When one of the pins in a CPU becomes damaged, does it continue functioning normally at a lower rate? Or does it completely cease functioning? Why(not)?

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• When one of the pins in a CPU becomes damaged, does it continue functioning normally at a lower rate? Or does it completely cease functioning? Why(not)?
• Can you build an RF oscillator and keep increasing its frequency till the point that it will give out visible light at its antenna?
• Why don't you dream when sedated during surgery?
• If I condensed one solar mass of pure Helium, would it form a functional star?
• Why do Jupiter and Saturn rotate so quickly?
• How are complex behavioral traits, like herding and fetching, passed genetically in dogs?
• Why can different big cats, and different equines breed together and produce offspring, but different apes such as humans and chimps cannot?
• What would the ramifications of a lack of causality be?
• Would a grandfather clock keep time in an elevator?
• Have wale songs changed over time, through generations, almost in the way our words or songs have changed over time?
• At what point does the L.A. methane gas leak become more potent to the environment than the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
• Why do we sweat when we're scared?
• What tactics were used by humans to hunt mammoths?
• Why is this door hard to close when the window is shut?
• Why does spin change how particles work?
• Would an object travelling close to the speed of light experience friction due to the hydrogen in space?
• Hypothetically, can Period 8 have a further sub group like Lanthanides and Actinides?
• What do I smell when I short two electrical wires, or run a blender, or power drill?
• If I hit a baseball with a bat, can the ball go faster than the speed that I'm swinging the bat?
• What is meant by 'gravity assist?'
• With bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies, how does a person know whether the blockchain they have is up to date?
• What caused protons and neutrons to come together in the early universe?
• Not sure how to word this but do programmers have to have technical knowledge of something to write code for it? I'll be more detailed in the post.

When one of the pins in a CPU becomes damaged, does it continue functioning normally at a lower rate? Or does it completely cease functioning? Why(not)? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:09 PM PST Edit: Thanks everyone for the replies! oh and Happy New Year submitted by ahXises [link] [163 comments]

Can you build an RF oscillator and keep increasing its frequency till the point that it will give out visible light at its antenna? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:02 PM PST Why/why not? Are there any laws of physics that stand in the way of this? submitted by 20j2015 [link] [9 comments]

Why don't you dream when sedated during surgery? Posted: 01 Jan 2016 01:08 AM PST submitted by kevin4789 [link] [5 comments]

If I condensed one solar mass of pure Helium, would it form a functional star? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:33 AM PST Or if not, what kind of body would it condense into? submitted by superhelical [link] [34 comments]

Why do Jupiter and Saturn rotate so quickly? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:56 PM PST submitted by 82364 [link] [10 comments]

How are complex behavioral traits, like herding and fetching, passed genetically in dogs? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:26 PM PST submitted by CasuallyErect [link] [3 comments]

Why can different big cats, and different equines breed together and produce offspring, but different apes such as humans and chimps cannot? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 08:32 PM PST submitted by NippleSubmissions [link] [14 comments]

What would the ramifications of a lack of causality be? Posted: 01 Jan 2016 03:03 AM PST People say you can have two of three: causality, relativity, and FTL communication. The convention is to discard FTL communication. But what are the consequences of an acausal universe? submitted by dimitriye98 [link] [1 comment]

Would a grandfather clock keep time in an elevator? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:26 AM PST The pendulum will be heavier accelerating up but lighter accelerating down. Do they cancel out so the clock will work? submitted by TheWeepingAngles [link] [9 comments]

Have wale songs changed over time, through generations, almost in the way our words or songs have changed over time? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:49 PM PST I've heard that wale songs are similar by region, so it got me wondering if they're songs have changed slightly over time. I wonder if things they're saying or singing now would sound strange to wales of an older generation? submitted by SantaMonsanto [link] [5 comments]

At what point does the L.A. methane gas leak become more potent to the environment than the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:55 AM PST And why can't they burn/flare some of what's coming out of the ground? Bonus round: If we had a GHG tax, how much would be paid out as a result of this leak? submitted by chrisplyon [link] [14 comments]

Why do we sweat when we're scared? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:50 PM PST Surely you'd want to not smell strongly when a predator is trying to find you. submitted by TheCrowbarSnapsInTwo [link] [6 comments]

What tactics were used by humans to hunt mammoths? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:44 AM PST I hope this question isn't too speculative for /r/AskScience. A recent article confirms spears were used against Mammoths which got me wondering what were the tactics used during the hunt? How did humans take down such large animals? *How many humans had to be involved? *How many spears were needed to take down a Mammoth? *Were any other tools used, such a rope to tie down the animal? *Did hunters spear and let the animal bleed out? *What do we know based on current hunting techniques? submitted by Puznug [link] [4 comments]

