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What is Patience? Get Answers Here
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Please don't send any more tenderfeet to Maine.
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News Does anyone else think this is propaganda?
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News Is paying students to learn the right approach for education?
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How can the drivers determine who has the right of way?
  • Loren Booda
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Rescuing Animals with the Tough Guys of Nat Geo
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What type of art do you believe requires the most talent?
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Why Do People Make Blogs and Websites?
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How Do We Determine the Most Fundamental Laws of Nature?
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UK health secretary sacks drugs adviser
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Can Digitally Altered Photos Change Our Memories of Historical Events?
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The Mystery of Sound: How is it Possible?
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News Debating tips - help with a response
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What Is the Meaning of Existence?
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Greeks vs Pythagoras: Universe Theory
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News Decline and fall of the Nobel Peace Prize
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News ABC News->US Military: Global Warming Helps Taliban
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Pilot who overshot airport denies crew was napping
  • Astronuc
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Is Bull Fighting an Art Form or Animal Cruelty?
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News Not Evil Just Wrong: Climate Change Discussion
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Latitude 56°30'38.00'' N, Longitude 20°59'47.00'' E
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How Does Game Theory Influence H1N1 Vaccination Decisions?
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Why does math work in our reality?
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Lee Smolin's metaphysical principles
  • Galteeth
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News Is Eating Dogs Better for the Environment than Driving SUVs?
  • Proton Soup
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Can there be a definite line between right and wrong?
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Why i don't believe in ghosts as potrayed in popular culture?
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Does one have to die to become zombie or will a bite do it
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Is CO2 Really the Main Culprit Behind Climate Change?
  • Ylle
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What Makes a Good Science Poster?
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Is the Real World Deterministic or Indeterministic?
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IQ Test Questions: Answers & Clarification
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US Supreme Court rules on grammar
  • BobG
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Can a Taser Really Stop a Zombie?
  • Math Is Hard
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News How Does a Free Market Prevent a Monopoly?
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News Noam Chomsky's Views on Politics and Public Opinion
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How Will Electronic Data Transform the Art of Biography Writing?
  • Loren Booda
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Does Omniscience Negate Free Will?
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Are King Cigarettes Really Different from 100s?
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News What Are the Implications of the Recent Security Developments in Pakistan?
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News Dr Foofer - A Loving Cat Has Left Us
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Buy "Desmond is My Constant" T-Shirt
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News Replacing Money with Tokens of Goodness
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Is this a really secret of Stock Market?
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So, can mathematics really be racist?
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How Do Various Factors Impact a Country's Economy and Exchange Rate?
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News Could you give power to the states?
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Beat Not Pron: 0.0009% Succeed - Deathball.net
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News Did Somali Pirates Mistake a French Navy Flagship for a Cargo Ship?
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Did you ever think that on going back to a choice made in the past
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I really wish it were April 1st.
  • Argentum Vulpes
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What Are the Solutions to These Challenging Logic Puzzles?
  • Frohmeier
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News Emotional Investment: A Key to a Healthier Economy?
  • Loren Booda
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News Will Joe Scarborough and David Petraeus Run for President in 2012?
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Why Did the Sky Turn Orange in Newcastle, Australia?
  • sylas
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Why are people so OBSESSED with books now a days?
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News House Floor Controversy: Die Quickly - CNN Video Coverage
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Did We Really Miss It?: The Perverted TV Host Scandal
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News Should we have Universal Healthcare?
  • avant-garde
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Can Scientists Be Susceptible to Groupthink?
  • noblegas
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Selecting Produce: Tips for Buying Fruits & Veggies
  • lisab
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General Basic Income: A Way Forward in Automation Age?
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Anyone enjoy code breaking puzzles?
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Should You Always Smile When Alone?
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News Clear case of government going too far
  • Astronuc
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News Why Does Russia Support a Nuclear-Armed Iran?
  • SW VandeCarr
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News Federal Insurance Office: Addressing Health Insurance Head On
  • WhoWee
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Will Chicago Miss Out on the Olympics in 2016?
  • jtbell
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Which Ig Nobel Prize Winner Was the Most Surprising in 2009?
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News NPR radio is the most unbiased media
  • jobyts
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News Lobbying for the 2016 Olympics: What Does It Mean for Chicago?
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Is Patience More Often a Correct Strategy?
  • stabu
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What caused the 2008 Global Economic Collapse?
  • Ivan Seeking
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Which is the best popular science magazine and why?
  • Galteeth
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Flat Tax Pros & Cons: Arguments for/Against
  • DavidSnider
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How Insignificant Are We in the Grand Scheme of the Universe?
  • protonchain
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Why is it such a boom to see a bum?
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News Wealth Distribution in the US: Challenges and Solutions
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News Was the peaceful assembly constitutional?
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News Do other countries look at us and laugh?
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Liquid ice cream tastes pretty good
  • EnumaElish
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Keeping Cards: The Importance of Document Retention Policies in Companies
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News Is Raising the Minimum Wage Really Helping the Working Poor?
  • kyleb
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News Should ACORN lose Government Funding?
  • WhoWee
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Is New Jersey Really as Rough as They Say?
  • Jimmy Snyder
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Why do humans seek answers about God and existence?
  • Sorry!
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Microeconomics questions (elasticity)
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How Should Consumers Stimulate the American Economy: Spend or Save?
  • Loren Booda
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Why do non-smokers often display hostility towards smokers?
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News Here a Czar, there a Czar, everywhere a Czar Czar
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CBS: Wit and wisdom like you won't believe (headline pun?)
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Dealing with Unpredictable People
  • Lisa!
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Why Do Kids Have Funny Misconceptions About Adulthood?
  • Pengwuino
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Did capitalism helped end or prolong slavery in the US and elsewhere
  • noblegas
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Science lovers, how do you score on this?
  • 27Thousand
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A topic for amusement Debunking Time Travel
  • Pattonias
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Is Mexico a Safe Destination for Young Adults and Kids?
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Iconic three word movie quotes?
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Cowboys Stadium: Home to Biggest Jumbotron in the US
  • Pengwuino
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What would your utopia look like?
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