Why in binding energy calculations do we include emitted neutrons but not electrons?

---

• Why in binding energy calculations do we include emitted neutrons but not electrons?
• Do man-made electronics cumulatively make a significant contribution to the Earth's magnetic field?
• Could scientist determine what emotions a person is experiencing by looking at brain scans only? If so, could the same technique be used on animals?
• What are the reasons why we can't get rid of toxic waste and non-recyclable materials by throwing them into space?
• How do power lines work ? What happens when there is a downed power line and how is it fixed?
• Why is the center tap on a residential pole transformer at 0 volts?
• Is there a way to allow a portion of an EM field to pass through a material that would then prevent it from escaping?
• Has modern medicine helped or hurt human evolution?
• What happens in our blood circulation when we go pale after "seeing a ghost"?
• Do the Marine Isotope Stages 1 and 5.5 reflect high or low eccentricity ?
• How do H2 molecules behave in a double-slit experiment?
• If you hit a small bouncy ball and a normal sized baseball with a baseball bat, which will travel the most distance?
• Why do penises originally grow in response to testosterone, but then stop growing even though testosterone is still produced?
• How could we go about converting energy into matter?
• What are the differences between taking two 20mg pills and one 40mg pill?
• Do x-rays occur in nature?
• How do you construct phylogenies?
• Why are there so many different units of measurement that deal with radiation?
• Way to detect and cancel high pitch noise?
• What happens to your vocal cords when you lose your voice?
• How much has battlefield medicine/field surgery changed since WWII?
• What happens in a neutron-neutrino interaction?

Why in binding energy calculations do we include emitted neutrons but not electrons? Posted: 30 May 2017 04:55 AM PDT (not asking for help on a specific question) In the first part of the decay a neutron is fired into a nucleus the decays and produces 2 daughter nuclei and some other emitted neutrons. We include these in the binding energy calculations. After this the two daughter nuclei decay via beta emission. Producing emitted electrons. We don't include these in the calculations When I say calculations mean using binding energies and mass difference. In both cases the particles are emitted and not part of a nucleus. Is it because the neutrons have nuclear forces between the quarks inside them? Is it because the neutrons were initially a part of the nucleus? But then what about neutrons that are fired into the nucleus? Do they count as being a part of the nucleus too? submitted by /u/RavernousPenguin [link] [comments]

Do man-made electronics cumulatively make a significant contribution to the Earth's magnetic field? Posted: 29 May 2017 05:40 PM PDT submitted by /u/justonequestion909 [link] [comments]

Could scientist determine what emotions a person is experiencing by looking at brain scans only? If so, could the same technique be used on animals? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:39 PM PDT submitted by /u/jewkakasaurus [link] [comments]

What are the reasons why we can't get rid of toxic waste and non-recyclable materials by throwing them into space? Posted: 30 May 2017 12:49 AM PDT submitted by /u/elpala [link] [comments]

How do power lines work ? What happens when there is a downed power line and how is it fixed? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:00 PM PDT Not sure if this is the right sub reddit for this , but I'm interested in the science behind power lines and how they work submitted by /u/PuzzledPieces [link] [comments]

Why is the center tap on a residential pole transformer at 0 volts? Posted: 30 May 2017 06:53 AM PDT Is it because there's a standing AC wave in the secondary winding with a node at the center, or is it because it's tied to the earth there? Or some other reason? Thanks! submitted by /u/anylchemist [link] [comments]

Is there a way to allow a portion of an EM field to pass through a material that would then prevent it from escaping? Posted: 30 May 2017 02:23 AM PDT I am doing an experiment but I was trying to out if there is a material that would allow EM field pass through only in one direction? The idea is a isolation portions of the energy so a Faraday cage would not work as the field would be more or less absorbed by the cage. Ideally I would like to find something that works like a one way mirror. Thanks! submitted by /u/Scirroco [link] [comments]

Has modern medicine helped or hurt human evolution? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:21 PM PDT Since people tend to live longer despite illness and genetic abnormalities it seems like we are decreasing the effects of natural selection. submitted by /u/millerml21 [link] [comments]

