Why do people with Alzheimer's not forget how to talk?

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• Why do people with Alzheimer's not forget how to talk?
• How do we know quarks are real?
• So how does the Fundamental Attribution Error, and the Social Information Processing Model coexist together in psychology?
• We generally count in base 10, computers use base 2 and hexadecimal, is there some orderly relationship among the various constants of physics that suggests nature has a preferred "base"?
• If something is infinite, is it also necessarily exhaustive? Is the "infinite monkeys on typewriters will write Shakespeare" trope true?
• Leap seconds, why do they matter so much?
• Do mosquitoes share blood with each other? Also, do they "steal" blood from other mosquitoes, like from a dead one for example?
• Why doesn't the water under the polar caps freeze, even though it is below the freezing point?
• Will the earth eventually (long-time eventually) cool to be solid right down to it's core?
• If the heat "Q" in a closed system is positive, does that automatically mean temperature will increase?
• If you look at any crude oil assay, the sulfur content increases as you go from heavier fractions in crude oil (as in from LPG to fuel oil). What causes this?
• Is there any historical data that actually link a swarm of small earthquakes to a major quake? IE: is there anything that indicates that the current swarm in Bradley, California could possibly be anything other than the typical swarm that never precedes a major earthquake?
• How do orbiting telescopes track stars?
• If breaking a chemical bond requires energy why is enthalpy of atomization a positive value?
• Is there a theoretical maximum number of stars that can stably co-exist in a single system?
• If I touch a metal and wood both in the same temperature, like 15° C, I "feel" the metal is colder than the wood. Does that mean I can touch very hot stuff like 150° C without feeling it's hot? Also, what physical properties affect the feeling of hotness and coldness of the materials?
• Can you tell someone's native language by looking at a scan of their brain? What about bilingual, trilingual, ect?
• With reports of the super volcano in Italy had begun to awake and "stir" what effects would an eruption of that size have on not only the immediate area, but also the world as a whole?
• How are memories formed and stored in the human brain? How does information go from "pattern of electrochemical activity" to "hard" storage?
• How is memory assigned in hardware?
• Why don't humans have a mating season?
• Are there any materials that change state from a liquid to solid under heat?
• [Game Theory/Economics] How do open markets behave when no information is shared?
• Can someone explain this "fast formed fossils" experiment to me?

Why do people with Alzheimer's not forget how to talk? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 02:39 PM PST More specifically words, grammar etc. not how to physically talk submitted by /u/meemoooo [link] [comments]

How do we know quarks are real? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 11:00 PM PST Specifically, can someone explain to me what deep inelastic scattering is and how this establishes the existence of quarks? I kind of want to know how they set up the experiment and what exactly were they measuring? submitted by /u/MoonReaper [link] [comments]

So how does the Fundamental Attribution Error, and the Social Information Processing Model coexist together in psychology? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 07:43 PM PST I am sure that whoever knows the answer to the question knows what these two entities are, but what I want to know is that how do they coexist. If the Social Information Processing Model relies on the behaviors of the individual based on past experiences, And the fundamental attribution error stipulates that the persons behavior can mostly be explained via external forces, and social psychologists stress (at least in the courses and material I have read) that people mostly behave certain ways based on external stimuli and not what happens inside of their head by their own. Isn't it possible for them to come to the decision to behave certain ways internally without the environmental forces social psychologists suggest are responsible for a person's behavior? submitted by /u/baronobeefdip2 [link] [comments]

We generally count in base 10, computers use base 2 and hexadecimal, is there some orderly relationship among the various constants of physics that suggests nature has a preferred "base"? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 06:17 PM PST Part of the motivation for this is the question "Are we living in a simulation?" If so, we might expect some indication of the physics engine's architecture to show up in our physics. submitted by /u/frowawayduh [link] [comments]

If something is infinite, is it also necessarily exhaustive? Is the "infinite monkeys on typewriters will write Shakespeare" trope true? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 01:54 PM PST Not sure if I used the precise terminology ("exhaustive"), but the "an infinite number of monkeys typing on typewriters will eventually write Shakespeare" adage is a misrepresentation of infinity, correct? Like for instance, I could have an infinite set of numbers that never included the number 1234, right? It could just have 1233 and then expand into infinite numbers that start with 1233 without ever including 1234, and still meet the definition of "infinite", right? I guess my question really is: does something have to include all possible outcomes to truly be "infinite"? Or can something have infinite outcomes but not all possible outcomes? submitted by /u/beleca [link] [comments]

