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  1. I was taught at school that the building blocks of all matter were quarks, yet a neutrino is at l...(more)
  2. Since the Big Bang we see (with Hubert Reeves and other scientists) that matter has a tendency to...(more)
  3. What are the top ten Canadian science discoveries? (more)
  4. Does a magnetic and/or electric field have an affect on water’s ability to flow (if you can't a...(more)
  5. Is it possible for the air that we breathe to either run out or deteriorate to such an extent tha...(more)
  6. Why is it that when calculating the volume of a pyramid, such as a cone, you always have to divid...(more)
  7. Black Holes, formed after the collapse of massive stars, are infinitely dense objects.Why is it c...(more)
  8. I have conducted an experiment with a parachute. I was investigating whether the time taken to re...(more)
  9. Why does it take nerves so long to grow back, more than for skin cells? (more)
  10. Does a person get their blood from both parents or just one? My parents seem to think that one's...(more)
  11. Yesterday I was watching "Hercules" with my little sister and now I wonder: Have the planets ever...(more)
  12. If the telomeres of a cloned organism are smaller than a non-cloned organism, and therefore may s...(more)
  13. How long would it take for the next Ice Age to develop? (more)
  14. I have heard somewhere that there is what could be described as a secondary brain in the large in...(more)
  15. How large is a human genome? What percentage of the DNA in the Human Genome actually codes for ge...(more)
  16. How did scientists conclude that a major part of our genome is junk? Did they search for open rea...(more)
  17. My question: How will they produce plastics, tires, roads or anything that is made from oil, onc...(more)
  18. What are the urgent steps an undergrad must take to start researching? I am a high school graduat...(more)
  19. If you had a seamless sealed box which was lined with a 100% reflective material, and somehow gen...(more)
  20. I've often wondered about this. It's kind of complicated, so bear with me... If a person suddenly...(more)