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Do animals get pleasure out of mating and reproducing like humans do?

Do animals get pleasure out of mating and reproducing like humans do?


Do animals get pleasure out of mating and reproducing like humans do?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 09:23 PM PDT

Or do they just do it because of their neurochemostry without any "emotion"?

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What causes gum to have a consistency threshold? You chew for hours with the same consistency then it suddenly becomes gritty, loses all its stickyness, and starts to dissolve in your mouth within seconds.

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 09:34 PM PDT

Is DNA stable in a vacuum?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 06:23 PM PDT

If I were stranded in space, could I propel myself throwing rocks?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 08:47 PM PDT

Imagine I'm floating in space, trying to reach a space station 20 km away. Lets assume I have unlimited water, food and oxygen supply thanks to the unobtanium reactor in my backpack. I have a bag of rocks, samples from my mission. Could I reach the station throwing rocks in the opposite direction? if so, how many rocks would be required?

Edit: grammar and such.

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why do ice cubes crack in water, when they don't in air that is warmer than the water?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 09:03 PM PDT

Why does steam and hot 'irons' remove creases from clothes so quickly and efficiently, and what is the science behind what's happening on a molecular level?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 01:40 AM PDT

What would happen if you mixed blood and mercury?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 01:02 AM PDT

human blood. and of course outside of the human body in an appropriate container.

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Splenda and other artificial sweeteners are "hundreds" or "thousands" of times sweeter. How do they measure this? They taste the same to me.

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 07:32 PM PDT

Artificial sweeteners like Splenda are said to be hundreds or thousands of times sweeter than real sugar. How do they measure this? And why is it that a teaspoon of splenda in one of those little packets tastes exactly as sweet as a teaspoon of sugar? Shouldn't my mind be absolutely blown by how sweet it is?

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Which is more important for keeping solids solid: Coulomb Repulsion or Electron Degeneracy Pressure?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 04:43 AM PDT

I've seen it claimed that the electrostatic repulsion of atomic electrons is less important than the Pauli repulsion involved with overlapping electron orbitals when it comes to why solids can't pass through each other. Is there a well understood answer to this phenonmenon?

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If I were to get enough viruses in a small space to be able to see them without a microscope, what would it look like?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 06:13 AM PDT

How different would it look for different viruses? What color would it be?

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How do astronauts wash their clothes in space? Wouldn't a conventional washing machine make the station start rotating?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 09:19 PM PDT

If the acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s/s, then how come a rifle round will only drop less than two meters in the time it takes to go ~457 meters?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 05:49 PM PDT

Strange question, We are all familiar with the 'first' 4 dimensions, the 3 of space and 1 of time. My question is, seeing how there are theories involving other dimensions, are these other dimensions the manifestations of fields?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 07:26 PM PDT

To add further clarification is, lets say, the 5th dimension the magnetic field. Also how the field of gravity permeates these 'first' 4 dimensions. are the other dimensions the fields we observe in science such as the quantum field and so forth.

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What makes the spark mechanism in a safety lighter work?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 01:57 AM PDT

Have you ever taken apart one of those long safety lighters, inside there is a button with wires running to it, which generates a spark when the button's pressed down. How does this work? I've searched for this before, but I've never found out how it actually works.

http://i.imgur.com/KKOy4AA.jpg

I couldn't find a picture of what I'm talking about... am I the only one that's taken one of these apart?

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What makes the gas around Jupiter and Saturn part of the planet and not the atmosphere?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 12:00 PM PDT

or is it just a really thick atmosphere? Sorry if it's a silly question.

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Why does my shower curtain blow inwards while water is running?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 12:09 PM PDT

All I want to do is have a shower without the curtain constantly sticking to various body parts.

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What was the universe like precisely one second after the Big Bang?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 09:44 PM PDT

To the best of our knowledge.

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How does covalent bonding work?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 02:30 AM PDT

I'm not sure ....

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How does General Relativity explain Moon tidal forces ?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 05:21 AM PDT

If in General Relativity, gravity is nothing more than spacetime curvature ( aka bowling ball on a mattress ), how are the Moon's tidal 'forces' accounted for in terms of spacetime curvature ?

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Could the accretion disk of a black hole emit enough energy to create a habitable zone?

Posted: 07 Apr 2016 10:41 PM PDT

Hello,

recently I've thought about some kind of scenario where a black hole could be the center of a solar system. I've read that the accretion disk of large black holes (quasars for example, though these don't quite fit the solar system approach) gets pretty hot due to friction, so could this possibly generate enough heat to create an habitable zone where a planet with living beings could exist?

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Can RADAR be used to detect smaller objects, like bullets?

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 04:38 AM PDT

I was wondering since RADAR can be used for imaging and detecting fast moving aircraft. Can a radar be used in lets say a Smaller military base to detect incoming bullet fire and where it came from/trajectory?

If so, why is it not so common?

Any information is much appreciated. Further reading on the subject would also be great, I'm really interested in the capabilities of this technology.

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