What happens in our blood circulation when we go pale after "seeing a ghost"? Posted: 30 May 2017 04:31 AM PDT submitted by /u/Rayadicto11 [link] [comments]

Do the Marine Isotope Stages 1 and 5.5 reflect high or low eccentricity ? Posted: 30 May 2017 04:16 AM PDT submitted by /u/nerxd96 [link] [comments]

How do H2 molecules behave in a double-slit experiment? Posted: 29 May 2017 05:42 PM PDT As I poorly understand it, placing a camera in a classical double-slit experiment collapses the particles' wave functions, fixing their position to a narrow window and preventing the large-scale wave interference that would otherwise occur. The idea that a particle's position is not fixed is a tough one to fathom, and I have spent some time imagining how particles act once they are bound up in a molecular structure. Surely, baseballs thrown at a double-slit wont interfere with each other, so where can we draw the line? The smallest molecule I can think of is H2, but I cant imagine how being bound to each other would influence the wave structure of the two hydrogen atoms. Can somebody help me out? submitted by /u/dragonite_myFriendxx [link] [comments]

If you hit a small bouncy ball and a normal sized baseball with a baseball bat, which will travel the most distance? Posted: 30 May 2017 03:41 AM PDT submitted by /u/Cacacaaaacac [link] [comments]

Why do penises originally grow in response to testosterone, but then stop growing even though testosterone is still produced? Posted: 29 May 2017 10:29 PM PDT submitted by /u/Jnicky69 [link] [comments]

How could we go about converting energy into matter? Posted: 30 May 2017 06:43 AM PDT We've been converting matter to energy on an industrial scale since the 1940's - but has anyone been able to / does anyone know how we would turn energy into matter? I know this has no practical use, but it'd be interesting to know. submitted by /u/Lorzonic [link] [comments]

What are the differences between taking two 20mg pills and one 40mg pill? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:57 PM PDT submitted by /u/bennyboy82 [link] [comments]

Do x-rays occur in nature? Posted: 29 May 2017 04:57 PM PDT submitted by /u/Incruentus [link] [comments]

How do you construct phylogenies? Posted: 30 May 2017 03:33 AM PDT When constructing phylogenies, how do we determine which traits were inherited from a common ancestor and which traits may have evolved independently in a different lineage? To give an example, one thing that ties early whales to artiodactyla is the shape of the astragalus. How do we know it didn't even evolve independently? submitted by /u/Trunyon90 [link] [comments]

Why are there so many different units of measurement that deal with radiation? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:19 PM PDT Rads, Rontgens, Grays, Becquerel, Sievert, Curies, etc. Why are there so many? submitted by /u/doowi1 [link] [comments]

Way to detect and cancel high pitch noise? Posted: 29 May 2017 01:08 PM PDT Lately my dog has acted the way he behaves when he hears fireworks. He shows anxiety, tries to climb on me, licks his lips. There are no human discernible noises during these episodes. It's only a theory but I am wondering if he is hearing something I can't hear. Is there an affordable , attainable device to detect noises dogs hear? How about one to cancel them out in his general environment? Granted it could be something else. He'll go to the vet. But now I'm curious about the sound detection and cancellation. submitted by /u/dogrescuersometimes [link] [comments]

What happens to your vocal cords when you lose your voice? Posted: 29 May 2017 04:14 PM PDT submitted by /u/SlimJimPaul [link] [comments]

How much has battlefield medicine/field surgery changed since WWII? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:19 PM PDT I watched a large portion of ''Saving Private Ryan'' today and Wade's death really got to me, but it also got me wondering how much battlefield medicine had changed since the second World War. So, has it changed and how much has it changed? If Wade had the same injuries in a war today, would he survive? submitted by /u/8footmidget [link] [comments]

What happens in a neutron-neutrino interaction? Posted: 29 May 2017 12:15 PM PDT I was wondering what happens in a neutron-neutrino interaction. Is it similar to beta minus decay in the sense that the down quark changes into an up quark and a w boson and that w boson decays into an antineutrino and an electron, then the antineutrino and neutrino annihilates? I couldn't find any answers in any of my resources and on this sub too, unless it's hidden deep within a question about beta decay. submitted by /u/Madetoaskquestions [link] [comments]

You are subscribed to email updates from AskScience: Got Questions? Get Answers.. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

Is it possible to 'store' light so it can be used as a form of energy?

