Are there any mammals with the same or similar vocal range/abilities as humans?

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• Are there any mammals with the same or similar vocal range/abilities as humans?
• Do bees know they’ll die if they sting another animal?
• How can the mass of a neutral pion be determined, if its quark content can be either (up + anti-up) or (down + anti-down)?
• What is heat lightening?
• How does a record player turn a vinyl disk into the music we hear?
• Why do all gas giants in our solar system have rings but none of the inner planets with rocky cores? Is this a phenomenon of how our solar system was formed or is it indicative of all gas giants in the universe?
• Is nuclear cheaper than renewables?
• What exactly is happening inside this vacuum causing plasma to appear from a Tesla coil?
• What happens to cancer cells once the host body has perished?
• Do antler animals feel their antlers?
• How did tortoises get to the Galapagos islands?
• When building a bridge how do you overcome differences of elevation on both sides, and also when pylons are placed. Logistically how do they make a level bridge?
• Is there a mathematical relationship or equation that describes the relationship between bond energies and electronegativity?
• Do animals have the same ailments as humans (pulled muscles, common cold, etc)?
• Is there a difference between claws, talons, and nails?
• Why is visible plasma often purple in color?
• Why are the Rankine and Brayton cycles so commonly studied?
• Can a versican antibody be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer?
• how did scientists figure out what's inside a cell?also can a cell be cut in half using an obsidian blade while viewing under a microscope?
• How do herbicides distinguish between plants and weeds?

Are there any mammals with the same or similar vocal range/abilities as humans? Posted: 19 May 2018 02:22 PM PDT submitted by /u/Jkisaprank [link] [comments]

Do bees know they’ll die if they sting another animal? Posted: 19 May 2018 08:12 PM PDT submitted by /u/thebombchu [link] [comments]

How can the mass of a neutral pion be determined, if its quark content can be either (up + anti-up) or (down + anti-down)? Posted: 19 May 2018 10:36 PM PDT Since u and d have different masses. And if the masses of these two possibilities are not the same, why don't we have two particles? submitted by /u/ten_mile_river [link] [comments]

What is heat lightening? Posted: 19 May 2018 06:40 PM PDT I've always been told that heat lightening doesn't exist and that it's just far off storms where you can't hear the thunder. Have I been lied to my whole life? submitted by /u/points4trying [link] [comments]

How does a record player turn a vinyl disk into the music we hear? Posted: 19 May 2018 08:54 PM PDT submitted by /u/ClownPatrolChief [link] [comments]

Why do all gas giants in our solar system have rings but none of the inner planets with rocky cores? Is this a phenomenon of how our solar system was formed or is it indicative of all gas giants in the universe? Posted: 19 May 2018 12:00 PM PDT submitted by /u/Cincybone07 [link] [comments]

Is nuclear cheaper than renewables? Posted: 19 May 2018 03:44 PM PDT submitted by /u/ftr95 [link] [comments]

What exactly is happening inside this vacuum causing plasma to appear from a Tesla coil? Posted: 19 May 2018 11:17 AM PDT https://gfycat.com/brightsoulfulgallowaycow If theres a vacuum in the syringe, what particles are being charged up to glow like this? Is it just electrons flwoing from the nail into the tube? submitted by /u/NoMaans [link] [comments]

What happens to cancer cells once the host body has perished? Posted: 19 May 2018 01:27 PM PDT submitted by /u/DinoSorez [link] [comments]

Do antler animals feel their antlers? Posted: 19 May 2018 09:52 AM PDT Meaning if some was to cut them off while that animal was alive would they feel it and register it as pain? submitted by /u/Fresgd [link] [comments]

How did tortoises get to the Galapagos islands? Posted: 19 May 2018 07:35 PM PDT submitted by /u/Chacochilla [link] [comments]

When building a bridge how do you overcome differences of elevation on both sides, and also when pylons are placed. Logistically how do they make a level bridge? Posted: 19 May 2018 07:33 PM PDT submitted by /u/aliiirsss [link] [comments]

Is there a mathematical relationship or equation that describes the relationship between bond energies and electronegativity? Posted: 19 May 2018 12:27 PM PDT Would it be possible to calculate the bond energy for a bond given the electronegativity of the 2 atoms? submitted by /u/Kevat [link] [comments]

Do animals have the same ailments as humans (pulled muscles, common cold, etc)? Posted: 19 May 2018 05:50 PM PDT As the title suggests, there are a lot of things that humans have to deal with. We work too hard, we pull or strain a muscle. We get the 'common cold', we have people with certain things like anemia or diabetes. Do other animals share these types of things, or are some of them uniquely human? submitted by /u/EazyPeazyLemonSqueaz [link] [comments]

