in making a pill that a...
7932 Can a person test negative for COVID, but still...
7275 How did the Australian coronavirus vaccine prod...
7056 Do people who had already been infected by a vi...
6970 How many mutations can a virus have before it's...
2020, November
14058 A credible SARS-NCOV vaccine manufacturer said ...
10871 Does sleeping for longer durations than physica...
9106 How did viruses come to exist in the first plac...
8851 What are the difficulties to make digital votin...
8751 Why exactly are overweight people at higher ris...
8529 Not sure how to quite phrase this but, is there...
8536 Do spiders ever take up residence in abandoned ...
8135 Why does a vaccine have to be injected through ...
7397 What actually do they mean by the 'spin' of a p...
6650 The Earth has a mass of 6*10^24 kg. How did sci...
2020, October
20348 What percentage of 74-year-olds survive a COVID...
13912 How do radio stations know how many people are ...
12347 Do parrots and other talking birds teach wild b...
11241 Are there any stars or planets that rotate so f...
9443 Is it possible to contract COVID 19 a second time?
8245 How much of the ocean do we actually have mappe...
7575 What is happening inside your brain when you're...
7172 Do asteroids fly into the sun?
6602 Bird Flu, Swine flu exist and has been past to ...
6499 If stars are able to create heavier elements th...
2020, September
19268 If you picked a random spot in the middle of th...
15866 Have cases for other contagious illnesses, such...
13196 How are the Covid19 vaccines progressing at the...
13091 How much better are we at treating Covid now co...
12791 Why do astronauts breathe 100% oxygen?
12785 Did the 1918 pandemic have asymptomatic carrier...
12460 If there is indeed microbial life on Venus prod...
11400 What are we smelling when we open a fresh can o...
11110 Sometimes when we rub our eyes too hard you los...
10456 Why does the Moon's gravity cause tides on eart...
2020, August
14344 Africa declared that it is free of polio. Does ...
12692 Why do clones die so quickly?
11985 What are the most commonly accepted theories of...
10983 If prions are extremely hard to destroy, and th...
10688 I imagine seals, dolphins and other sea mammals...
9885 If the Oxford vaccine targets Covid-19's protei...
9311 Scientists have recently said the greenland ice...
9049 How does our body know when we need to drink wa...
8759 Does clinical depression affect intelligence/IQ...
8571 Horses' lifespan is severely affected from bein...
2020, July
16135 COVID-19 started with one person getting infect...
13659 Regarding COVID-19 testing, if the virus is tra...
13322 With the US now withdrawn from the WHO, how bad...
12761 The Human Genome Project cost $2.7 billion. 20 ...
12512 After the COVID vaccine is out will we still ne...
11205 What does the other side of my belly button loo...
10539 Do oceans get roughly homogeneous rainfall, or ...
10112 We have nuclear powered submarines and aircraft...
9824 Around 9% of Coronavirus tests came positive on...
9273 Are albino animals ever shunned for looking dif...
2020, June
51673 Black Lives Matter
15073 Why do we hear about breakthroughs in cancer tr...
14597 Besides cilantro, are there any other ingredien...
11309 Since DNA degrades as we age, would a clone mad...
10436 Do organs ever get re-donated?
10344 Is it possible that someone can have a weak eno...
9970 A study today showed Covid antibodies drop off ...
9368 Reports are coming out that SARS-CoV-2 has been...
8823 Why are some viruses like corona or the flu one...
8465 How can medicines like ibuprofen and acetaminop...
2020, May
27135 Can my 7 year old ask you about tornadoes?
16611 Yuo're prboably albe to raed tihs setencne. Deo...
14554 When in human history did we start cutting our ...
13455 If you melt a magnet, what happens to the magne...
12014 How do pilots know during a flight when there i...
9865 How many mouse clicks would it take to put the ...
9402 Can an entomologist please give a further expla...
9391 Do rainbows contain light frequencies that we c...
8578 How come the space station needs to fire a rock...
7995 Will we see an eradication or serious reduction...
2020, April
14683 Are there crazy caves with no entrance to the s...
14244 If SARS-CoV (2002) and SARS-CoV-19 (aka COVID-1...
13812 Theoretically, if the whole world isolates itse...
12372 Since the CoronaVirus has a limited lifecycle o...
11988 What exactly is meant when we hear up to 25% of...
11556 Is the average human being closer to the size o...
10837 Can other animals be allergic to us?
10815 How long would it take after a vaccine for COVI...
9860 Does the earth "lose/gain" water or is it truly...
9490 If SARS-Cov-2 is an RNA virus, why does the pub...
2020, March
19301 If a heart is a muscle, why doesn’t it ever g...
18160 If the common cold is a type of coronavirus and...
17410 Do people become immune to CoVid-19 after recov...
16523 With people under quarantine and practicing soc...
15539 Why do dogs have such extreme diversity in size...
14673 When I breathe in dust, how does it eventually ...
13486 What does catnip actually do to cats?
13330 Will social distancing make viruses other than ...
11972 How is the universe (at least) 46 billion light...
11741 How do dolphins sleep. If dolphins need air to ...
2020, February
14698 Numerically there have been more deaths from th...
13988 If a fever helps the body fight off infection, ...
12896 Babies survive by eating solely a mother's milk...
12295 Does a cat purr manually or automatically? Is i...
12001 Why is the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement only ...
11531 In 'Interstellar', shouldn't the planet 'Endura...
11382 Why do certain antidepressants stop you having ...
11100 Does penis size come from your mother’s side?
10588 Can fish fart? If so, is it similiar to how mam...
10181 If there was a tank that could hold 10000 tons ...
2020, January
26520 Have a question about the 2019 novel coronaviru...
17773 Why haven’t black boxes in airplanes been eng...
17618 Coronavirus Megathread
12295 Is not wanting to have kids becoming more common?
10603 Can you really trigger an avalanche by screamin...
9024 Why aren't NASA operations run in the desert of...
8405 Why is it so important to finish the whole cour...
8004 When you diet and exercise, where does the fat ...
7705 When sending robots to other planets, how do th...
6606 Why does running ice cold water on my hands not...