---

• Is it possible to 'store' light so it can be used as a form of energy?
• Marketing would have me believe that products like detergent are improving by leaps and bounds a few times a year. Have households solvents changed much in the last 50 years?
• Is there a difference between hitting a concrete wall at 100mph and being hit by a concrete wall at 100mph?
• Why does a lens perform a Fourier transform on light?
• What are the leading explanations for the widespread occurrence of Zipf's Law, or more broadly Pareto distributions?
• What happens if you put a spring in a centrifuge?
• What's the difference between rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries?
• If you put a TV and it's receiver/aerial inside a Faraday cage would it receive any static or would the screen be blank?
• Why does body hair reach a maximum length as opposed to our head hair?
• AC current is transmitted through power lines with less than 100% efficiency. Where does the extra energy go?
• On the lowest possible level, how does a computer do math?
• Can video games help you in anyway?
• How do liquid clog destroyers work?
• Answers for Two questions regarding EM-Wave equations in FEM simulations?
• assuming a bell (or similar device) in a vacuum emits no sound, but instead heats up, could it be used to power anything, or is the amount if heat too low??
• How big is the chance that you breathed the same oxygen molecule twice?
• Why are mobile phones and laptops (All laptops, that I have come across. Don't know if it is true for all the laptops in the world) not able to act as Wi-Fi hotspots when they are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi?
• Why don't all non-vector images have the same file size in a given resolution if every pixel has to be defined by RGB parameters?
• How long would it take to travel to Alpha Centauri, both WRT an observer on the spaceship and an observer on earth? (Assuming constant acceleration of, say, 10m/s^2, and ignoring earth's gravity). What would be the effect of space time dilation for each of the observers?
• Can the 25% female orgasm number be attributed to performance?
• What happens​ if a person with Tourette syndrome never hears profanity?
• If you drilled a hole through earth from top to bottom and jumped into it, when would you stop falling?
• Could you stick a generator in a fidget spinner to light an led on each tip?

Is it possible to 'store' light so it can be used as a form of energy? Posted: 29 May 2017 04:29 AM PDT Year 12 student here. I recently learnt about superconductors and how they can essentially keep current running in a loop forever without losing energy. Random idea just popped into my mind - since we've developed fibre optics - a way of transmitting data by sending light patterns with energy loss close to 0 - why can't we use principles such as TIR (total internal reflection) to collect large amounts of light (sunlight) and then store it similar to how the superconductor bank works? If we could be able to store light as a form of energy - could be collected, amplified by using mirrors and be a source of sustainable energy much alike solar panels (quite inefficient). So to all the scientists out there, is this concept plausible? and if it is, what could we do with such a concept? submitted by /u/Imajhine [link] [comments]

Marketing would have me believe that products like detergent are improving by leaps and bounds a few times a year. Have households solvents changed much in the last 50 years? Posted: 28 May 2017 04:55 PM PDT According to ads household cleaning products (dish soaps, laundry detergents, all-purpose cleaning solutions etc) have a "revolutionary new dirt fight formula". However it's hard to separate scientific progress from marketing fluff. Is my laundry soap markedly different from what my mother used? Or what her mother used? Have there been revolutionary steps forward? What were they? submitted by /u/pie_mac [link] [comments]

Is there a difference between hitting a concrete wall at 100mph and being hit by a concrete wall at 100mph? Posted: 28 May 2017 07:12 AM PDT submitted by /u/puffybunion [link] [comments]

