r/askscience - Page 7

226 words Why does cellular regeneration degrade as an organism ages? 334 words Why didn't natural selection eliminate poor eyesight before glasses were invented? 310 words [Physics] when a star dies the explosion creates heavier element like gold and platinum. Is it possible to estimate the amount of a perticular element a star will make when it dies? 187 words [Physics] Why are we so 100% sure that the speed of light is the fastest any object can travel? 408 words Is there a formal way of deciding what fraction of a game is chance? 423 words Is there a qualitative difference between changing the volume within youtube, my computer settings, or the knob on my speakers? 185 words Discussion: Veritasium's newest YouTube video on the reproducibility crisis! 210 words What are the leading theories behind the Mpemba effect? 188 words Are there any indications that there are elements beyond the 118 we have currently discovered or synthesized? If so, is there any indication that there is a finite number of elements, other than their increasingly short halflives? 506 words Is the Monty Hall problem the same even if the door opened by the host is chosen at random? 197 words Why do clouds form when you mix liquids of different densities? 255 words Is there any biological reason why some people sing better than others? 270 words Why is there no flavour changing neutral current (FCNC) at tree level in the Standard Model? 252 words Why do cancer cells consume so much sugar? 332 words How does sorting by "Relevance" work? How does a computer determine what's relevant and what isn't? 366 words How does a diaphragm affect depth of field for an imaging device? 307 words In a double slit experiment, is there a minimum necessary distance between the photon (or other particle) source and the slits in order to see interference? 297 words Is it possible for a star to be cold? 364 words Have we seen evidence of a fourth or higher spatial dimensional universe by looking at everyday natural objects in this, our three dimensional visible universe? 380 words Why do industrial size graphene batteries not exist?