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Do plants receive a measureable amount of energy from starlight other than the Sun, versus if they were in total darkness?

Do plants receive a measureable amount of energy from starlight other than the Sun, versus if they were in total darkness?


Do plants receive a measureable amount of energy from starlight other than the Sun, versus if they were in total darkness?

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:57 AM PDT

Sub-question: is there measureable phototropism behavior towards starlight, if any?

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Do magnetic and/or electric field have any influence on time and space?

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 06:22 AM PDT

According to Einstein, gravity has influence on space and time. Does magnetic field have influence on time and space? Does electric field have influence on time and space?

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What's the difference between being knocked out and being unconcscious when you sleep?

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 07:15 AM PDT

How was the age at which the universe became transparent calculated?

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 01:01 AM PDT

I'd curious about the most accurate primary source regarding such data & calculations, thanks.

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Why is the human heart located on our left side? Shouldn’t it be as centrally located possible?

Posted: 19 Aug 2018 05:07 AM PDT

How much of a problem is space debris for the ISS and shuttles?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 03:08 PM PDT

Do large Earthquakes risk setting off other nearby faultlines?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:47 PM PDT

For example, when the Cascadia Subduction Zone next goes, it's supposed to cause a truly massive earthquake... Will this increase the likelihood of a major earthquake in California? Or if there is a major Earthquake in Fiji, like just happened, does that impact the opposite side of the tectonic plate? Or am Imagining the plates as much too rigid?

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How are old buildings built with asbestos demolished safely?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:58 PM PDT

What is going on when you submerge a ball deep into a pool and then it jumps back in a random direction? Is there any way to predict the trajectory?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:11 AM PDT

What chemical compound contributes to the classic "campfire smell?"

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:58 AM PDT

Referring to the smell that clothes sometimes take on when they're exposed to lots of campfire smoke.

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Why are human eyeballs white?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:22 AM PDT

Is it possible to have them black or some other color? (maybe for a fantastical humanoid if not for RL humans?)

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What is the status of the search for room temperature superconductors?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 11:18 AM PDT

I know a few years ago there were some relatively promising advances using cuprates. I read something about gold and silver having room temperature superconductivity recently, but that seems implausible based on my experience with materials, and the noise patterns observed in their testing. What is currently the most promising path, and have there been much in advances since they reproduced a superconductor at 203 kelvin?

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Why would animals share self-harming information?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:09 AM PDT

I read that dogs have anal glands that release smells which give information to other dogs about their health. So other dogs can decide if they would want to make acquaintance but wouldn't natural selection make it so that all dogs would give out 'good' smells even if they were unhealthy just to get a chance to reproduce? Is there an evolutionary advantage to sharing honest information that reduces the individual's opportunity to pass on his genes? There must be similar examples in other animals as well.

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If the earth rotated at the same speed but in the opposite direction, how long would a day be?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:36 AM PDT

How do electron 'standing waves' relate to the probability density cloud?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:33 AM PDT

Let me try to explain what I've sort of understood thus far:

  1. In atomic spectra, we observe that instead of a continuous spectrum of light, a line spectrum is produced instead. This indicates some sort of discrete energy quantities that electrons can possess, such that photons of specific frequencies can be emitted to 'form' the line spectrum. Bohr's model sort of explains this, yet cannot account for the electromagnetic radiation of the electrons.
  2. de Broglie then suggests that perhaps electrons exist as circular standing waves, of which wavelength can only exist as integers of the orbital circumference. (If not, the electron cannot exist as it would interfere with itself). This explains the discrete energy levels, as the electrons can only absorb/release the exact amount of energy it requires to move from one 'harmonic' to another to form complete standing waves.

My first question might be a little dumb-sounding, but how does de Broglie's model account for the electromagnetic radiation of the electrons? I'm pretty sure the electrons still release electromagnetic radiation, but how does the 'standing wave' model make sense for how the electrons do not fall into the nucleus of the atom?

My second question at this point is, what are these 'standing waves'? I'm trying my best to think of these standing waves outside of its classical interpretation, but its getting kinda fuzzy in my mind. Are they mapping out the orbitals / probability clouds? (Which if I recall correctly, is described by the wave function as given by Schrodinger's equation.)

Please do correct me if there are any discrepancies in what I've typed out so far. Thank you for any help given.

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Can regenerative animals keep regrowing the same limbs over and over without any loss?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:52 AM PDT

For example, salamanders can regrow limbs/tails. What if that same limb gets chopped off again or multiple times, will it regrow back again perfectly or are there diminishing returns each regrowth?

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[Physics] Can relativistic physics be adjusted to allow for switching between accelerating and non-accelerating frames of reference?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 09:13 AM PDT

For example: say a spaceship accelerates away from a stationary observer. What would the observer's "world-line" look like from the spaceship's perspective and what would the spacetime diagram look like?

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Why does driving by a parked car on the road make a different sound than driving by the ground or a sidewalk?

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:43 AM PDT

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