Leap seconds, why do they matter so much? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 05:07 PM PST If they need to perform a leap second something like every 30 years, why do we even need to do them? Surely the world won't be that much more different in environmental matters if we're a second out out. Like it'd take thousands of years to even notice a change in the time and the environmental time. We've only lived 200000 years as a species, a lot will change in that time. submitted by /u/RemysBoyToy [link] [comments]

Do mosquitoes share blood with each other? Also, do they "steal" blood from other mosquitoes, like from a dead one for example? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:53 AM PST submitted by /u/MansAssMan [link] [comments]

Why doesn't the water under the polar caps freeze, even though it is below the freezing point? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 05:02 AM PST There are of course more locations than the polar caps.I was wondering about this, since there are many bodies of water below freezing point that do not freeze. submitted by /u/RobinGroen [link] [comments]

Will the earth eventually (long-time eventually) cool to be solid right down to it's core? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 04:46 AM PST submitted by /u/Rakaith [link] [comments]

If the heat "Q" in a closed system is positive, does that automatically mean temperature will increase? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 07:37 AM PST Or is it possible for the work to be negative and have no change in internal energy, so no change in temperature? submitted by /u/sjrakes [link] [comments]

If you look at any crude oil assay, the sulfur content increases as you go from heavier fractions in crude oil (as in from LPG to fuel oil). What causes this? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 01:30 PM PST http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/worldwide-operations/crude-oils/assays I've been looking around and the sulfur content always increases as you go from light ends to vacuum residue. Is there any phenomenon that explains this? Does something make it easier for sulfur to accumulate in heavier molecules? submitted by /u/dungivewhut [link] [comments]

Is there any historical data that actually link a swarm of small earthquakes to a major quake? IE: is there anything that indicates that the current swarm in Bradley, California could possibly be anything other than the typical swarm that never precedes a major earthquake? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:55 AM PST One hears of quake swarms semi-regularly, today's CA/MX border cluster of 250 quakes under and around Brawley, California. These swarms happen all the time, but the vast majority of them never precede a major quake so they seem to be a particularly poor indicator of imminent disaster. Looking at, say, the 1,000 strongest quakes in recorded history. How many - if any - were preceded (within 72 hours) of a similar swam? submitted by /u/IWishItWouldSnow [link] [comments]

How do orbiting telescopes track stars? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:41 AM PST I would imagine small jets to orient them but wouldn't that result in a very jerky movement? submitted by /u/TriangleGodsDenyYou [link] [comments]

If breaking a chemical bond requires energy why is enthalpy of atomization a positive value? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:37 AM PST I understand that when a bond forms energy is released so wouldn't breaking one consume energy from its environment? How can splitting them also give energy? Besides, if we can have it both ways we would be able to get it for free!!(yay?) submitted by /u/clumsywatch [link] [comments]

Is there a theoretical maximum number of stars that can stably co-exist in a single system? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 02:42 AM PST Over on /r/elitedangerous, someone discovered this star system: https://i.redd.it/y9t5kcs7577y.jpg - 15 main sequence stars, 5 brown dwarfs, and 3 black holes. Elite Dangerous uses procedural generation to fill in the star systems that we don't know about; I just wondered how likely systems chock full of stars like this would be? submitted by /u/asteconn [link] [comments]

If I touch a metal and wood both in the same temperature, like 15° C, I "feel" the metal is colder than the wood. Does that mean I can touch very hot stuff like 150° C without feeling it's hot? Also, what physical properties affect the feeling of hotness and coldness of the materials? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 06:12 AM PST submitted by /u/UsernameThatIsUnique [link] [comments]

Can you tell someone's native language by looking at a scan of their brain? What about bilingual, trilingual, ect? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 05:48 AM PST submitted by /u/ChironXII [link] [comments]

With reports of the super volcano in Italy had begun to awake and "stir" what effects would an eruption of that size have on not only the immediate area, but also the world as a whole? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 05:46 AM PST submitted by /u/Tritonpr95x [link] [comments]

