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Why are so few foods blue?

evolution molecular-biology botany food pigmentation asked Feb 20 '17 at 9:47
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Are “non-readers” useful beta readers?

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Why would a planned Turkish invasion of Syria motivate US troops' withdrawal?

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Has a party that won an election ever lost its leader in the process?

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Why does the image of cyclo[18]carbon look like a nonagon?

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Why was China slow to recognise the sphericity of Earth?

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Why do we state the antiderivative of $\sec x$ as $\ln |\sec x +\tan x|$?

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What do the oddly positioned letters in “Death Note” title mean?

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When did China start thinking 8 was lucky and 4 unlucky?

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Is there a scientific consensus that “no level of [ionizing] radiation is safe”?

medical-science radiation asked Oct 22 '17 at 21:29
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UK Lottery Odds Calculation Error
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Was there ever an axiom rendered a theorem?
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Prove that if $x,y$ are two rational numbers such that $x^3+y^3=2xy$ then $1-xy$ is a perfect square of a rational number.
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