Why does a lens perform a Fourier transform on light? Posted: 28 May 2017 09:28 AM PDT I've been through the derivation and my understanding is still very much in the 'because that's what the math tells us' territory. Is there a more intuitive explanation? submitted by /u/anon_1349 [link] [comments]

What are the leading explanations for the widespread occurrence of Zipf's Law, or more broadly Pareto distributions? Posted: 28 May 2017 11:33 AM PDT submitted by /u/Aelinsaar [link] [comments]

What happens if you put a spring in a centrifuge? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:02 AM PDT This might be a stupid question, but what happens if you put a spring in a centrifuge? When I compress a spring with my hand, for example, the spring compresses uniformly as I increase the force. Would a spring in a centrifuge compress uniformly? I'm asking because I have an intuition that the centrifugal force is weaker near the center of the rotational axis since the path of rotation is smaller. submitted by /u/polychaos [link] [comments]

What's the difference between rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries? Posted: 28 May 2017 08:39 AM PDT Why are the rechargeable batteries more expensive than normal batteries? Edit: thank you everybody for the answers! submitted by /u/LucasTheBrazilianGuy [link] [comments]

If you put a TV and it's receiver/aerial inside a Faraday cage would it receive any static or would the screen be blank? Posted: 29 May 2017 06:24 AM PDT submitted by /u/Mr_Bumkee [link] [comments]

Why does body hair reach a maximum length as opposed to our head hair? Posted: 28 May 2017 10:37 PM PDT Why does our body hair e.g. Arm hair & leg hair reach a maximum length and stop growing as opposed to the hair on our head which we need to cut or it will grow out forever?? submitted by /u/jimmycfc [link] [comments]

AC current is transmitted through power lines with less than 100% efficiency. Where does the extra energy go? Posted: 28 May 2017 07:05 PM PDT Do the magnetic field fluctuations interact with electrons etc. in the air and on the ground or do they escape out to space as very faint waves, or is it something else? I recall there's conservation of energy. submitted by /u/mister_goodperson [link] [comments]

On the lowest possible level, how does a computer do math? Posted: 28 May 2017 01:31 PM PDT Is the CPU literally counting zero's and one's when someone types 1045 into a calculator? submitted by /u/gottaleavethisplanet [link] [comments]

Can video games help you in anyway? Posted: 29 May 2017 04:50 AM PDT Yesterday, I watched a video by ASAPScience where they were talking about ways that video games may help you. I would like to know if this is true submitted by /u/BoomBoomGamer [link] [comments]

How do liquid clog destroyers work? Posted: 28 May 2017 07:39 PM PDT submitted by /u/OnMyWhey113 [link] [comments]

Answers for Two questions regarding EM-Wave equations in FEM simulations? Posted: 28 May 2017 08:42 AM PDT Dear people, I have a set of questions to you regarding wave equations in FEM simulations that you might be able to answer for me. Q1. How in general is a perfectely matched layer boundary condition implemented in FEM simulations? Or are there any other ways of implementing material properties or terms that will allow me to dissipate energy without causing reflections? Q2. Is there are reasonably accurate wave equation equivalant that results in quasi-accurate solutions for light on large scale simulations? I want to implement a FEM simulations for light but the frequencies are so high that my space (maybe a room or so) that my simulation domain would become way to high. Or do I have to resort to ray tracing here? submitted by /u/TunnelFET [link] [comments]

assuming a bell (or similar device) in a vacuum emits no sound, but instead heats up, could it be used to power anything, or is the amount if heat too low?? Posted: 29 May 2017 03:28 AM PDT say the bell or equivalent, was made from favorable materials that promote good vibrational and heat dissipation properties. The apparatus is set up in a sealed vacuum box, which has all internal sides, bar one, coated in highly reflective materials, and angled to reflect heat upwards, to the only non-reflective surface. above this is a vat of water and the set up for conventional steam generator. mechanical apparatus to allow continuous ringing of said bell (or equivalent device) without breaching the vacuum. is it at all possible/feasible to get the bell warm enough, to radiate enough heat (as opposed to sound as its a vacuum) and radiate it in the single direction, and ultimately boil water necessary for electrical generation? I get the feeling the amount involved are miniscule, but I don't know near enough to do the math. how much would an extremely "loud" bell heat up without being able to radiate the mechanical energy into the air? submitted by /u/jebus3rd [link] [comments]

