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Can the ancient magnetic field surrounding Mars be "revived" in any way?

Can the ancient magnetic field surrounding Mars be "revived" in any way?


Can the ancient magnetic field surrounding Mars be "revived" in any way?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 03:58 AM PDT

How does the ISS handle debris on its solar panels? How often does the ISS get hit with debris?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:58 AM PDT

If elephants (and other animals with long trunks like mammoths) went extinct millions of years ago, would we know they had long trunks from fossils? How would we know that?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 06:58 PM PDT

What is happening during a Mandelbrot zoom?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:38 PM PDT

I recently found out that watching Mandelbrot zoom's on YouTube is a ton of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHkQjdh14cc

I don't know a lot about math. I understand the function and I understand the concept, but what the heck is going on with this video?

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Why is mercury so dangerous to be touched or ingested?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:29 AM PDT

What happens on a cellular level?

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Relative to their size, how far away are galaxies to each other?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:48 PM PDT

For example; is the average distance between galaxies 10,000 times their diameter?

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Do scalars always add?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 08:19 AM PDT

I'm specifically thinking about positive point charges. When calculating the potential at a point between two point charges will they always add? Is that the point of them being scalar?

I'll be the first to admit that physics terminology usually goes over my head.

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Are solar panels used in space different from the ones used on Earth?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:23 PM PDT

Like taking advantage of more thermal and UV radiation.

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Why do the bruised portions of apples taste so different from the unbruised portions?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:58 AM PDT

What exactly causes you to instantly lose consciousness with a blow to the head?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:41 AM PDT

I was thinking about this yesterday and thought I'd ask.. I've been knocked out a couple of times over the years due to various cycling fails and don't really understand what happens.

What is it about a sharp blow to the head that causes the instant loss of consciousness? Does it do something physical like scramble signals, or is it a reaction to the impact designed to protect us, or something different entirely? Whatever it is, I'd love to know.

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Could desalination plants ever be powered by hydroelectricity?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 07:26 AM PDT

If a baby is born premature 7 months in the pregnancy after a month is it going to be more or less developed than if it was still in the womb?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 12:03 PM PDT

Is it going to be bigger, in terms of body weight and rate of growth? Is it going to be stronger? Will its cognitive development start as if it was born after a complete pregnancy or no? Basically after a month will it be able to react to stimuli as a baby that did 9 months in the womb and then a month out or will it behave as a baby born at 8 months?

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Where do wastewater treatment plants get the "good" bacteria they need to function? How are the good bacteria kept alive, and the bad ones destroyed?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 11:08 PM PDT

I've heard from a video about wastewater treatment plants that good bacteria is used to eat harmful microorganisms and pathogens from the dirty water as a step in the purification process. Where does the plant initially get the good bacteria from? How does the good bacteria stay alive, but the pathogens die?

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Does dark energy have a negative temperature?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 06:39 AM PDT

What would happen if you stayed in room with only one color of light, such as red? Would your cones adapt or would it be like coming out a cave?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 02:43 PM PDT

Nuclear Reactors : Control rods - what causes the difference in reactivity worth? Why does regulation limit the number and depth of control rods at full power?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:50 AM PDT

Hi all,

Just a query I have.

I think I have a rough idea that the difference in reactivity worth may be due to the variation in flux distribution ( as a result of the the fuel loading pattern) and that reactivity worth is an important parameter as it specifies the safety margin of a reactor.

If somone could explain in more detail why exactly regulation limits the number and depth at full power that would be great - it would also be interesting to know if there is much variance between international regulation upon this matter and why at full power it is such a problem.

Thanks!

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Why where Fat Man and Little Boy shaped differently?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:20 AM PDT

This never occurred to me until I saw this meme, but why where Fat Man and Little Boy shaped differently? I understand that they where different sizes with different yields, but why where their silhouettes so different from one another?

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Does sense of smell degrade with age like with vision and hearing?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 09:49 PM PDT

Not every galaxy has a black hole at its centre, but what else has a high enough gravitational field to keep stars in orbit?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 05:14 AM PDT

What's the difference between the Observer Effect and the Uncertainty Principle?

Posted: 25 Mar 2018 01:20 PM PDT

There is an unbelievably large amount of misinformation about both of these things it is hard to get an answer.

From what I understand the uncertainty principle is when you send electromagnetic waves to observe particles but because of how small particles are you need to make the wavelength shorter and the frequency higher so that it interacts with the particle but the more you do this the higher the uncertainty of the position and the velocity of the particle is since the process of doing that disturbs the particle.

I have tried looking up the observer effect and either people start talking about consciousness or I see Neil deGrasse Tyson talking to Joe Rogan and he says that it is the same thing and then I look in the comment section and they say that he is simplifying it or just getting it completely wrong (although the comment section have been known for getting things wrong themselves).

The only other thing is the odd mention of the double split experiment or superposition - both of which I vaguely understand the basic principle behind but I don't really understand what is happening on a Quantum scale.

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Why can we see our breath when it’s cold out?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:37 AM PDT

Do trees contribute to the environment when they lose their leaves?

Posted: 26 Mar 2018 04:22 AM PDT

For example they photosynthesise to replace oxygen in the atmosphere which is very useful to humans - do they continue to do this during the winter without leaves?

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