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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

Post	Score	Posted
In an infinite fall, what would kill a human first?	1373	5d ago
If humans disappeared, would oil rigs and spills be a problem? Is there any way for them to be cleared up naturally?	1200	3d ago
Can bugs with hundreds of legs control each one individually or is there some other process involved?	660	2d ago
Is there a explanation for the Cambrian explosion?	368	5d ago
Do all humans see exactly the same range of lights, or are there some small differences?	302	5d ago
What non-naturally-occuring elements are predicted to have really useful industrial applications, if only we could ever find/synthesise them?	209	3d ago
How did the earth look different before life?	164	2d ago
Are there intrinsic characteristics of hormones that cause them to have the effects that they do, or are they just signals that our bodies are evolved to respond to in specific ways?	135	7d ago
How do they put cell service in underground train tunnels?	108	4d ago
In high-pressure superconductors like hydrogen sulfide, what is the pressure physically doing to make superconductivity possible at higher temperatures?	107	4d ago

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