How big is the chance that you breathed the same oxygen molecule twice? Posted: 28 May 2017 11:36 PM PDT submitted by /u/Thomas_baas [link] [comments]

Why are mobile phones and laptops (All laptops, that I have come across. Don't know if it is true for all the laptops in the world) not able to act as Wi-Fi hotspots when they are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi? Posted: 29 May 2017 02:11 AM PDT A mobile phone can act as a wi-fi hot spot when it is connected to the internet via the Cellular Service Provide. What exactly changes when the the device is connected to Wi-Fi? EDIT 1: Let's consider only cellphones for this discussion submitted by /u/MantisThoughts [link] [comments]

Why don't all non-vector images have the same file size in a given resolution if every pixel has to be defined by RGB parameters? Posted: 28 May 2017 05:13 PM PDT As far as I understand each pixel in a photo has to be defined by the amount of red, green, and blue in it. Then the composition of all the pixels makes a full image. So how come they have different file sizes? Shouldn't all the pixels be essentially "just" contain the parameters for r/g/b between 0 and F? submitted by /u/Flopassi [link] [comments]

How long would it take to travel to Alpha Centauri, both WRT an observer on the spaceship and an observer on earth? (Assuming constant acceleration of, say, 10m/s^2, and ignoring earth's gravity). What would be the effect of space time dilation for each of the observers? Posted: 28 May 2017 02:57 PM PDT submitted by /u/findMeOnGoogle [link] [comments]

Can the 25% female orgasm number be attributed to performance? Posted: 29 May 2017 12:23 AM PDT I read this all the time: "Only 25 percent of women are consistently orgasmic during vaginal intercourse. This bears repeating: Only one-quarter of women reliably experience orgasm during intercourse-no matter how long it lasts, no matter what size the man's penis, and no matter how the woman feels about the man or the relationship." I wonder, are these statistics conclusive? Since female sexuality is highly mental, you can't easily clinically trigger one and hope it will happen. It would have to be associated with the right mental state. I also read that the average duration of sex is around 10 min +- 5 min not including foreplay but that foreplay only adds a minute or 10 at best (no good citations sadly). What if women just need more than 1 hour of pleasure, mental stimulation etc? Why do we say that '25% of women can reach orgasm' and not '25% can reach orgasm within 25 minutes given an average male performance'? submitted by /u/TunnelFET [link] [comments]

What happens​ if a person with Tourette syndrome never hears profanity? Posted: 28 May 2017 11:44 PM PDT If a person with verbal profanity tics never learns swear words, what types of words are their tics? If they are taught that mundane words (table, cloud, doorknob) or made-up/nonsense words (snarf, Zaphod Beeblebrox, gratkjipldfs) are "profane", would those become tics? How exactly do brains affected by Tourette's determine which words to tic with (and does science understand why other tics manifest differently from person to person)? Apologies in advance if my ignorance is at all offensive to anyone, it's certainly not meant to be. EDIT: Since this is being downvoted, is there another sub this would be more appropriate for? submitted by /u/peacelovecraftbeer [link] [comments]

If you drilled a hole through earth from top to bottom and jumped into it, when would you stop falling? Posted: 28 May 2017 06:26 AM PDT Assuming that you could drill through the core and that you had a wide open tube going from top to bottom. submitted by /u/dustinzboyy [link] [comments]

Could you stick a generator in a fidget spinner to light an led on each tip? Posted: 28 May 2017 06:49 AM PDT A friend told me he's getting a fidget spinner with LEDs on it charged through wireless charging. Couldn't it be charged by the user actually using it? And also how much power could be generated? submitted by /u/Mister_Giblet [link] [comments]

You are subscribed to email updates from AskScience: Got Questions? Get Answers.. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

What is the point of using screws with a Phillips head, flathead, allen, hex, etc. instead of just having one universal screw type?