How are memories formed and stored in the human brain? How does information go from "pattern of electrochemical activity" to "hard" storage? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 05:35 AM PST I've heard that memories are solidified during sleep: does this mean that information is sitting in "RAM", so to speak, until then? And is this why we get tired? Are there specific structures that contain memories, or are they distributed throughout our neural net? A combination? Can we detect changes as memories are formed using an MRI or other instruments? submitted by /u/ChironXII [link] [comments]

How is memory assigned in hardware? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 02:27 PM PST When I write a line of code in C like int x = 5; How is that value physically written into the computers memory? submitted by /u/shadedDay [link] [comments]

Why don't humans have a mating season? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 09:48 AM PST Most mammals have a mating season. Why not humans (not that i'm complaining) ;) ? Was there any such thing at any point in human history. submitted by /u/saul_paul [link] [comments]

Are there any materials that change state from a liquid to solid under heat? Posted: 02 Jan 2017 03:30 AM PST This may be a very noobish question but need this info for a YouTube video :) Thank you submitted by /u/george_mason [link] [comments]

[Game Theory/Economics] How do open markets behave when no information is shared? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 10:02 AM PST In markets where information and date are highly sought after, especially to avoid information asymmetry and the free-riding issue, how would a very large number of agents act when no information about quality, details, origin of a product and agents is shared? Thanks! submitted by /u/DiogenicOrder [link] [comments]

Can someone explain this "fast formed fossils" experiment to me? Posted: 01 Jan 2017 10:00 PM PST When I was in high school, we were taught everything through a young earth creationism lens, and one day they brought in some guy who supposedly demonstrated that fossils don't prove the earth is older than 6000 years because you can make a fossil overnight. He showed us what he claimed to be a fossilized teddy bear he had made. I don't know enough about fossilization because this was my science education, but I have to assume if this was really the smoking gun argument, we would have to rethink everything. The guy who showed us this was a big Ken Ham fan, and Ken Ham's site is the only thing that comes up when you Google around for this stuff, and talks about this exact experiement (article here). I'm sure it's bullshit, but can anyone explain to me what's wrong here? submitted by /u/Ashanmaril [link] [comments]

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If my voice sounds different to me than it does in a recording, then how am I able to accurately match my singing voice to the key of a song?

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• If my voice sounds different to me than it does in a recording, then how am I able to accurately match my singing voice to the key of a song?
• Do you hear a sonic boom every time your mach speed increases (i.e. accelerating from mach 2 to mach 3), or only as you reach mach 1?
• What's in the way of creating a natural-sounding voice that doesn't rely on pre-recorded words?
• Is a quarter truly 50/50 chance?
• Where does the yellow river get its water from?
• Would it be possible to use an X-ray machine to find buried dinosaur bones?
• What's something that was incurable 10 years ago which is curable now?
• What makes a disease curable or incurable? Additionally, it's my understanding that incurable diseases are just ones we haven't yet found a cure for. Is there such a thing as a disease that is truly impossible to cure?
• Why do ice cubes freeze together when in a glass of water? Isn't the ice melting, not re-freezing?
• What would happen if we built a giant smokestack that was tall enough to be in space, and started burning a bunch of stuff on the ground?
• Has there ever been a pair of contradicting unsolved maths problems?
• Mauna Loa not erupted since 1984; Kilauea has been erupting since 1983. Is it just a coincidence?
• The TV show Drain the Ocean stated where they are underwater mountains the surface of the ocean bulges upward creating a mound that can be detected from satellites. How is this possible?
• Why doesn't water rise and compress the air in an upside-down cup lowered into water?
• Somebody please explain how sidewalks and roads crack?
• How effective would a stirling engine that is orbiting the sun be?

If my voice sounds different to me than it does in a recording, then how am I able to accurately match my singing voice to the key of a song? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:12 PM PST If other people hear my voice differently than I do when I speak, shouldn't my singing sound out of key to them if it sounds in key to me? submitted by /u/Torch_Salesman [link] [comments]

Do you hear a sonic boom every time your mach speed increases (i.e. accelerating from mach 2 to mach 3), or only as you reach mach 1? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 10:55 AM PST submitted by /u/lukesand10 [link] [comments]

