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Would bee hives grow larger if we didn't harvest their honey?

Would bee hives grow larger if we didn't harvest their honey?


Would bee hives grow larger if we didn't harvest their honey?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 09:02 AM PDT

When a lightning bolt strikes the ground, what happens to it once the ground absorbs it?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 03:33 AM PDT

How do we know that gravity's effect on time dilation is not an artifact of the effect that gravity has on the electrons orbiting the cesium atom used in atomic clocks to detect time dilation?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 12:28 AM PDT

How do we know how much times we can recycle plastic, paper, batteries, etc.?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 07:22 AM PDT

Why is running slightly uphill so much harder than running level?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 03:57 AM PDT

Can it all be explained by gravity and physics, or is there something about the human body that's just not meant to run at an incline?

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Do Corvids of different species cooperate in certain situations, and why?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 05:15 AM PDT

The title. Below are just the two personal observations that prompted my question, which are only here to clarify what i mean with "cooperate":

 

-A bird of prey caught a smaller bird, and both Carrion crows and European magpies, perching on the same branches, "mobbed/scoldet" it their usual manner "together".

-A Carrion crow, a European Magpie, and two Eurasian jays searched for food "together". Wherever one went, the others followed, to search for food "together". I could not see any aggression between any of these birds.

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Why are the lakes in the far north of North America oval shaped and oriented n/s?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 06:36 PM PDT

See a sample screenshot here: https://imgur.com/a/8nC6ik0

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At what point in the atmosphere would a person need a space suit to survive?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 09:34 AM PDT

How do permanent markers work?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 04:56 PM PDT

Why does a flu shot make your arm hurt a day or two later?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 07:47 PM PDT

I recently got my flu shot, and I noticed that a day or so later my arm was "sore". This wasn't from the needle, but it felt like I'd been punched and had a bruise (though nothing was visible). I realized that this happens for most vaccinations (I'm old enough that aside from a flu shot the only other ones are things like a Shingles vaccines, tetanus boosters, etc.) Why does this happen?

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whys it unlikely that a beta particle would have the maximum possible energy?

Posted: 22 Sep 2018 03:40 AM PDT

I know rogue planets (planet-sized objects that don't orbit a star) are theorized in the galaxy but are rogue stars (stars that don't orbit a galaxy) also theorized? Any theories on how prevalent they are?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 05:18 AM PDT

Why aren’t different dog breeds considered different species?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 05:55 PM PDT

Animal taxonomy started by classifying animals into different groups of extremely different phenotypes. If chihuahuas and german shepherds were around during Aristotle's time, they would be classified as wildly different animals.

Animal species come into being by selective breeding, whether forced or via natural selection. So why are beagles and mastiffs the same species when, say, red squirrels and gray squirrels are different species?

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Why is that that "flu season" seems to be in the fall/winter months? Is the virus less communicable throughout the spring and summer?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 09:44 AM PDT

How fast are molecules travelling in interstellar/intergalactic space?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 09:33 AM PDT

I know there may not be a good answer since there is no absolute reference frame in space, but do we know what the relative speeds of molecules in space are (to each other perhaps)?

I was wondering this while looking at this chart and seeing stuff like "one molecule per cubic cm or cubic meter" and reading a bit about the mean free paths (and noticing a lack of them for the more extreme vacuums). Do molecules in deep space have other molecules whizzing by them at relativistic speeds? Or are they all relatively stationary to one another? Somewhere in between?

Thanks :)

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If I’m facing a wind going 65 mph and I drive my car directly into it and proceed to travel at 65 mph, does it take twice the amount of gas as if there no wind at all, and would take less gas than if I was driving in the same direction as the wind going he same speed as the wind?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 01:43 PM PDT

Given that photons have energy, and mass depends on the energy of an object, how are photons massless?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 11:17 AM PDT

I get that energy adds mass to an object, I've heard that almost all of the mass of an Atom comes from the way Quarks are bound by the strong force, for example. What I don't understand, then, is how a photon can have no mass, given that it carries energy. Does mass only exist when there are multiple particles interacting?

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How do pain relievers reduce fever?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 10:01 AM PDT

How do medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen reduce a fever? Also do they reduce a fever in the same way. I know that acetaminophen does not reduce inflammation so does it affect a fever differently?

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In common chimpanzee societies, how do infants/juveniles differ in terms of food access during development?

Posted: 21 Sep 2018 02:22 AM PDT

I'm probably making many assumptions that show a general lack of understanding of chimpanzee behavior, and I apologize for that. Hopefully someone will still try to provide an explanation and show errors in my thinking.

So my questions are:

Do most infants have access to a similar amount of food? Is there a ranking system that determines how much food different infants can get? Which factors lead to inequality in terms of nutrition, if that occurs at all?

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