Is there a difference between claws, talons, and nails? Posted: 19 May 2018 11:28 AM PDT Or are they synonyms of one another? submitted by /u/AwwNickYeah [link] [comments]

Why is visible plasma often purple in color? Posted: 19 May 2018 04:30 PM PDT submitted by /u/KevinCubano [link] [comments]

Why are the Rankine and Brayton cycles so commonly studied? Posted: 19 May 2018 03:45 PM PDT Rankine is utilized for external combustion while Brayton for internal combustion. Is it for historical and/or pragmatic reasons these two are predominant? I am just trying to understand intuitively why thermodynamic cycles involving adiabatic compression, isobaric heat addition, adiabatic expansion, and isobaric heat rejection are preferred versus any others (e.g. Carnot, Otto, Scuderi, Manson, Lenoir)? Is there anything inherent about the processes? submitted by /u/CallMeDoc24 [link] [comments]

Can a versican antibody be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer? Posted: 19 May 2018 08:12 AM PDT I read a medical publication (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15985535) and was quite confused as to the implications of the research. If versican is secreted by cancerous cells, can't versican antibodies be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer? Please tell me if I'm misconstruing the research. Cheers :) submitted by /u/neeeeeeel [link] [comments]

how did scientists figure out what's inside a cell?also can a cell be cut in half using an obsidian blade while viewing under a microscope? Posted: 18 May 2018 10:58 PM PDT After i came home from biology class. i am wondering how scientists figured out what's inside a cell.also can a cell be cut in half using an obsidian blade while viewing under a microscope submitted by /u/randomcomicguy101 [link] [comments]

How do herbicides distinguish between plants and weeds? Posted: 19 May 2018 06:19 AM PDT submitted by /u/KalibuPorter [link] [comments]

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What is the difference in voltage (or potential voltage) between the earth and space?

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• What is the difference in voltage (or potential voltage) between the earth and space?
• What was the diopter of leeuwenhoek`s microscope?
• What was Earth like in the immediate aftermath of the asteroid impact that killed the non-avian dinosaurs? What was Earth like in following years? How long did it take for the dinosaurs to die out?
• Are Monte Carlo simulations really necessary, considering that in order to set up the simulation, you need to know enough about the problem such that you can solve it analytically?
• Is there a way to reverse starch gelatinization?
• [Physics] Do the nuclear weapons have any use other than being a military or diplomatic threat ?
• Where does the energy for exchange particles come from?
• Are you looking through a window when you look at the reflection of something in it?
• Does lightning only make sound when it hits ground?
• Why is the radiation level so high on the surface of Europa?
• Why *doesn’t* sediment cause ocean levels to rise?
• Why is it said that hydrogen bonds hold water molecules apart?
• How do sulfur-oxidizing and sulfur-reducing microorganisms generate ATP?
• Is there a minimum number of islands for an archipelago?
• As the earth is hit by tons of meteorits over time, is there a risk that this leads to a significant perturbation of its orbit (because of the mass increase), so much that it could be dangerous to human kind ?
• A recent post suggested a woman was 39 weeks pregnant. How long can a woman possibly be pregnant? Can a pregnancy last 350 days and deliver a living baby?

What is the difference in voltage (or potential voltage) between the earth and space? Posted: 19 May 2018 02:32 AM PDT For example. If we built a space elevator, it's going to be a very long body extending from the surface of the earth into the farthest reaches of the atmosphere. An object that long would surely create a significant voltage potential assuming it was ungrounded for the purpose of hypothetical science. What would the possible voltage potential be from top (space) to bottom (Earth) be? Would we be able to harness any form of useful energy from such a device? submitted by /u/Runtowardsdanger [link] [comments]

What was the diopter of leeuwenhoek`s microscope? Posted: 19 May 2018 05:29 AM PDT I need to know the diopter of the microscope for a project, but I can't find it on the internet. submitted by /u/nanaro10 [link] [comments]

