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The believing to never die - and how it may influence science
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How Much Do We Really Know About the Universe?
  • cmb
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Brian Cox and Jim Al-Khalili about science communication (incl. video)
  • DennisN
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How Has Computer Trading Affected Stock Trading Volume Statistics?
  • Stephen Tashi
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Have You Shopped with Your Credit Card in Foreign Country?
  • kyphysics
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What are some of the silliest paper titles from today's arXiv?
  • Twigg
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Is Distance Learning Leading to Higher Failure Rates Among High School Students?
  • phinds
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Why are the prices of cryptocurrencies so correlated (to Bitcoin's)?
  • fluidistic
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2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo): July 23 (Friday) - August 8 (Sunday)
  • kyphysics
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News Railroad: Big 4 Class I's (UP, BNSF, CSX, NS) accused of price-fixing
  • Astronuc
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News Did Steven Weinberg Really Pass Away? Any Confirmed Reports?
  • DrChinese
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Is Anything Truly Lost in an Infinite Ocean?
  • LightningInAJar
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Is Māori Knowledge Considered Science?
  • StevieTNZ
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Serious critique of Erikson's psychological theories?
  • nomadreid
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Cleveland's baseball team changes its name
  • jtbell
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Celebrate Pi Day with Funny Pi Jokes!
  • BillTre
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What is a theory and how does it relate to the universe?
  • rudransh verma
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Zhengzhou hit by massive floods due to heavy rainfall
  • Leo Liu
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What are the most important questions in science?
  • James William Hall
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News When Will Society Collapse Due to Pollution?
  • jedishrfu
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Philosophical question about Quantum Gravity
  • actually an egineer
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News EPA says Volkswagen installed software to cheat on emissions
  • nsaspook
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Why do we see symmetry everywhere in science and nature?
  • docnet
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FDA Alzheimer's Drug Corruption Scandal
  • Jarvis323
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Is Booing in Football Acceptable Behavior?
  • Dr Wu
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World's most valuable postage stamp is for sale again
  • jtbell
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COVID China should give reparations to the world for spreading Corona virus
  • b.shahvir
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How Do You Include Fluctuating Assets in Your Net Worth Calculation?
  • kyphysics
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Why Did Defunding Physics Lead to the Global Financial Crisis?
  • George Jones
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Help end the replication crisis in the social sciences
  • BWV
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Fighting for Financial Relief: Surviving COVID Debt
  • kyphysics
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Reliability of Sources: Questioning & Rejecting
  • Glype11
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How did you character-build your V? (Cyberpunk 2077)
  • collinsmark
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What can we learn from Texas' power grid failure?
  • jim mcnamara
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What Innovations Are You Thankful For . .?
  • kyphysics
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Astronaut Michael Collins has passed away
  • Wrichik Basu
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Harebrained heist: have you seen this bunny?
  • jim mcnamara
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Is the Best Bear Really Green?
  • etotheipi
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So, can we see a cube instead of sphere?
  • Eagle9
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Are fruits and vegetables conscious?
  • etotheipi
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Why Is Australia Struggling with Its Vaccine Rollout?
  • bhobba
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Cheating in college classes: how common is it?
  • docnet
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Marketing and science don't always mix
  • scottdave
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Why isn't each half of a sport season called a semester?
  • bagasme
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WIRED on Intl Master of Chess beat online by an Unknown Player
  • jedishrfu
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News Can Mark Rober Outsmart Scammers with Squirrels?
  • jedishrfu
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Can a Lone Scientist Truly Achieve a Breakthrough?
  • Hacker Jack
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What is the Legacy of Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti?
  • gmax137
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Does the stereotypical nerd or geek really exists?
  • CurseNight102
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Finding the Missing MWI Discussion to Navigating Online Forums
  • pinball1970
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Mentalist: How did Red John know the Jane's list?
  • Demystifier
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Would you cryogenically freeze yourself?
  • TimeSkip
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The Significance Filter: How selective publishing biases results
  • mfb
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Marinating meat is a waste of time
  • BWV
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Full moon names: somewhat bogus but fun.
  • jim mcnamara
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Rush Limbaugh Passes Away: News Sites Reporting
  • wirenut
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Is there a better name for "citizen science"?
  • Couchyam
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Does True Randomness Exist or Is It Just an Illusion?
  • rxh140630
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How accurate is scientific information on Wikipedia?
  • sahilmm15
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Can a supernatural phenomenon by definition exist?
  • AndromedaRXJ
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Name some science documentaries....
  • sahilmm15
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Energy Poverty in Australia: COVID Lockdowns Drove Costs Up 50%
  • jim mcnamara
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What Are the World's Biggest Problems Besides COVID?
  • nduka-san
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How do citations support information in a scientific article?
  • PainterGuy
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Is eBay Asking for My Social Security Number Now?
  • dlgoff
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News Some of My Friends Having Fun (Boston Dynamics Doing the Twist)
  • jedishrfu
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Got the new Microsoft Flight Sim for Christmas
  • Janus
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World Economy Crash: Impact & Causes
  • jk22
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Can all supposed difficult problems be broken down to simple ones?
  • Hacker Jack
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What is a good estimation for the limit of what a person can know?
  • Hacker Jack
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Scientific Magazines: Best Gift Ideas for Bright & Curious Teenagers
  • DrClaude
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Physicists Fix Economics: Ole Peters' Ergodic Hypothesis
  • BWV
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What is the opposite of imagination?
  • Hacker Jack
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What do you think a smart person is?
  • Hacker Jack
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Do You Trust "Reviews" on Next Door?
  • kyphysics
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Cost of 2020 '12 days of christmas' presents
  • jim mcnamara
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Is My 1980s Rubik's Cube a Knockoff?
  • Averagesupernova
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Arecibo Observatory: The 57-Year Telescope Set to Be Decommissioned
  • gmax137
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A Great Tragedy Looms: Mt Wilson Observatory is in the path of Bobcat
  • jedishrfu
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Write a Paper: Is Environment "Fact" OK?
  • wrobel
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Are Home Termite Warranties Worth It?
  • kyphysics
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Wolfgang Pauli & Carl Jung: The Synchronicity of Two Minds
  • Swamp Thing
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Do you think you have to be mature to succeed in life?
  • Anti Hydrogen
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Questions about Korzybski's ideas
  • fluidistic
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What am I misinterpreting in this video? (Self motivation)
  • Frigus
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How Did Alex Trebek Impact Television as the Host of Jeopardy?
  • Astronuc
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The Imprecision of Modeling Real World Events
  • BWV
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How Did Sean Connery Impact Cinema?
  • fresh_42
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Is Nature the Most Reputable Science Journal in World?
  • kyphysics
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Why We Need To End Lockdowns (at least in most places)
  • Ackbach
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Heroic Boy Bridger Saves Sister From Dog Attack
  • wrobel
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What defines a truly smart person?
  • Saiyan300Warrior
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Rules and regulations for TV commercials
  • Fervent Freyja
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Gore-Tex: Inventor of waterproof fabric Robert Gore dies aged 83
  • Lnewqban
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Axe Throwing Venue Opens Near University: Is It Popular?
  • Stephen Tashi
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Why Do Kids Prefer Watching Other Kids in Hollywood?
  • Whipley Snidelash
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Collaborative Science: The Benefits and Challenges of Large-Scale Experiments
  • sbrothy
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Subtle scientific insight in the field of economics. :)
  • sbrothy
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Massive blast in Beirut, Lebanon
  • davenn
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Old topic, different look, maybe (Money = work/knowledge )
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