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June 2021 heatwave breaks records across Pacific Northwest
- Astronuc
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When do "inverse" ETFs cover their shorts?
- Stephen Tashi
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Sixty Symbols YouTube question guy
- JT Smith
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Is there time? Or is it just an illusion?
- ZIKA99
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Cool video on the universe's future with Attenborough and Cox
- ergospherical
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How Does Bitcoin Really Work?
- fog37
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Discussing Insurance, Risk Tolerance and Game Theory
- Leo Liu
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The Problem Making Clear the Problems
- James William Hall
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The believing to never die - and how it may influence science
- Omega0
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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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How do we know if the correct quantum gravity theory is testable?
- 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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Frozen feces knives don't work—experimental replication
- BWV
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Fighting for Financial Relief: Surviving COVID Debt
- kyphysics
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How can you tell if a source is reliable in science?
- 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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Looking for recent MWI thread discussing branches
- 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 hidden complexity?
- 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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Science and math documentaries for casual viewing
- sahilmm15
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Why are Australian electricity prices so much higher than the US?
- jim mcnamara
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What Are the World's Biggest Problems Besides COVID?
- nduka-san
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How do Wikipedia citations map to specific claims in an 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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Does a worldwide economic crash mean wealth moves elsewhere?
- 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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Quality of Scientific American and New Scientist for gifting to a teenager
- 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 closing after structural damage
- 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 and Carl Jung's correspondence on synchronicity
- 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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How to maintain motivation without relying on external triggers
- 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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