What's in the way of creating a natural-sounding voice that doesn't rely on pre-recorded words? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 10:52 AM PST In other words, when I get directions from a navigation device or the announcer on public transport there's usually either a pre-recorded message (e.g. "examplestreet") or a combination of an established set of words, such as "head" "right" "next" "turn", resulting in a rather jarred sentence. I realized there's a lot to a voice and humans are great at noticing even the slightest mistakes, but considering how incredibly great we got at rendering facial expressions and the astonishing sound design in various media I couldn't yet figure out what's keeping us from creating such thing. I also have no clue wether this is the correct flair, sorry. submitted by /u/Seratio [link] [comments]

Is a quarter truly 50/50 chance? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 04:30 PM PST submitted by /u/Maystackcb [link] [comments]

Where does the yellow river get its water from? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:22 AM PST The Yellow River is a huge river, with a significant discharge rate, and essentially its vast waters are what birthed Chinese civilisation, but I cannot figure out why it exists. Its source is the Tibetan plateau, but the eastern and northern part of the plateau. The plateau is around 30-35 degrees north, which means it is in something of a rain shadow, but fortunately the monsoon comes up from the equator and saturates the plateau giving vast quantities of water to the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra rivers which gave rise to Indian civilisation. But, as we know from basic geography, rain falls on the windward side of mountains, that is, clouds come along, hit the mountains, rise, dump their water on the windward or "first" side of the mountains, and the leeward side gets nothing. So, why, when the source of the Yellow river is so much farther north, after the monsoon would surely have given up all its rain, if indeed it even gets that far north (I don't think it does) and since west of the Tibetan plateau there is desert and lightly rained-on grassland, there's going to be no cloud coming in from the west to sprinkle the northern Tibetan plateau with rain... so where does all that vast amount of water come from? I've tried my darndest to find a chart that maps the discharge at various points from source to mouth that might illuminate me, but I can't find any google search terms that find that for ANY river. Can anyone source me what I seek or answer this riddle? submitted by /u/ara9ond [link] [comments]

Would it be possible to use an X-ray machine to find buried dinosaur bones? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:09 PM PST submitted by /u/resting_O_face [link] [comments]

What's something that was incurable 10 years ago which is curable now? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:16 AM PST people actually like if their condition is incurable now, it's going to be that way for the rest of their life. How hopeless is it really? I know cancer has not been cured what about other things. Is there any decent chance that neuropathy will be cured soon? What has been cured in the last decade? submitted by /u/Kris87688999990092 [link] [comments]

What makes a disease curable or incurable? Additionally, it's my understanding that incurable diseases are just ones we haven't yet found a cure for. Is there such a thing as a disease that is truly impossible to cure? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:01 AM PST submitted by /u/nickoliver86 [link] [comments]

Why do ice cubes freeze together when in a glass of water? Isn't the ice melting, not re-freezing? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:49 AM PST submitted by /u/UNDERLOAF [link] [comments]

What would happen if we built a giant smokestack that was tall enough to be in space, and started burning a bunch of stuff on the ground? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:11 PM PST Might be a silly question. Still curious just the same. What would happen to the smoke/pollution if we started burning a bunch of stuff here on earth but had all of the nastiness float up through a giant smokestack some distance off into space? Would it dissipate or just hang out there, ready to poison us at some later date? Thanks for any answers! submitted by /u/Seldain [link] [comments]

Has there ever been a pair of contradicting unsolved maths problems? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 08:46 AM PST i.e. A pair of unsolved conjectures such that proving one of them would automatically disprove the other. submitted by /u/ANiceSir [link] [comments]

Mauna Loa not erupted since 1984; Kilauea has been erupting since 1983. Is it just a coincidence? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 10:54 AM PST Going by Wiki article on Mauna Loa, it's currently in unusually long period of inactivity, while Kilauea is in unusually long period of activity. Are the two connected, or is that just a coincidence? submitted by /u/methinks2015 [link] [comments]

The TV show Drain the Ocean stated where they are underwater mountains the surface of the ocean bulges upward creating a mound that can be detected from satellites. How is this possible? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 09:42 AM PST submitted by /u/barbarino [link] [comments]

Why doesn't water rise and compress the air in an upside-down cup lowered into water? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:31 AM PST I just put a cup upside down in a pool of water but every bit inside of it was dry afterwards. I thought the air would get heavily compressed by the water, but why doesn't it? submitted by /u/Terklton [link] [comments]

Somebody please explain how sidewalks and roads crack? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 10:15 AM PST submitted by /u/Poneeboy [link] [comments]

How effective would a stirling engine that is orbiting the sun be? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 11:12 AM PST I remember hearing somewhere that in space its super hot in the light of the sun and super cold in shadow. Is it reasonable that you could have a stirling engine orbiting the sun, with one plate casting a shadow on the second plate of the engine to produce a massive temperature difference between the two plates? submitted by /u/kyzight [link] [comments]

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If we could drain the ocean, could we breath or live on the deepest parts or would pressures, temperatures, and oxygen levels be too extreme for us to live such as high altitudes?