---

• What is the point of using screws with a Phillips head, flathead, allen, hex, etc. instead of just having one universal screw type?
• Can a spider tell its silk from other spiders' silk?
• How do lakes, ponds, and rivers, and even puddles retain water without it seeping away into the ground, as if I dug a hole and poured water into it?
• What will happen to the Voyager spacecraft if they never come into contact with anything?
• If two cars following each other are doing the speed of sound, and the one in back honks, would the front car hear it?
• How would I construct a physical object that has exactly one "bit" (or "nat") of entropy?
• Why do we find C14 in diamonds?
• Why are nuclear bombs activated above their target and not on ground impact?
• Why does life exist so relatively close to absolute zero, -273.14C, versus the "hottest" temperature, Planck Temperature over 1 decillion Celsius?
• Why does the Derivative term often add to instability in PID controllers?
• Can seemingly clear gases be seen with electromagnetic waves not visible to the human eye?
• How does a Boiling water reaction work?
• Why do dogs shake water off their bodies from front to back, instead of shaking it all off at the same time?
• Why is so common 12V and not 10V or 15V?
• Why are rain clouds dark?
• Why can't you donate blood after an endoscopy?
• What does it mean that photons are the force carriers for electromagnetism?
• Given that irrational numbers, such as pi, will inevitably include every possible sequence of digits, is it also inevitable that they will, at some point, include a series of sequential digits that is longer than the chain of digits preceding it?
• What are the theorized properties of stable super heavy elements?
• how do displacement currents flow through the plates of a capacitor?

What is the point of using screws with a Phillips head, flathead, allen, hex, etc. instead of just having one universal screw type? Posted: 27 May 2017 12:59 PM PDT submitted by /u/EthanNewb [link] [comments]

Can a spider tell its silk from other spiders' silk? Posted: 27 May 2017 11:15 AM PDT submitted by /u/saiosen [link] [comments]

How do lakes, ponds, and rivers, and even puddles retain water without it seeping away into the ground, as if I dug a hole and poured water into it? Posted: 27 May 2017 06:30 PM PDT I know how people make their own artificial lakes, but they need to put a tarp down to keep the water from draining away. How do rivers and such not have water seep away through the ground? submitted by /u/rextoooo [link] [comments]

What will happen to the Voyager spacecraft if they never come into contact with anything? Posted: 27 May 2017 06:59 PM PDT Considering space is mostly 'empty' and that the distance between stars, galaxies and other structures is huge, is it possible that the voyager spacecraft could continue to travel forever without hitting anything? Could it theoretically outlive stars, and make it to the end of the universe? Or would the metals and materials its made of eventually break down? It amazes me that a human-made object could potentially outlive humanity, and even our sun! submitted by /u/cc2491cc [link] [comments]

If two cars following each other are doing the speed of sound, and the one in back honks, would the front car hear it? Posted: 27 May 2017 07:43 PM PDT submitted by /u/Johnnie2shoes [link] [comments]

How would I construct a physical object that has exactly one "bit" (or "nat") of entropy? Posted: 28 May 2017 03:19 AM PDT submitted by /u/thetimujin [link] [comments]

Why do we find C14 in diamonds? Posted: 27 May 2017 11:32 PM PDT One argument I often find posed by Creationists is that C14 is found in subterranean materials which should be too old to have it, such as diamonds and coal deposits. Thus, the materials cannot be as old as posited by standard dating. Do we actually find C14 in these materials, and if so why? submitted by /u/csvan [link] [comments]

Why are nuclear bombs activated above their target and not on ground impact? Posted: 28 May 2017 07:03 AM PDT submitted by /u/mountainkingmonty [link] [comments]

Why does life exist so relatively close to absolute zero, -273.14C, versus the "hottest" temperature, Planck Temperature over 1 decillion Celsius? Posted: 27 May 2017 05:12 PM PDT submitted by /u/chunkykitty [link] [comments]

