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askscience 2025
2026, July
6622 Do wild animals have free time? What do they do...
2186 What is actually happening in the 5 to 10 secon...
2018 What is the benefit of explosive diarrhea?
1737 Does Voyager 1 even give us any interesting inf...
1708 Does everything that we consider to be "alive" ...
1602 What happened with the acid rain scare of the 1...
1456 Why are (most?) fats yellow?
1286 Are there any species of parasites that have ev...
1173 I read that cyclosporiasis is exclusively sprea...
1126 Why can’t a snake be both venomous and a constr...
2026, June
1667 What happens to water when it freezes in a comp...
1489 Does the moon get warmer if you dig down?
1005 Does an airplane's shadow get larger as it climbs?
674 Similar to polar forests, are there any other e...
656 How Do We Use a 24-hour Based Clock And Still C...
634 How do trees get water above 10 metres?
550 What was the climate like in Pangea?
508 Humans normally use ~5% of oxygen they breathe ...
457 Is there any examples of symbiotic relationship...
424 Do blue whales reach the theoretical size limit...
2026, May
3637 If a vacuum is an excellent insulator, wouldn’t...
1837 How do ants "calculate" the cost-benefit analys...
1371 Why can't patients with Fatal familial insomnia...
1345 What specifically is it about processed meat th...
1291 Why is Ferric Chloride no longer used to stop b...
1287 Since rabies is so good at avoiding the immune ...
1261 Is Oil exclusively near the surface of the eart...
743 Is Hypersonic even a real thing?
591 Were all of the lesser Hawaiian islands/atolls ...
508 What actually causes the dark circles under the...
2026, April
1565 Why can’t they just scoop up the capsule?
1323 Why was Artemis 2 so long?
1293 When your brain releases hormones like adrenali...
1231 How did the two sexes evolve in the first place...
1014 Do we get enough vitamin D wearing sunscreen?
979 How is oxygen produced for the crew on Artemis II?
844 How many kilobytes of computer memory does Arte...
793 How exactly can we communicate with voyager l a...
779 Explain snow as an insulator to me like Im 12: ...
764 The Orion capsule the Artemis missions use is s...
2026, March
1645 If HIV can be detected from saliva, why can't y...
1014 how do we know scallops/oysters cannot feel pain?
937 How did blue whales evolve to be larger than de...
687 What causes some species of animals to not evol...
572 How do Jodium tablets work?
523 What happens if an objects orbital Velocity is ...
470 How much of a thing is contain in its smell?
471 Why do some materials become stronger under rep...
463 Jumping on a moving train vs. the roof: why do ...
378 Tree Rings, how do they work?
2026, February
2284 I’ve heard of diseases that can cross over from...
1696 What actualy is an itch?
1146 What chemicals was I smelling from cheap plasti...
1029 A recent Australian drug bust claims to have se...
882 Can the lack of potable drinking water not be s...
764 Why do all the planets revolve around the Sun i...
712 Why is it so difficult to dig extremely deep th...
584 Exactly what happens at 0 kelvin?
464 How exact are half lifes? If I had ten identica...
422 Is data sent from space uncompressed?
2026, January
7969 Do surgeons remove visceral fat from around org...
4076 If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would...
3511 Why are hair follicles not a common source of c...
1805 Are we living in the very young universe? Consi...
1639 Let’s say I’m stationed exactly at the mid poin...
1366 If our planet is moving through space and every...
1265 If you put a sweater on a cold blooded animal, ...
1118 Are there any animal or plant species that have...
937 Why are there no vacuum balloons?
882 If you spiraled into a supermassive black hole,...
