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Who was the first scientist to study light?

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How are genes located? For instance, Lap-Chee Tsui and his team of geneticists located the...

Cristina asks

How far is the Sun from Pluto? How long does it take for sunlight to travel to Pluto?

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If Virginia sees a full moon in the daytime then do places like Australia see no moon at night?

James from Hamilton asks

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Tom Henson from Bettendorf, Iowa asks

I am doing a science project on how light affects plant growth. If you could answer my 10...

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Why do your fingernails grow a lot faster than your toenails?

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Why has our departmental tarantula, who lives in my office, retreated into a cardboard tube and...

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Is it true that only female bees can sting you? And if it is, why is that?

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What causes asteroids to burn up once they enter earth's atmosphere?

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Given: a horizontal rigid tube with one end on an axis at a constant rotation. Insert a solid ball...

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What are cosmic rays?

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Edward from Mississauga, ON asks

I have a wierd thinking question regarding electricity. When we have a positive charge or a...

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If we put a current-carrying conductor inside a magnetic field (i.e. between two permanent...

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If Humans and Apes are related, why aren't we able to reproduce together?

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How can an ant hold up a weight which is 50 times more heavy than ant's own weight?

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Why is the strawberry in yogurt flavored strawberry sometimes brown or reddish brown? Is it a...

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What are giant ice meteorites? Would it be possible for them to hit the earth?

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What is the chemical composition of soya margarine?

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Gravity can produce motion in a body. Thus, it does work. But, for doing work, energy is needed....

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Why do all planets revolve in elliptical orbits around the sun? I mean in nature there existis...

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How do mirrors work? What makes them reflect?