Why does the Derivative term often add to instability in PID controllers? Posted: 27 May 2017 04:58 PM PDT If possible I'd like an explanation in terms of the actual math behind it. Unfortunately the Wikipedia page has a citation but it was never defined. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller#Derivative_term submitted by /u/TheKLaMike [link] [comments]

Can seemingly clear gases be seen with electromagnetic waves not visible to the human eye? Posted: 27 May 2017 02:19 PM PDT Saw this on the front page and started thinking about all the things that can only be seen with infrared and made me wonder if it worked with Oxygen or nitrogen or some other seemingly clear gas. submitted by /u/Yoshi1592 [link] [comments]

How does a Boiling water reaction work? Posted: 28 May 2017 03:53 AM PDT For a physics project I'm reasearching how a BWR works. I know the basics by know but I can't seem to find a clear answer to my questions: Other than in the turbines is there an efficiency rate? I mean is there a loss in energy from the boiling water in the reactor towards the turbines. Also, it would be really helpful if anyone could tell me how you calculate the mass of the Uranium when knowing the total annual effect. I've got mostly everything else for my project but these two questions are hard. Anyone care to help? submitted by /u/TheSwecurse [link] [comments]

Why do dogs shake water off their bodies from front to back, instead of shaking it all off at the same time? Posted: 27 May 2017 04:28 PM PDT See this gif: http://i.imgur.com/UUyVeIV.gifv The dog is spraying the water off his body at the front, then the middle, then it finally shakes off the back and tail. Why does this happen/why does the dog do this? submitted by /u/Jatexi [link] [comments]

Why is so common 12V and not 10V or 15V? Posted: 27 May 2017 05:01 PM PDT submitted by /u/Gomosito [link] [comments]

Why are rain clouds dark? Posted: 27 May 2017 03:38 PM PDT submitted by /u/TheKLaMike [link] [comments]

Why can't you donate blood after an endoscopy? Posted: 27 May 2017 11:42 AM PDT In the UK you cannot donate blood for 4 months after an endoscopy. Considering the procedure doesn't interfere with your blood, or leave physical impacts on your body (hopefully), why is this? submitted by /u/blacknightcat [link] [comments]

What does it mean that photons are the force carriers for electromagnetism? Posted: 27 May 2017 01:53 PM PDT I understand that a photon is a self-propagating wave in the electromagnetic field, and I understand at some level that charged particles interact by exchanging photons... but how does that actually work? It sounds like it means that charged particles are constantly emitting photons, which is what gives them their charge, but that seems impossible (where would all the energy come from?). What's actually going on when two particles interact? submitted by /u/sgt_zarathustra [link] [comments]

Given that irrational numbers, such as pi, will inevitably include every possible sequence of digits, is it also inevitable that they will, at some point, include a series of sequential digits that is longer than the chain of digits preceding it? Posted: 27 May 2017 02:31 PM PDT That is to say, is there some point in pi where there is a series of sequential 4's longer than the amount of numbers preceding it? If it is not inevitable, then how would you go about calculating the probability that such an event would occur? Is it possible to calculate that probability for any arbitrary infinite string of digits? If so, what is it? Edit: spelling. submitted by /u/notaprotist [link] [comments]

What are the theorized properties of stable super heavy elements? Posted: 27 May 2017 06:13 PM PDT Are there any solid ideas of what properties any super heavy elements in the island of stability might have, based on their group, crystal structure, or anything else? submitted by /u/mo9722 [link] [comments]

how do displacement currents flow through the plates of a capacitor? Posted: 27 May 2017 12:42 PM PDT Suppose there is a capacitor connected to a battery . If conduction currents can't flow through the plates of a capacitor , how is it possible for displacement currents to do so? Also , how are they equal in magnitude as conduction currents ? submitted by /u/momo90503 [link] [comments]

You are subscribed to email updates from AskScience: Got Questions? Get Answers.. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States