Sunday, April 26, 2015

/r/askscience report: Sunday, April 19, 2015 - Saturday, April 25, 2015 subredditreports

Totals: 7 days, 813 posts, 9,255 comments.
Included in this report: The top 400 posts, and 5,328 of the top comments, by 3,381 distinct authors.
There was 1 gilded post, and 11 comments were gilded.


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Most Popular Posts


Score Author Post Title
3937 /u/crasyeyez Do creatures such as cuttlefish and octopuses get "tired" from using their camouflage?
3584 /u/Jakent10 Why does the Human body reject transplanted organs /tissue and proceed to destroy them but it doesn't kill parasites like worms ?
2881 /u/waldman4u Does "having girls" or "having boys" run genetically?
2779 /u/Bowyeh Can you determine the volume of a bottle by the note it makes when blowing over the opening?
2615 /u/naura Is it possible for something to be so hot that it emitted little to no radiation in the visible band, thereby appearing dark?
2385 /u/britboy4321 I found out recently that the sun is not still, it is moving away from other stars. Is it fair to say nothing is standing still, or have scientists decided on a 'default' place that is 'standing still' so at least we can measure galactic speed against that?
2366 /u/bcschewe Would it be possible to adjust your computer's or your tv's picture settings to match your eye prescription?
1844 /u/_DecoyOctopus_ How many people have lived and died in the last 10 000 years?
1399 /u/superhelical How do we know that gravity works instantaneously over long distances?
1324 /u/warrick123 What happens to the dust particles that get into your eyes day to day?
813 /u/GreenPartyhat If I could flap my arms super fast, could I fly/hover around like an insect?
800 /u/HahaNiceNameBro 500 tons of phosphate leaked into the Nile river. What are the health risks?
712 /u/samsab When pain killers stop pain, do they stop pain from being sent, or block pain receptors so we just don't feel it?
618 /u/FiahOwl If the Earth was tidally locked to the moon, would that mean there would be no more tides (except for the Sun?)
447 /u/joecooool418 Do the stars in binary or multiple systems form together, or are they single stars that somehow got too close to each other?
430 /u/danfromwaterloo As we understand black holes, how does gravity outside the event horizon affect items inside the event horizon?
404 /u/lurkingowl Are neutrinos so abundant because antineutrino annihilations are rare?
391 /u/CMarlowe Does caffeine evaporate along with water?
336 /u/Architek9 How does Jupiter's storm never go away?
296 /u/orgoohno If I drink water before a long run, can I avoid peeing if I sweat it all out?
294 /u/mkdir_not_war If it were raining on a planet in a binary system, i.e. with two stars, could there be two, non-concentric rainbows in the sky?
271 /u/ibak Identical twins marrying identical twins
231 /u/InfernoBA What is that sound I hear when I shut my eyes tightly?
204 /u/theobromus How did early chemists know when they had isolated an element?
199 /u/TPKK Why do transplanted hearts last an average of 13 years?
193 /u/Fictitious_realist Why does your vision improve when you squint?
163 /u/IcatalystI Just saw the news on the volcanic eruption in Chile, what causes the lightning effect in the ash cloud?
143 /u/PvtMeatFace How many internal organs can be removed from a person, and they still lead a normal, un-medicated life?
140 /u/Floydiansworstenemy What does the SEIR model of infection actually tell me?
136 /u/lizbitz27 Do we know how much your mental or physical condition at conception effects the outcome of a fetus?
128 /u/_mess_ Does vitamin C really improve connective tissue health?
111 /u/myglipglops Does the entropy inside of a chicken egg decrease?
98 /u/luminerius Why do coffee and tea plants produce caffeine?
91 /u/cg037 Is there any evidence that animals can suffer from mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
91 /u/Khwarezm How deeply can sunlight penetrate into a gas giant?
89 /u/VinSkeemz Since the speed of an electrical signal remains the same, why is there still room to increase bitrate when transferring data?
86 /u/I_read_comments Can a non-newtonian fluid be used to produce bulletproof/knifeproof body armor?
86 /u/Kracker5000 Does leaving a refrigerator door opened for about 20 seconds actually use up a large enough amount of energy/ power to consider not leaving it open for that long?
85 /u/lawpoop How do colliders aim atoms so that they actually hit each other?
83 /u/Nildric Why Cartesian Coordinate System uses X and Y?


Submitted April 27, 2015 at 12:09PM by subredditreports http://ift.tt/1FqlZpF subredditreports

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