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sabbah@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 years ago

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sabbah@lemmy.worldMEnglish · 3 years ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Scientist from all over lemmy. What is or was the most scientifically correct movie or at least made an honorable attemt?

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Scientist from all over lemmy. What is or was the most scientifically correct movie or at least made an honorable attemt?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

How come planets move around in a circle for left to right or whatever? Why not a up and down circle like a target logo? I can explain further. thanks ahead of time.

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How come planets move around in a circle for left to right or whatever? Why not a up and down circle like a target logo? I can explain further. thanks ahead of time.

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

spittingimage@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

If the boundary of the universe is proven to be a black hole event horizon, is destruction by Hawking radiation a possible end-of-everything scenario?

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If the boundary of the universe is proven to be a black hole event horizon, is destruction by Hawking radiation a possible end-of-everything scenario?

spittingimage@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

If I lifted a car 20ft off the ground revd it to 100mph then dropped it how far would it go? Take out the spinning wheel and skidmarks. Just the drop, it lands at 100mph, and set off?

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If I lifted a car 20ft off the ground revd it to 100mph then dropped it how far would it go? Take out the spinning wheel and skidmarks. Just the drop, it lands at 100mph, and set off?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

Have we put shackles on AI yet? Like harm no human or anything? Are we suppose to see robots with AI like ourselves? Is it murder if they are seen like humans and i destroy one?

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Have we put shackles on AI yet? Like harm no human or anything? Are we suppose to see robots with AI like ourselves? Is it murder if they are seen like humans and i destroy one?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days ago

QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago

How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken?

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How seriously is Quantum Immortality taken?

QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 16 days ago

breb@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days ago

Books and tips about the science of productivity?

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Books and tips about the science of productivity?

breb@piefed.socialEnglish · 17 days ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

With all the awareness and all the money given to curing cancer how come we never hear about scientists making at least incremental steps to cure it?

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With all the awareness and all the money given to curing cancer how come we never hear about scientists making at least incremental steps to cure it?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

No sarcasm in this. However is there like a ask math community? Something similar to this?

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No sarcasm in this. However is there like a ask math community? Something similar to this?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days ago

dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 days ago

why does a thick, viscous material settle better when I knock the container against a wet rag than when I hit the counter against a harder object?

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why does a thick, viscous material settle better when I knock the container against a wet rag than when I hit the counter against a harder object?

dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 21 days ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

I have heard this from multiple people even when I worked at a liquor store. That when you are on an upper or something that gives you speed that you cannot get drunk. Is this true? And how?

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I have heard this from multiple people even when I worked at a liquor store. That when you are on an upper or something that gives you speed that you cannot get drunk. Is this true? And how?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 days ago

What would a sunrise look like, you stood on the imaginative surface of a black hole?

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What would a sunrise look like, you stood on the imaginative surface of a black hole?

FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 22 days ago

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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago

Is it likely that we’re underestimating the extent of metamorphosis in the fossil record because we’re mistaking different stages of the same organism for different species?

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Is it likely that we’re underestimating the extent of metamorphosis in the fossil record because we’re mistaking different stages of the same organism for different species?

AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days ago

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birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 26 days ago

Would it theoretically be possible for a planet to stay at the same place in an "orbit" of its parent body?

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Would it theoretically be possible for a planet to stay at the same place in an "orbit" of its parent body?

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 26 days ago

Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish · 27 days ago

Can anyone explain the expansion of space to me?

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Can anyone explain the expansion of space to me?

Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish · 27 days ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

How close are we to infinite power? Being able to cheaply in our everyday lives? Or are we trying anymore?

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How close are we to infinite power? Being able to cheaply in our everyday lives? Or are we trying anymore?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

I've heard pro and con that addiction to whatever is genetic kind of like balding. Has there been a defentive to prove yes or no?

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I've heard pro and con that addiction to whatever is genetic kind of like balding. Has there been a defentive to prove yes or no?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

niktemadur@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Would the tidal forces of the Jovian System affecting Europa mean there might be huge air pockets between a liquid ocean and icy shell?

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Would the tidal forces of the Jovian System affecting Europa mean there might be huge air pockets between a liquid ocean and icy shell?

niktemadur@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

I don't know if this qualifies. What is the real world equivalent to Vibranium or Admantium? Or have we come that far yet?

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I don't know if this qualifies. What is the real world equivalent to Vibranium or Admantium? Or have we come that far yet?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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