364 words The Gympie Gympie plant (link in comment) can cause pain that lasts years. How does it do this, wouldn't toxins be flushed from your system by then ?
148 words Do (fighter) airplanes really have an onboard system that warns if someone is target locking it, as computer games and movies make us believe? And if so, how does it work?
135 words AskScience AMA Series: I'm Alex Marson and I'm an immunologist at UCSF. My lab is building more efficient CRISPR-based gene editing tools to supercharge the human immune system to fight cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmunity. AMA!
143 words Why don't 2.4 ghz devices interfere and why can't you just connect them to your phone?
117 words Besides lightning, what are some ways that fire can occur naturally on Earth?
160 words How does water get hot enough to evaporate and form clouds? It needs to get at least 100°C and that seems tough, especially in the winter.
307 words How does a consistent night shift schedule affect your health?
143 words What are the limits of gravitational slingshot acceleration?
134 words Why do we have to "fall" asleep? Why can't we just decide to be asleep?
129 words What happened to acid rain? I remember hearing lots about it in the early 90s but nothing since.
125 words Can you encrypt data more than once?
274 words Other than observing the redshift of light from distant objects, how do we know the universe is expanding?
115 words Brain tumors are known to directly cause depression, but could the opposite happen for someone that is already depressed?
164 words Is there any chemical relationship between anticodons on tRNA and the properties of the amino acids they bond with?
212 words Are Prime Numbers Endless?
326 words Earth's magnetic field is weakening. If it goes into a full reversal, will we lose atmospheric oxygen?
299 words Does Quantum Field Theory rely upon one particular interpretation of quantum mechanics?
123 words Does the language you speak affect the shape of your palate?
107 words Whats the usefulness of finding new bigger prime numbers?
143 words What exactly does the cold virus do to me to make me so weak?