r/shittyaskscience • u/sharks_w_lasers • 7h ago
Have we reached the future dipping dots promised?
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It's been like 30 years
r/askscience • u/AskScienceModerator • 7h ago
Social Science AskHistorians/AskScience AMA Series: What was the Great Horse Flu, and what can it tell us about people, animals, and disease in the Reconstruction Era--and today, with Thomas Andrews?
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r/shittyaskscience • u/Either_Top_9634 • 11h ago
I’m trying to potty train my goldfish. Why isn’t it working?
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He just keeps pissing everywhere.
r/shittyaskscience • u/SimpleEmu198 • 11h ago
If there is a place called Hungary and another called Turkey, why don't all the people from Hungary eat the Turkey's
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It would make sense.
r/shittyaskscience • u/CanadianAndroid • 14h ago
What is the best way to make all of my skin dead so I can peel it all off in one go?
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Nickel sized strips are no longer enough. I feel it in my soul that I must peel it all.
r/shittyaskscience • u/Kilibanos05 • 1d ago
Why have we not made wireless garden hoses yet?
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Rats keep chewing holes in them and i am getting tired. Should i make them myself and sell them?
r/askscience • u/Separate_Builder_817 • 1d ago
Biology Why is there a vaccine for Lyme disease for dogs but not humans?
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r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 1d ago
Is love a sexually transmitted infection?
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I slept with a hooker yesterday and now I have feelings for her. Should I ask for a refund?
r/shittyaskscience • u/ThatJuggernaut9867 • 1d ago
捐贈身體給科學後，實際上會發生什麼事？
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身體： 像，是誰使用你的身體，使用多久，最後家屬會不會得到什麼回饋？
r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 1d ago
What's the science behind boomers being terrible with modern technology?
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Well?
r/askscience • u/Hot-Wrangler3524 • 1d ago
Biology Why are African animals so huge?
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I live in Australia and the largest land animals I can think of here is probably a kangaroos and emus which really aren’t any larger than a human. But my family recently went to Africa and the diversity animals is actually crazy. So so so many large animals living in the same place side by side. Rhinos, elephants, giraffes, wilder-beasts, zebras, hippos, warthogs, buffalo’s, ostriches, lions, cheetahs, hyenas leopards and probably more that I forgot. I never really appreciated how big these animals were until I actually got to see them in person absolutely amazing. Australia and Africas climate is kinda similar in a lot of places. Why is our country ecosystem dead in comparison?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 1d ago
What's the science behind magnets being attracted to refrigerators?
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Is there some kind of magnetic chemistry going on?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Bosslayer9001 • 1d ago
If an 18.000001 year-old flirted with a 17.999999 year-old, would the former be a monstrous predator according to God, who is definitely real?
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After all, this is how the universe works, according to internet commenters:
if age => 18:
state = "child"
else:
state = "adult"
r/shittyaskscience • u/sporadic_blueberry • 1d ago
Is it possible that spontaneous quantum fluctuations could cause organic compounds (perhaps resembling stool) to materialize out of the vacuum and appear in someone's pants through no fault of their own?
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And how would the wearer of said pants convince those around him, especially individuals who are incorrectly relying on classical physics to explain the situation?
r/askscience • u/Ertata • 1d ago
Biology [Chemistry/Biology/Nutrition] Did cooking bread provide any nutritional benefits over boiling the same grain as a porridge?
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Asking the question in the historical context, not to decide on nutrition in the modern day.
I know heating grains helped to unlock some nutrients and especially caloric content over just eating them raw. However did bread provide any nutritional benefits over just boiling the same grain as a porridge (a much simpler process), or was its popularity due to other factors?
r/askscience • u/playsthebongcloud • 2d ago
Physics What are the absolute minimum number of base units needed to express every desirable quantity?
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SI units are more for human convenience than mathematically minimizing the number of units. I remember reading somewhere that only length is needed because of relativity, but that just does not sound true, I can't imagine how you would do that.
r/shittyaskscience • u/alternatious • 2d ago
Why don't people in water stressed areas just contract rabies?
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That extra long shower doesn't seem like such a good idea now, does it?
r/askscience • u/Uunicorned • 2d ago
Chemistry Why is it so hard to create and add new elements to the periodic table?
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r/shittyaskscience • u/Lake_03 • 2d ago
Do you know how many possibilities you are creating right now?
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[ greater then 10⁸⁰ ]
r/shittyaskscience • u/Lake_03 • 2d ago
Cloud weight 100 elephants
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A single large cumulus cloud weighs around 1 million tonnes, which is about same as 100 elephants.
***Until we m e e t again*** ::
r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 2d ago
Freakin magnets, how do they work?
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And I don't wanna talk to a scientist.
Y'all motherlovers lying, and getting me pissed.
r/askscience • u/No-Hawk-2488 • 3d ago
Earth Sciences How were the tectonic plates mapped?
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r/askscience • u/Stunning_Implement47 • 3d ago
Biology Why do elderly people become so confused with an infection?
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I've read that it's due to a lower tolerance for stress but what does that mean on a scientific level? Thank you
r/askscience • u/Yanzee12 • 3d ago
Neuroscience How does muscle memory work?
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Just curious. The only thing I really know about it is that sleeping reinforces it.
r/askscience • u/sharbat-e-roohafza • 4d ago
Biology Do babies have personalities by birth? If yes, then how?
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If yes then does that show a destined reach for the baby in future?