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Biology | Chemistry | Earth Science

QotW: Can frogs live in terrariums?

07 April 2020

Are the plants enough?

What diet & nutritional factors are important for bone strength?

27 February 2011

Why are steroid inhalers bad for bones?

27 February 2011

Why doesn't all cartilage become bone?

27 February 2011

Can we strengthen our skulls?

27 February 2011

Is bone tissue replaced by fat as we age?

27 February 2011

Is there any difference between the bones in people from different races?

27 February 2011

Are healed bones stronger than never-broken bones?

27 February 2011

Does a healed fracture result in a stronger bone?

How much force does it take to snap the femur?

27 February 2011

Do bones stop taking calcium after 35?

27 February 2011

What causes muscle cramps, and are there any cures?

27 February 2011

What causes muscle cramps, and are there any cures?

Physics | Space

Can a rotating ship simulate gravity?

25 February 2011

Physics | Space

Why don't galaxies that are not rotating collapse?

25 February 2011

Physics | Space

Is Hawking radiation more to do with energy than mass?

25 February 2011

And what's Stephen Hawking's explanation?

Medicine | Space

Could extremophile bacteria survive on Mars?

25 February 2011

Physics | Space

How can we be sure about the age of the universe?

25 February 2011

Physics | Space | Technology

Where matter slows light, is spacetime affected?

25 February 2011

What's the furthest man-made object out in space?

20 February 2011

Why are clouds different shades of gray?

20 February 2011

How are sudden gusts of air created?

20 February 2011

Why is it cold in Space when the Sun is hundreds of thousands degrees C?

20 February 2011

Why does the moon have no atmosphere at all?

20 February 2011

Is there more water in the atmosphere or the oceans?

20 February 2011

How fast do I have to go to be lifted off the ground?

20 February 2011

How fast do I have to go to be lifted off the ground?

Does cranberry juice prevent urinary tract infections?

13 February 2011

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