Why is this door hard to close when the window is shut? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 11:38 AM PST Here's a quick diagram of my room: http://imgur.com/64u0HoF When I walk in my room, I push the door behind me to shut it. When the window is open, the door shuts just fine. But when the window is shut, the door always stops right before it meets the doorframe, and I have to push it the rest of the way. I suspect it has to do with an air pocket being caught in the little hallway, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyone know why? Edit: And anybody know how to fix it? submitted by kevin4789 [link] [7 comments]

Why does spin change how particles work? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 03:10 PM PST I've been told that spin is a measure of intrinsic angular momentum, but I don't understand why it leads to all these confusing properties of particles and forces. I have heard that fermions with half-spin can't occupy the same space, but bosons with integer spin can, and that bosons with spin 1 cause opposites to attract and likes to repel, but spin 2 bosons have like attraction. I've also heard that because of their half-spin, fermions can be rotated 360º and end up with the opposite spin. Assuming what I'm told is correct, what is the reason for these odd properties? Is there a simple analogy to explain all of this? submitted by chunkylubber54 [link] [2 comments]

Would an object travelling close to the speed of light experience friction due to the hydrogen in space? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 04:56 PM PST submitted by Rugglekyogre [link] [1 comment]

Hypothetically, can Period 8 have a further sub group like Lanthanides and Actinides? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:27 PM PST I guess, for one, do we know for sure that period 8 will have lanthanides and actinides? And for two, could there hypothetically be a further sub group? Like how Lanthanides appeared in period 6 and have that funky extra-extendy part. Could the table get (probably absurdly) longer? Oh, and of course, if you can: How do we know this? submitted by praisethefallen [link] [2 comments]

What do I smell when I short two electrical wires, or run a blender, or power drill? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 09:43 AM PST What do I smell when I short two electrical wires, or run a blender, or power drill? Is it ozone? And if so, what constitutes a dangerous level of ozone, and how can one calculate the amount of ozone created? submitted by severa_verum_gaudium [link] [3 comments]

If I hit a baseball with a bat, can the ball go faster than the speed that I'm swinging the bat? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 10:59 AM PST I'm thinking of a ball that is stationary, like on a tee. I guess that maybe the question would work better for a golf ball now that I'm thinking about it. If it is a pitched ball, can the ball ever go faster than the combined speed of the bat and the ball? Does it matter what the ball is made of, or how strong the person swinging the bat is? submitted by IUhoosier_CCCP [link] [9 comments]

What is meant by 'gravity assist?' Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:14 PM PST It seems to me that an orbital object would gain energy falling into a gravity well, then lose all that energy climbing out the other side. How is this a net gain? submitted by yHero [link] [3 comments]

With bitcoin-like cryptocurrencies, how does a person know whether the blockchain they have is up to date? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 09:50 AM PST I understand that the blockchain of a cryptocurrency is essentially a public ledger of all the transactions in that currency, and that it's used to prevent duplicate transactions from occurring as well as tracking all the balances. How can a single client know whether or not the blockchain that it has contains the full list of transactions? I mean, it can compare blockchains with the user it's performing the transaction with and make sure that the later of the two is used; maybe it can look around at other public blockchains and make sure they're not newer? I guess I don't understand what underpins the system's trust. submitted by Bladelink [link] [3 comments]

What caused protons and neutrons to come together in the early universe? Posted: 31 Dec 2015 06:59 AM PST In the early universe, when the temperature was hot enough, there was a sea of protons, neutrons, electrons, and radiation (photons). Eventually as the temperature dropped, it became possible for protons and neutrons to come together and form atomic nuclei, though it was still too hot for electrons to bind and form neutral atoms. My question is - what caused the protons and neutrons to bind in the first place? If I understand correctly, the nuclear force keeps the nucleus together once it's already formed, but what caused the proton and neutron to bind? Why didn't all protons and neutrons continue as individual particles as the universe continued to cool? submitted by acunc [link] [4 comments]

Not sure how to word this but do programmers have to have technical knowledge of something to write code for it? I'll be more detailed in the post. Posted: 31 Dec 2015 07:47 AM PST For example, an autopilot program on an airplane...does the programmer have to be fluent in the mechanics of flight or aerodynamics to be able to write the program? Or for weather modelling software does the programmer pretty much have to be a meteorologist to make it work? Etc, etc submitted by Young_Laredo [link] [8 comments]

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