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2023, December
1616 Why isnt our time out by 12 hours every 6 months?
729 If donating blood reduces heavy metals and micr...
693 If skin cells die after few weeks why do scars ...
672 Do snakes ever accidentally tie themselves into...
500 What is happening on a cellular level when you ...
404 What determines if you will be left or right-ha...
390 Are there any currently existing species that i...
384 When traveling into space, does the transition ...
368 Does having AIDS, or chemotherapy make your tat...
333 Can a natural satellite have a stronger magneti...
2023, November
2161 why can animals safely drink water that humans ...
1720 Anatomically speaking, if we would compare a co...
1001 Does MSG really negatively affect some people?
555 Why is Au (Gold) resistant to corrosion compare...
503 How do black holes pull in light?
481 Why isn't the bottom of the ocean hotter?
443 How did scientists prove that fingerprints are ...
434 Do commercial flights fly high enough to benefi...
419 AskScience AMA Series: We're producers of the P...
403 I was just reading up on the ancient Theia plan...
2023, October
1770 When immature (human) eggs die, where do they p...
1268 If I was traveling along side one of the Voyage...
1201 Is it possible for egg laying animals to have â...
958 Why didn't American Diseases kill Europeans?
744 Is sugar addiction a real phenomenon?
686 Does light travel forever or does it eventually...
646 In 9 hours tropical storm “Otis†transforme...
634 How massive would a mountain located at the geo...
575 Why does Earth’s tilt affect seasons more tha...
514 How does body break down semen when not ejacula...
2023, September
1987 If a nuclear bomb is detonated near another nuc...
1295 Why is the suction limit 32 ft. And is it relat...
987 How exactly are bombs defused?
932 Has anything been found as to why nuclear-power...
893 How similar are the bills Platypuses to the bil...
723 How does a rock become effectively extinct, and...
706 Where does energy go after it is used?
672 AskScience AMA Series: I'm Dr. Prosanta Chakrab...
611 What happens with the DNA of a recieved organ o...
613 Do lakes have a minimum depth for a given surfa...
2023, August
1173 I've seen people pushing the alkaline water BS ...
1070 AskScience AMA Series: We've identified subsets...
953 Why is the whole Martian surface mostly red, wh...
840 I watched a clip by Brian Cox recently talking ...
841 Why are astronomical impact craters symmetrical...
826 Why is the smallpox vaccine administered using ...
782 Can inbred genes be "fixed" by stopping inbreed...
783 If Newton’s third law says that if you exert ...
763 Why is Lithium concentrated in some places?
679 What is Venus’s tilt? Rotation? Is it “upsi...
2023, July
1433 If radioactive elements decay over time, how is...
1417 What did Richard Feynman mean when he said "tur...
1312 Why was "making heavy water" a mistake?
1194 Sun exposure - 30 minutes straight under the su...
1077 Will there ever be a machine that transfers sme...
1050 Why do CPU’s throttle around 90c when silicon...
981 At what point of the sun's death will life on e...
957 Something about what we're always told about cl...
905 After the universe reaches maximum entropy and ...
841 AskScience AMA Series: Have we entered a new ge...
2023, June
40809 AskScience’s concerns regarding Reddit’s AP...
3430 With news of the Titan experiencing a “catast...
2535 Do fingerprints restore exactly the same after ...
2409 How much decomposition actually takes place in ...
2233 Why is it that physical exercise is inflammator...
1841 What evolutionary advantage is there for your t...
1729 Do astronauts loose hair cause problems on the ...
1718 Do they always take the same kidney for transpl...
1682 What is the smallest possible black hole?
1679 Is there academic consensus on whether politica...
2023, May
11604 Chlamydia is cured by taking a single pill and ...
3835 Birds have body temperature 39-43C. Does that m...
3791 Do people with widely set eyes (ex. actress Any...
3343 What makes rabies so deadly?
3269 Prior to the discovery of bacteria, how did peo...
3264 How genetically different are mice that have ev...
3042 If you were in a sealed box moving near the spe...
2641 Can spiders take over other spiders webs?
2576 Don’t bats get mixed with each others eco loc...
2537 What is the reproductive strategy employed by f...
2023, April
4842 Why don't humans take preventative medicine for...
4314 Does properly stored water ever expire?
4261 As you age hair sprouts in places it didn't gro...
4223 Let’s say we open up a completely sealed off ...
4168 Why were some terrestrial dinosaurs able to rea...
4051 Why do city pigeons so often have mutilated feet?
3917 When metal gets very hot, it turns, red, then o...
3816 Is the morphology between human faces significa...
3445 What animals have the most living generations a...
3377 How does a flower that is self pollinating get ...
2023, March
6646 what happens to food that accidentally gets int...
6614 Do butterflies have any memory of being a cater...
6228 Since water boils at lower temperatures at high...
5170 What are the biggest sources of microplastics?
4652 How do scientists know mitochondria was origina...
4610 Why cant we put a freezing person into warm wat...
4291 What causes raised ridges in human fingernails/...
3925 Will black holes turn into something else once ...
3845 Will the heavy rain and snowfall in California ...
3760 I always hear people say “That will give you ...
2023, February
8693 How does a group of fruit flies find their way ...
7473 Turkey was struck by two over 7 magnitude earth...
6807 Can social animals beside humans have social di...
5345 AskScience AMA Series: Been watching "The Last ...
4557 How do parrots pronounce sounds that are articu...
4432 From an evolutionary standpoint, how on earth c...
4349 (Virology) Why are some viruses "permanent"? Wh...
3932 When performing a heart transplant, how do surg...
3747 Why are the overwhelming majority of skeletal s...
3572 If the plutonium core of a nuclear warhead is s...
2023, January
13637 What happened to all the bugs that used to spla...
13348 Using a CPAP can increase the life span of a Sl...
6760 Is there a 'half-life' of knowledge? For exampl...
6157 I'm Dr. Mohammed Rasool Qtaishat, an Associate ...
5720 If someone has been muscular in the past, does ...
5264 Why are coastlines crinkly near the poles but s...
4626 Can a star cool down enough and become a giant ...
3718 Compared to other stars, is there anything that...
3149 If nuclear fission in U-235 causes the atom to ...
3085 If muscles can only contract, how do we expand ...
