{"id":1757,"date":"2020-01-17T11:20:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2020-01-17T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T11:20:05","slug":"twitter-thread-highlights-questions-that-sciencehasfailedtoanswer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/education\/twitter-thread-highlights-questions-that-sciencehasfailedtoanswer\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Thread Highlights Questions That #ScienceHasFailedToAnswer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Science has discovered some incredible things, as last year we took the first picture of a black hole.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also cured debilitating genetic diseases, sent probes into outer space, and learned a multitude of things about our own planet. But obviously, there are many things we don&#8217;t know. And this funny Twitter thread seems to highlight some of the, well, less pressing, comedic matters.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a compilation of some of the best ones, found using the hashtag #ScienceHasFailedToAnswer.<\/p>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why everyone is worried about climate change but still eating meat and driving SUVs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScienceHasFailedToAnswer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScienceHasFailedToAnswer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BR15f6X06f\">pic.twitter.com\/BR15f6X06f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Portmanteau Jones (@SadlyCatless) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadlyCatless\/status\/1214548464606031872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Found in 1998, a strange shallow ditch containing regularly spaced horse bones (humeri). Still no convincing explanation of what this is. <\/p>\n<p>Suggestions?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScienceHasFailedToAnswer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScienceHasFailedToAnswer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9FP8CJA0RS\">pic.twitter.com\/9FP8CJA0RS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fishbourne Roman Palace (@romanpalace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/romanpalace\/status\/1214621940268359681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScienceHasFailedToAnswer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScienceHasFailedToAnswer<\/a> why sleeping hours go by faster than working hours <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o1VGxPOegE\">pic.twitter.com\/o1VGxPOegE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CookieMan (@pcook102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pcook102\/status\/1214549445033021445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScienceHasFailedToAnswer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScienceHasFailedToAnswer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why people drive slow in the fast lane <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjNfdy1TkY\">pic.twitter.com\/AjNfdy1TkY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Hancock (@LiberatedMind17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiberatedMind17\/status\/1214549262123651073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ScienceHasFailedToAnswer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ScienceHasFailedToAnswer<\/a> what germ is not killed by the hand sanitizer that kills 99.9% of all germs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBqTQB1ZwG\">pic.twitter.com\/WBqTQB1ZwG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CookieMan (@pcook102) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pcook102\/status\/1214552707547254794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science has discovered some incredible things, as last year we took the first picture of a black hole.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve also cured debilitating genetic diseases, sent probes into outer space, and learned a multitude of things about our own planet. 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