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Could I have a bag of neutrons? And if so, what would it look like, would they be reactive?

Could I have a bag of neutrons? And if so, what would it look like, would they be reactive?


Could I have a bag of neutrons? And if so, what would it look like, would they be reactive?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:40 AM PDT

Why do nuclear power plants have those distinct concave-shaped smoke stacks?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 06:07 AM PDT

Were superconductors theorised first or discovered?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 05:49 AM PDT

The title say it all really.

Were they mathematically predicted first or just discovered by accident or similar?

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Does having only one testicle affect testosterone, muscle growth, etc?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:08 PM PDT

Google wasn’t clear on this, but how is the brain able to throw a object or catch a object and predict when, where, etc etc. All on its own? It’s like advanced trig near instantly?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:03 PM PDT

When I read an article on my phone, do I drain my battery significantly faster when I scroll a little as I read each line of text, compared to only scrolling once I've read a whole screen of text?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:58 PM PDT

Does lightning really form from the ground up?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 12:48 AM PDT

so ive heard that lightning form from the ground and go up. It doesen't seem like it when you see a still image of the way it branch out.

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How fast do clouds move in relation to the earth? What factors are there when measuring the speed of clouds?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 12:14 AM PDT

Just looking at clouds on the chair lift this morning and during conversation with my friend we were discussing like what needs to be understood to know how fast clouds are moving.

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What makes noble gases inert?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 08:10 AM PDT

What I've been taught is that it's because their valence shell is fully filled and they follow the 2,8,8 octet rule. But beyond argon, that explanation doesn't fully show why the other noble gases are inert.

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Why do we refer to radio frequencies in terms of frequency, not wavelength? We refer to everything from IR to UV in wavelength, and media from before the 50's or so tends to use wavelength. Why did we switch?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:28 PM PDT

How is a completely flat surface created?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:51 PM PDT

How is a completely flat surface created? As in, what process took place to turn materials from the environment into completely flat objects (which could then be used again to create flat objects)...

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How does classical information arise from quantum building blocks?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:57 PM PDT

How does classical information arise from quantum building blocks? How could I build (or approximate) a bit that is copyable and a non-reversable NAND gate from purely quantum operators?

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How does LSD effect Fetal Development ?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:47 PM PDT

Saw a similar post earlier on r/morbidquestions and did a google search. Nothing too in depth but I wasn't able to find anything conclusive or even close to it in terms of reliable studies and the most in depth one I could find was from the 70's. Would love to hear if anyone on this sub has any knowledge or theories about positive or negative side affects. Should go without saying that I'm not advocating it but from what I was able to find it didn't have any harmful side affects physically. The article I read seemed kind of contradicting in that it stated their was chromosomal damage and yet it wasn't a terogen. Thoughts?

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Is land usage for beef increasig or decreasing (production/land area) Anyone have data resource globally or country per country?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 05:56 AM PDT

Meat production increased the last 30 years, but i suspect land area usage decreased due to more effective farms ect. Who knows? I would like to know!

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[chemistry] Do electrons ever switch places within the same atom?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:24 PM PDT

Why we can't get the integral of sin(sin(x))dx ?

Posted: 17 Mar 2018 05:22 AM PDT

Are there any other planets in the solar system which, when viewed from their surface, their moons appear to be exactly the same size as the sun?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:43 PM PDT

I watched the eclipse with my friends last summer, and it occurred to me, "Hey, the moon is just exactly the right diameter, and distance from the Earth, that when you look at it from the Earth, it appears to be exactly the same size as the sun." Is this just a coincidence, or is there a good reason for this?

Are there other planets in the solar system where their moon(s) appear to be the same size as the sun? That is, you could watch an eclipse from the planet, and it would look like it does on Earth, where you can see the halo, or corona, of the sun, around the moon?

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Does the rotation of the earth's magnetic field (either around the poles or around the sun) generate an electric field?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 03:49 PM PDT

Does there exist a dielectric that would lower the capacitance between two plates instead of raise it?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:37 AM PDT

we keep finding all these examples of humans interbreeding with other hominids, are there any modern animals that successfully interbreed with different species?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:10 PM PDT

How porifera (sponges) life-cycle, reproduction and longevity is affected by its environment and life in colony?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:54 PM PDT

Hello, i'm developer for educational aquarium game/simulator, we're implementing poriferas, and i have some niche questions for someone with experience/expertise in tropical/salt-water sponges. I did my search, looked through Google Scholar and Books, and unfortunately could not find conclusive answers, so i would be very thankful if any of r/AskScience marine biology scholars/students would be able to spend 30 minutes for answering questions below.

All questions are about average/most common species of porifera phylum. I understand there are extremities and notable differences between species, but i will refer here as "sponge" to the average/most often documented behaviour, or the specie You are most comfortable to answer about.

1) Does every sponge reproduce? If there is colony of sponges, is there some kind of "monarch" that reproduces more often? Does sponge age affects it fertility? If sponges reproduce annually, can something break the cycle? Do they reproduce every year until death? What environmental mechanism regulates whether sponge reproduces in K/r strategy, does it only vary between species and is independent of available resources?

2) What is the reason for sponges dying "of old age" if there are no organs to fail? Do sponge cell replication mechanism is limited by telomers length like in other animals? Is sponge in colony individual organism that lives and dies on it's own "cycle", or is part of one single organism, similar to fungi? Does sponge live as long as the colony, and dies only due to environment change/depletion of resources, or do they just die-off more or less in order of being born?

3) In the rare case of sponges that reproduce by budding (and for the species that are hermaphrodites and germinate without other specimen) - is the sponge heir a perfect clone of parent, or does random minuscule mutations happen in the process of reproduction noticeably more often than in case of normal sponge cell replication? Is there some time threshold (linked to annual reproduction cycle) after which sponges capable of self-germination do it?

I would be very glad if anyone can at least partially clarify those topics, or forward me to someone who would find time to do it. Thank You very much.

I've also posted this in r/marinebiology, if it's not okay to repost that - i apologize, and please remove this post

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What properties and characteristics of transition metals allow it to act as a catalyst for organic reactions?

Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:20 PM PDT

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