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• If we could drain the ocean, could we breath or live on the deepest parts or would pressures, temperatures, and oxygen levels be too extreme for us to live such as high altitudes?
• How would we know if Voyager 1 or 2 crashed into something?
• Is there any significance behind how long it takes your body to get sore after a workout?
• When did Humans first start eating communal meals, instead of just snacking all day?
• What evolutionary advantage is there to internal organs feeling pain when without modern medicine, there's nothing a person or animal can do to fix what's causing the pain anyway?
• Supposing that all antibiotics became completely useless tomorrow, how prepared would we be to fight off infections with other modern medicine?
• Why does screaming during pain seem to make it feel less painful?
• If all of the mass in the universe was to be inside of one black hole right now would the event horizon be larger, smaller or the same size as the universe is right now?
• If hot air rises and cold air sinks, why does the air get colder as you get higher in altitude?
• What would a large piece of a substance with a very short half life look like as it decays?
• Are there any everyday macroscopic phenomena that are caused by the quantum behaviour of microscopic particles?
• If the square root function only returns positive values, does that mean i is positive?
• Pauli exclusion principle: how fast does 'this state is occupied' information travel?
• Why can't we remember smells as well as sights?
• Could Scientists create a YY... being?
• If a binary star system goes supernova, do the stars merge?
• What are examples of physical processes that involve wave function collapse?
• Is it possible to retrieve Voyager with our current/near future tech?
• Are domestic dogs a monophyletic group?
• Why do we feel the need to itch/other things when we cannot do them?
• What is the physics/chemistry behind why two glass sheets with a thin layer of water in between require a lot of force to separate?
• Is there any possibility of a Leviathan or thought-to-be Mythical creature living in our oceans?
• If the Big Bang came from a previous Big Crunch, wasn't information destroyed?

If we could drain the ocean, could we breath or live on the deepest parts or would pressures, temperatures, and oxygen levels be too extreme for us to live such as high altitudes? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 07:24 PM PST submitted by /u/jmel79 [link] [comments]

How would we know if Voyager 1 or 2 crashed into something? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 02:03 PM PST I went to JPL's website, but there is nothing there about the possibility of it happening. Did we just chose a course that at the time looked pretty empty to us? submitted by /u/acrowsmurder [link] [comments]

Is there any significance behind how long it takes your body to get sore after a workout? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 08:59 AM PST I know that for me, I can workout at 8am and begin feeling sore that night, and wake up the next day in full blown soreness. Some people experience DOMS where they don't get sore for 2 days. Any reasoning for this? Does it relate to how fast the body repairs damaged muscle fibers? submitted by /u/pitterpatter19 [link] [comments]

When did Humans first start eating communal meals, instead of just snacking all day? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:16 PM PST Animals never sit down and eat a meal together, they just snack all day. When did humans start having meals together, at set times, instead of just eating when hungry? submitted by /u/MrAcurite [link] [comments]

What evolutionary advantage is there to internal organs feeling pain when without modern medicine, there's nothing a person or animal can do to fix what's causing the pain anyway? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:14 PM PST submitted by /u/thudly [link] [comments]

Supposing that all antibiotics became completely useless tomorrow, how prepared would we be to fight off infections with other modern medicine? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 02:40 AM PST Would we have no better survival rates than in the middle ages, or can we combat bacterial infections in other ways? submitted by /u/weeaboo_willy [link] [comments]

Why does screaming during pain seem to make it feel less painful? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:14 PM PST submitted by /u/PingasAtKingas [link] [comments]

If all of the mass in the universe was to be inside of one black hole right now would the event horizon be larger, smaller or the same size as the universe is right now? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 05:19 AM PST also if this was possible would this effect the rate at which the universe expands (especially if the event horizon of this black hole is larger than what the universe is right now) submitted by /u/Biased24 [link] [comments]

