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Increased gut motility is a well documented side effect of caffeine consumption. Is this the body's attempt at removing the caffeinated food bolus?

Increased gut motility is a well documented side effect of caffeine consumption. Is this the body's attempt at removing the caffeinated food bolus?


Increased gut motility is a well documented side effect of caffeine consumption. Is this the body's attempt at removing the caffeinated food bolus?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:20 AM PDT

Does the bowel movement that was accelerated out contain any appreciable amount of caffeine?

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What kind of damage could someone expect if hit by a single atom of titanium at 99%c?

Posted: 09 Jul 2016 06:26 AM PDT

Does wind affect the distance sound travels?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:07 PM PDT

Is one cubic meter of lunar soil equivalent to the energetic that could be provided from an entire fast food meal ?

Posted: 09 Jul 2016 07:10 AM PDT

I had an encountered with a scientist at NASA in Houston and he mentioned that when the Apollo missions where happening . Many speculated how powerful lunar soil could be and at this point there's no prove of that . However , there's is a big wall at the visitors center which states that one cubic meter of lunar soil is equivalent to the energy one burger , french fries and a soda can provide . If this is veridic how can we take advantage of that energy if possible ?

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Is there any evidence that the increased use of hands free soap/sink/towel dispensers and hand sanitizers reduced the rate of illness?

Posted: 09 Jul 2016 03:41 AM PDT

How, on a physical level, do transistors/vacuum tubes work, and how do they produce logic gates?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 08:40 PM PDT

How do we know that our mathematics will translate all over the universe and not just our world?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:49 PM PDT

How much hotter would the Earth get during daytime if the days were longer?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:05 PM PDT

I read that the moon's average daytime temperature is over 100 degrees Celsius. I know the lack of atmosphere plays a part in that. How much do the long moon days contribute to that? A moon day is approximately 28 days right? What if the Earth rotated slower and the Earth day was 28 days? What if it were 2 days? What if we were tidally locked to the Sun? How hot would the bright side get, and how cold would the dark side get?

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Does anxiety increase blood pH level?

Posted: 09 Jul 2016 08:07 AM PDT

The context of this question is related to exercise endurance, running more specifically.
I don't have a scientific background, but after reading different articles, I went to the following conclusion:
When a person runs at anaerobic level of effort, the blood pH decreases. However, if this person becomes anxious, due to the fear of lack of oxygen for example, the blood pH is increased metabolically, which basically extends the capacity of performing the exercise.
That can be the explanation of endurance, if the idea is correct.
Am I right, or if not, what's wrong?

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Why does Sunlight make you sleepy?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:07 PM PDT

How do you measure the volume of a chunk of space in curved spacetime?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 01:44 PM PDT

Specifically, I'm asking how you calculate it, not what tools you would use

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When people say stars and nebulae are formed by gas and dust, what exactly is the dust?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 12:56 PM PDT

I understand that the gas is most likely hydrogen or helium because those are very simple structures. However, when someone refers to dust on earth that is usually specks of dirt (minerals like silica) or organic material (skin cells) which are much more complicated structures. So what exactly is this space dust made of?

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What is the behavior of a black hole's temperature?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 09:16 PM PDT

Do black holes have temperature at all? If so, how does one calculate its temperature, and what are the behaviors?

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In what ways does the laws of physics break down in temperatures that exceed the Planck Temperature?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:52 PM PDT

Can anyone provide a few examples?

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Maximum velocity for orbits / gravity assists within our solar system?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 08:49 PM PDT

I'm reading a book where spaceships slingshot around various planets to maintain velocity (no unobtainium gravity control). I was wondering what approximate velocity a ship/probe would be able to maintain in our solar system.

I can math out stable orbital velocities/altitudes, but slingshot manoeuvres confound me, and once relativity shows up I get completely lost (I'm only a materials guy!).

(As additional info, in the book they travel at ~ 0.6C after many weeks/months of acceleration at ~3g, and slingshot to maintain velocity. Way past escape velocity, but maybe they accelerate perpendicular to their velocity?)

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A simple tomato freezing and unfreezing test shows me that this procedure destroys the tomato structure. Why are we then freezing humans for the future?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 10:35 AM PDT

Is it possible to have "less pressure than vacuum"?

Posted: 09 Jul 2016 12:18 AM PDT

Go under water, and you're experiencing a greater amount of pressure... hike up a mountain and you're under less pressure. Go to space, and you're in a vacuum (and probably dead if you could feel it).

Is there such a phenomenon where there is "negative" amounts of pressure (not negative pressure)...?

(think "is there another dimension other than the 3 we see, before we discovered there were more")

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Can Jet Stream behaviour be used as an indicator for climate change?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 09:23 AM PDT

After the confusion over this video (15:00) which had some mistakes, that the creator corrected in later videos: 1, 2 (15:00 each), I would like to know what relevance Jet Stream behaviour has in making any analysis of our climate system.

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Can someone explain what a "Memresistor" does in a circuit?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 08:57 AM PDT

I came across them today and in my 2 years of electrical engineering study I have never heard of them. Can someone explain their purpose, or what they even do?

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Why do cell phone displays (mainly the LCD portion) continue to work after there is a crack in them? Wouldn't the crack stop current flow?

Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:11 AM PDT

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