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Did Mr. Newton/Einstein ever take on students?
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News Is the U.S. Losing Its Freedom of Speech?
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Who's the greatest scientist of all time?
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Is Our Reality Just a Complex Simulation?
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When The Stephen Hawking Young and Walking
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Does this secret Tesla generator really work?
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Unique skull found by river, Anybody recognize?
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Odd Party Conjecture: Can You Prove or Disprove?
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How close did the asteroids come to Earth in 2010?
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News More Demand for Goods and Services will Create More Employment ?
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Patent Protection vs Prevention - Where Falls the Line of Intellectual Property?
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News Gainesville Reverend Plans To Burn Qu'ran
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Is My Daughter's Artwork Truly Handmade or Digitally Enhanced?
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Street Lights react to passersby?
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Can a super being create a pure random number generator?
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The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
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News Liberal Media Attempting to Understand Conservatives
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News Oil spill area coming back to life
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What is the task in this programming exercise?
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Are my eyes burning from eating red chillies?
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Venting Frustration: Slow People and Routine Tasks
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The Illusion of the Future: Equal Existence of All States
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Middle Age: Breaking Comfort Zones & Starting New Adventures
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News The downside to government incentives
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What Should I Say to Tim Reid at the Party?
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News US judge cites Sharia Law in decision
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Why our brain doesn't let us see into future in dreams or waking state?
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Build an Electric MotorCAR: Tips & Advice
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How Did I Miss International Bacon Day?
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Average beauties per human groups
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There are tiny bugs flying around my sink
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Can Bags of Water Really Repel Flies?
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Serving on a Grand Jury: Balancing Duty and Morality
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Ramadan Mubarak Fasting Times in Kuwait
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Do you consider yourself to be a creative person
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Stenography (shorthand) techniques
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Constructing an Electric Motorcycle for Commuting & In-Town Driving
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Polarization by quarter-wave plates
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Goodness, THAT was weird Mountain Lion encounter
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News Russian spy claims David Kelly was exterminated
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Explore Hegel's Dialectic & Its Impact on Modern Philosophy
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Is the Yellow Pages More Harmful Than Helpful?
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Television Commercials-hate 'em or love 'em
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I can get her to be alone with me
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Do Quantum Particles Exist in Multiple Places at Once?
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Kids of the new decades moving beyond science clubbing continuum
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How do you evaluate product claims?
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Fact or Faked: Cattle Mutilations on Syfy
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I think we need a PF Entry in the Red Bull
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Stan Lee's Superhuman: Electricity Resistance
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Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasoline
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Perforated Radiant Barrier Insulation
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Can Easy Water Systems Really Soften Your Water?
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I have a crime, but what kind of charges will suspect face?
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Why Did a Gunman Take Hostages at Discovery Channel Headquarters?
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Where Can I Find Cheap Dry Erase Markers in Large Boxes for 50 Cents Each?
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News GITMO detainees and Obama's promise
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Does my spooky experience mean anything?
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Can You Determine the Randomness in Backgammon?
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Back After Some Time Away: Checking In and Looking Forward
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The State of Scientific Journalism
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What is the top speed of a fencing weapon?
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Since everything is made of quarks and electrons, why use the word life ?
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What differentiates expensive meat cuts from cheaper ones?
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Philosophy Forum: Discuss Ethics Theoretically
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Is the World Inside a Cell Infinitely Small?
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Can I Provide Feedback on Book Proofreading Errors for Future Printings?
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Why is rice cultivation responsible for methane emissions?
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Mathematicians are expressive too
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Does the U.S. debt really stand at 200 trillion $?
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Is Ghost Hunting on Train Tracks a Deadly Mistake?
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The reason why the East fell behind the West
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