If hot air rises and cold air sinks, why does the air get colder as you get higher in altitude? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 02:55 AM PST submitted by /u/FrostbyteLOL [link] [comments]

What would a large piece of a substance with a very short half life look like as it decays? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 04:40 PM PST A half life of a few minutes or even seconds such as carbon-10. submitted by /u/mick44c [link] [comments]

Are there any everyday macroscopic phenomena that are caused by the quantum behaviour of microscopic particles? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:12 PM PST Or "can I see the effects of quantum stuff with my own eyes" submitted by /u/saucenpops [link] [comments]

If the square root function only returns positive values, does that mean i is positive? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:04 AM PST submitted by /u/thearlonian [link] [comments]

Pauli exclusion principle: how fast does 'this state is occupied' information travel? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 02:52 AM PST Assuming it travels with c, does this mean that PEP can be violated for short amount of time? submitted by /u/ryp3gridId [link] [comments]

Why can't we remember smells as well as sights? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 02:17 AM PST submitted by /u/noelgnaw [link] [comments]

Could Scientists create a YY... being? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 07:34 PM PST After thinking about what I learned in science class in school years ago, I started to wonder if a YY...being, could be created. Surely it could be created, but has it been? And what was the outcome? submitted by /u/Howitsmaderemix [link] [comments]

If a binary star system goes supernova, do the stars merge? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:57 PM PST Will two binary stars merge when one goes supernova? Can swallowing a star with lighter fuels reverse a supernova? My understanding of supernovas is that they result from a star running out of light elements- so what would an exploding star swallowing a partner star containing lighter fuels do to the exploding star? Would a smaller star that is swallowed up by a supernova disintegrate? How solid or 'fluffy' is the advancing shockwave from an exploding star? Would the external pressure exerted on a smaller star by its exploding partner exceed the internal pressure generated by the smaller star's own fusion? Are prior observations of a star circling a black hole (and being siphoned into its accretion disk) evidence for these scenarios? Do the stars have unusual composition for their size, reflecting a bolus of heavier elements being blown into their heliospheres? submitted by /u/clone_or_bone [link] [comments]

What are examples of physical processes that involve wave function collapse? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:33 PM PST I learned in an intro quantum mechanics course that taking measurements on quantum particles results in a collapse of their wave functions to a narrow spike, and that the measured quantity assumes a definite value after the measurement. Can anyone give me some examples of these types of measurements? The professor and text were exceedingly vague on this. submitted by /u/elisanchez333 [link] [comments]

Is it possible to retrieve Voyager with our current/near future tech? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 07:39 PM PST Let say for some [insert] reason, The fate of humanity is rest whether we can retrieve Voyager or not. We HAVE to retrieve Voyager by any means back to earth, budget is not an issue no matter how high. The only limit is our current tech/near future tech. Is it possible ? What tech/method do we use ? (Rocket type / Nuclear is permitted), gravity assist etc) How long it will took to catch with voyager with chosen method? Fastest method VS Most efficient method ? Estimated budget ? Sorry for stupid question, i'm just curious after i read about : How would we know if Voyager 1 or 2 crashed into something? submitted by /u/YJSubs [link] [comments]

Are domestic dogs a monophyletic group? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 10:10 PM PST By this I mean was there a single wolf domestication event that all modern dogs are descended from or were there multiple domestication events? submitted by /u/CaptainVonDanDan [link] [comments]

Why do we feel the need to itch/other things when we cannot do them? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:44 AM PST For example you feel the need to itch when you can't since your hands are obstructed in some way. Sorry for poor example. submitted by /u/Mr_Prolix [link] [comments]

What is the physics/chemistry behind why two glass sheets with a thin layer of water in between require a lot of force to separate? Posted: 30 Dec 2016 04:34 PM PST I know the basics behind the pressure difference, a bit about van der waal forces but don't quite understand how it really works. Can someone explain in some detail what the physics/chemistry is behind this. submitted by /u/Tine00 [link] [comments]

Is there any possibility of a Leviathan or thought-to-be Mythical creature living in our oceans? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 02:57 AM PST submitted by /u/Gman32511 [link] [comments]

If the Big Bang came from a previous Big Crunch, wasn't information destroyed? Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:10 AM PST I've heard about preservation of quantum information (one of the paradoxes that had to be solved surrounding black holes). How does that square with an oscillating-universe model? submitted by /u/zakarranda [link] [comments]

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