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Horizon problem: Why is the distant universe so homogeneous when the Big Bang theory seems to predict larger measurable anisotropies of the night sky than those observed? Cosmological inflation is...
01 January 1970 3,555 6 View
What is the origin of the alpha effect, that is, that nucleophiles with an electronegative atom with lone pairs adjacent to the nucleophilic center are particularly reactive?
01 January 1970 8,639 2 View
What caused the huge salt deposition in the Mediterranean known as the Messinian salinity crisis? Was the Mediterranean truly desiccated? What were the effects on climate and biology, and what can...
01 January 1970 2,801 2 View
What is the long-term heat balance of Earth? How did its internal temperature decay since it formed by accretion of chondrites? How abundant are radiogenic elements in the interior? Did a "faint...
01 January 1970 9,992 2 View
Was there ever a collision of the Earth with another planet Theia, giving birth to our satellite?[2] There is compelling evidence, such as measures of a shorter duration of the Earth's rotation...
01 January 1970 724 3 View
Can the now widely available topographic data be used to derive past tectonic and climatic conditions (in the multi-million year scale)? Do we know enough about the erosion and transport...
01 January 1970 5,208 4 View
Does the internal mantle structure provide the resonance for the Chandler wobble of the earth's axis or is it some other external mechanism? No available motions seem to be coherent drivers for...
01 January 1970 6,676 1 View
What made plate tectonics a dominant process only on Earth? How did the planet cool down before plate tectonics? Was the Earth's crust formed during the early stages of its evolution or is it the...
01 January 1970 701 12 View
Attachment to host cell is mediated by virion protein(s) binding to specific host surface molecule(s) such as membrane proteins, lipids, or the carbohydrate moieties present either on...
01 January 1970 5,708 0 View
Is there other life in the Universe? Especially, is there other intelligent life? If so, what is the explanation for the Fermi paradox?
01 January 1970 867 6 View
