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Whats the usefulness of finding new bigger prime numbers?

Whats the usefulness of finding new bigger prime numbers?


Whats the usefulness of finding new bigger prime numbers?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 03:21 PM PST

Can frozen food be stored indefinitely?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 07:12 AM PST

Let's say that fridge is going to work xxx years and will never be opened. How long will the food stay edible?

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In most representations of dinosaurs, they make a screech noise. Is there any scientific evidence that this is how they sound or is it completely made up?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:47 AM PST

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_TUwYc6Vk

This is the kind of screech I'm referring to.

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How much does humidity affect the body's hydration levels?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:06 PM PST

Say hypothetically two identical people lived ate and drank exactly the same amounts other then their environments relative humidity that they lived in (one extremely high the other extremely low). Would there be a noticeable hydration difference between the two people?

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Are the predictions about a stellar merger in 2022 still on track?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:01 AM PST

Last a paper was published, predicting that the binary star system KIC 9832227, was going to merge in 2022.2±0.6.

Are there any updates on whether this prediction is still accurate? Also, are there any plans to make frequent observations of the merger when it does finally occur?

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Why are volts lost due to internal resistance?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 04:44 AM PST

Can someone explain why volts are lost due to internal resistance when current is drawn from a cell? From my understanding as resistance increases so does voltage so if anything should the tpd not increase?

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How can nuclear reactors work without steam?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:24 AM PST

There are spacecraft in space right now that are powered by onboard nuclear reactors. Surely they don't use steam to spin a turbine like a normal land-based nuclear power plant. That's a lot of extra weight to carry into space. Turbines are heavy.

So how do these reactors work? Have we found a way to convert heat directly into electricity?

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Is there a measurable increase in salinity of surounding waterways after a particularly cold winter when salt is used in the roadways?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 05:48 PM PST

Wondering because I see salt stains everywhere and I grew up around the Chesapeake Bay area.

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How does Schumann's resonance work?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:15 AM PST

Hello r/askscience~
I stumbled upon this thing called "Schumann's resonance" and apparently it makes whatever music you play on top of it seem... well... different.

I wonder how it works (scientificly). I would guess it is a sound in frequency that differs (in this case by 7.83 Hz) from the natural sound created between the surface of the earth and the atmosphere due to earth's motion, but I don't really know.

I would also like to know if it has any proven / theoretical effects on the listener. I personally use this to enhance the music I hear by playing it in the background, but I would like to know more about how it is suppossed to be used.

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-nk3fIUsKA

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In the photoelectric effect why can't low frequency photons knock an electron to a higher orbit and then another knock it out of orbit the rest of the way?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 05:09 AM PST

Would it be possible for a computer to choose a random number out of an infinite number of possibilities? Or there is no way to program such thing

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 03:24 PM PST

Why does alcohol burn when you ingest it ?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:25 PM PST

Can an alpha particle and two beta particles be combined to form a Helium atom?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 07:51 AM PST

If this is the case, could other elements be formed by combining types of radiation—for example two alpha particles and sixteen beta particles to form Oxygen?

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What determines raindrop size?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 11:32 AM PST

Thought of this after walking through rain this morning with incredibly fine particles, it was almost like a thick mist. Why were the water droplets so small, and why are they sometimes pretty large?

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How is natural exhaustion different from being tired because of medicine?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 03:26 PM PST

If you take medicine to help with sleep such as melatonin, or even just take a nighttime cold pill that will make you drowsy, would it be unhealthy to stay awake? Even if you've had a full nights rest previously.

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How does a Magnifying Mirror work any differently than a regular mirror?

Posted: 06 Jan 2018 06:45 AM PST

Are frozen fruits and vegetables till healthy and nutritious for you?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:14 PM PST

How similar are your fingerprints to your parents?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 10:13 PM PST

Is your fingerprint a combination of that of your parents or is it totally different and new from them? I was thinking of this in context to fingerprint locks on cell phones. If both of my parents combined their fingerprints into 1 saved fingerprint onto a phone, would I be able to unlock it using my fingerprint? If so, how far back would you be able to trace the similarities in fingerprints or could there be any possible way to even do such a thing?

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How is the transit method of exoplanet detection used to determine the planet's volume?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 08:03 PM PST

I've been searching for the answer to this, and so far, my best answer is the the drop in luminosity = planet radius2 x star radius2 , but this does not take into consideration how far the planet is from its star. A planet orbiting 0.5 AU from its star would have a much smaller drop than a planet orbiting at 50 AU, correct? So why is this not taken into consideration when calculating the planet's radius? And if it is, then what is the equation?

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Could we chemically synthesize new food flavors that haven't been tasted before?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 07:13 PM PST

Surely all the herbs and spices created naturally couldn't encompass all the possibilities right? Are there examples of this being done? Could any of them be good?

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How big of an impact does the gyroscopic effect of wheels have on the stability of a car?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 09:52 PM PST

What makes mirrors reflective?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 02:55 PM PST

How exactly this can happen?

Posted: 05 Jan 2018 10:38 PM PST

So I have seen this picture here on some sub and I am wondering that how can the eyes open and closed(in mirror) at the same time? Doesn't light travels at very hight speed (like 2.99km/s) that it is almost impossible to capture two different light sources at the same time for the same object?

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