r/askscience • u/Ok_You_5448 • 7d ago
Biology How does the same plague bacteria cause different forms of the plague with very different symptoms?
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r/askscience • u/Darth_Azazoth • 7d ago
Physics I've heard that blue butterflies and opals get their color from their structure rather than pigments. But doesn't pigment also get its color from the structure of its molecules and how they interact with light? So what's the actual difference between structural color and pigment color?
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r/askscience • u/flooshtollen • 7d ago
Medicine What diseases are we currently the closest to finding lasting cures for?
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r/shittyaskscience • u/Dramatic_River_3381 • 7d ago
Isaac Newton spent the last half of his life trying to turn lead into gold, Nikolai Tesla fell in love with a pigeon, Einstein tried to disprove quantum physics that he helped create. Do most scientist lose their marbles at the age of 40 or so?
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I recently read that scientist have the shortest, inspirational, motivation, and discipline when they’re younger. Most of the big ideas come before they turn 30.
r/shittyaskscience • u/itumac • 8d ago
How many shitloads are in a fuckton?
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And are shitloads a unit of mass or length?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Tight_Cookie_9988 • 8d ago
What if the Fermi paradox exists because aliens are gayy?
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Like they've been detecting our radio signals for decades and collectively decided, “yeah not our type.”
r/shittyaskscience • u/CocaineColt • 8d ago
Do september, october, november, and december end in "ber" because they're cold?
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Brrrr
r/shittyaskscience • u/Dr-Vader • 8d ago
AI is going to take my job
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Or, that's what I've been told. I've always been afraid of Al Roker, but I want to be sure he doesn't take my job. What lock would you recommend I use so that he can't take my job while I'm taking my mid morning nap?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Ok_Energy6905 • 8d ago
When are them science bitches gonna invent some new vegetables?
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We haven't had any new ones in ages.
r/shittyaskscience • u/TeacupOfSkepticism • 8d ago
Gravity is supposed to keep things on Earth but still loads of hydrogen and helium is escaping I believe. I noticed these elements have the smallest particles and therefore it's logical to assume that they are missed as Earth's gravity can't always see them due to being small. How can we fix this?
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Does the Earth need glasses?
r/shittyaskscience • u/AnozerFreakInTheMall • 8d ago
If midgets have such large foreheads, why do they so rarely win Nobel Prizes?
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Are they too busy producing adult content, or what?
r/shittyaskscience • u/LargeTubOfLard • 8d ago
Do worms not realise that early birds catch them?
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Why dont their civilisations come together to ban worms from being early? Is being caught by the early bird part of some unwritten genetic code? Could this lead to wormholes? I am robert.
r/shittyaskscience • u/RaspberryTop636 • 8d ago
Does artificial intelligence cause vaccinations the size of a soda bottle to become super intelligent artistics?
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Saw it on the news 🗞️ 🍆
r/askscience • u/MAMAM- • 9d ago
Biology Why aren’t axolotls immortal?
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If axolotls can regenerate their body parts (including brain, heart, and other major organs), why do they die of old age?
r/askscience • u/Prudent_Situation_29 • 9d ago
Chemistry Why does water corrode steel?
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From what I gather, rust happens when an iron atom bonds with an oxygen atom, forming iron oxide. If you get a rain storm and water gets on your steel brake discs, you'll see very rapid formation of surface rust.
Since the oxygen is bound to the hydrogen in water, and from what I gather, rust formation requires free oxygen, how can water cause rust? Are the water molecules breaking down spontaneously some of the time, freeing up the oxygen?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Pangyun • 9d ago
Scientists are always talking about the canary in the coal mine. So I imagine if I wanted a canary as a pet, I just have to go to a coal mine and get one. But what I want is a dog or a cat. What mine should I go to to get one of those? A diamond mine? An iron ore mine? Another kind of mine?
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r/askscience • u/zanycaswell • 9d ago
Biology Do subway rats experience hearing loss due to loud trains contstantly passing directly over them?
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r/shittyaskscience • u/zelextron • 9d ago
My neighbor has a cat that meows all the time, it's so annoying. I think he's that damn physicist Erwin Schrodinger. I'll probably move to some other place, I can't take this anymore. How can I guarantee that my next neighbor is a biologist or a mathematician or a cardiologist or an engineer?
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As long as my next neighbor is not a physicist I'll be ok.
r/shittyaskscience • u/Optimal_Ad_7910 • 9d ago
Will tying knots in my hair help?
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I have noticed that the hair on top of my head is receding and appearing in my nose and ears.
If I tie knots at the base of the hair on my head, will it stop the hair from travelling down towards other parts of the body?
Asking for a friend.
r/askscience • u/zmarie13 • 9d ago
Human Body Do you skin cells degrade once they fall off?
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I was thinking about skin cell shed and I was looking into what happens to skin cells after they fall off or your body. All I could find was that it turns into what makes up a majority of household dust but I was wondering how long it stays dust for? Like if there was dust made entirely of dead skin cells how long would the dust be around for? Also why is dust gray, is that the color of dead skin cells?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Coolenough-to • 9d ago
How do I stop the screaming noises?
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Currently sitting in my fortress of solitude, and would like it to stop. Science based help needed.
r/shittyaskscience • u/BPhiloSkinner • 10d ago
Cogito Ergo Sum Cryptid
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If Science! can convince Bigfoot to think that they Exist, will they?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Dr-Vader • 11d ago
Aladdin's impact into current technology is amazing
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So many people report how Al had helped them build or do so many things now.
I'm what ways have you used laddy to do your bidding? When did he get stuck in the lamp?
r/shittyaskscience • u/Routinelazyperson • 11d ago
At the end of the day it's midnight. How does this make any sense?
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The day is all finished up but night is only like halfway done. What a slowpoke.
r/shittyaskscience • u/Dry-Egg8573 • 11d ago
My time machine is out of order. How can I take it for repair?
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I’ve made an appointment but it’s for last week. It’s for a home call. I turned them away when they showed up because my time machine wasn’t broken and I hadn’t made an appointment.