What was Earth like in the immediate aftermath of the asteroid impact that killed the non-avian dinosaurs? What was Earth like in following years? How long did it take for the dinosaurs to die out? Posted: 18 May 2018 11:26 AM PDT What was Earth like after the asteroid hit? I imagine the area around the impact, probably for several hundred miles, must have been like a combo earthquake + volcanic eruption and there were tsunamis as a result. But what would things look like as you go farther away? If the asteroid hit the Yucatán peninsula, and I was about the same distance away as modern day Nunavut, what am I experiencing? What would I experience living on the opposite side of the planet? Is the whole world plunged into darkness? What type of darkness? Total pitch black or like a bad smoggy day? What's the world like 1 year after impact? 2-5 years? 10 years? And what's happening to the megafauna? The day after the impact are all the sauropods dead or something? Or is it a more "gradual" dying off (in terms of human lifetimes, not the geological scale)? For instance, one human generation after the impact, what do animal populations look like? Are there just no more dinosaurs or are there fewer but still relatively plentiful or is it just super sparse now? Are dinosaurs (especially huge ones like sauropods) disappearing at a rate that would be obvious to anyone looking or is it taking a thousand, ten thousand, or even a million years? submitted by /u/foozballguy [link] [comments]

Are Monte Carlo simulations really necessary, considering that in order to set up the simulation, you need to know enough about the problem such that you can solve it analytically? Posted: 18 May 2018 04:55 PM PDT Consider the traditional MC simulation problem of simulating pi: you generate random points in a unit square and check to see if they lie inside or outside a unit circle. In order to run that simulation, you need to know the equation of the circle, which I would think imply that you already have the ability to compute pi without having to do the simulation. It makes me think that all MC simulations are like this -- you have to know enough about the problem to set up the simulation, which should be enough info to solve the problem already. Are there practical problems for which Monte Carlo simulations are the only way to find a solution? If so, is that only because we don't know yet how to solve those problems analytically? submitted by /u/StoriesAndAudio [link] [comments]

Is there a way to reverse starch gelatinization? Posted: 19 May 2018 05:04 AM PDT I make bubble tea for a living and I'm wondering if there is a way for cooked tapioca bubbles to not go through starch gelatinization? I'm completely oblivious of preservatives so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! submitted by /u/demetriUSA [link] [comments]

[Physics] Do the nuclear weapons have any use other than being a military or diplomatic threat ? Posted: 19 May 2018 03:10 AM PDT submitted by /u/chcotophe [link] [comments]

Where does the energy for exchange particles come from? Posted: 18 May 2018 12:28 PM PDT The weak interaction uses a W boson to transfer momentum, but it's much heavier than a proton and seemingly spontaneously comes into existence for the purpose of the interaction and then vanishes. I'd like to know how this complys with the conservation of energy because it doesn't really make sense to me. submitted by /u/CongratulateItAMeme [link] [comments]

Are you looking through a window when you look at the reflection of something in it? Posted: 18 May 2018 07:34 PM PDT If I'm looking at the reflection of something in a window, am I staring out the window? My focal point is on the other side of the window, but what I'm looking at isn't actually there, so am I looking out the window, at the window, or something else? submitted by /u/AhsokaT4no [link] [comments]

Does lightning only make sound when it hits ground? Posted: 19 May 2018 01:28 AM PDT It makes sense that it would, but I'm just curious as to why ? submitted by /u/caffene_migraines [link] [comments]

Why is the radiation level so high on the surface of Europa? Posted: 18 May 2018 02:08 PM PDT Where does it come from? What kind of radiation is it? How high is it really? submitted by /u/DrVentureWasRight [link] [comments]

Why *doesn’t* sediment cause ocean levels to rise? Posted: 18 May 2018 11:26 AM PDT submitted by /u/Kiwispam84 [link] [comments]

Why is it said that hydrogen bonds hold water molecules apart? Posted: 18 May 2018 02:30 PM PDT For example, Chaplin on his webpage states: ''The hydrogen bonding, although cohesive in nature, is thus holding the water molecules apart.'' Why is that so? submitted by /u/philthrowwy [link] [comments]

How do sulfur-oxidizing and sulfur-reducing microorganisms generate ATP? Posted: 18 May 2018 10:09 AM PDT I'm trying to understand how different forms of bacterial metabolism work, but I'm getting muddled up. To obtain energy (ATP) and fixed carbon, organisms require an energy source, an electron donor, and a carbon source. For example; In eukaryotic heterotrophs; Organic carbon is used in glycolysis and the Kreb's cycle to generate NADH (+ some ATP and FADH2), which acts as an electron donor in the electron transport chain to pump protons and generate an electrochemical gradient, which subsequently drives ATP synthase and generates ATP How does this process work in an organism (bacteria or archaea) that, for example, reduces sulphate or oxidizes sulfur? submitted by /u/slyboner [link] [comments]

Is there a minimum number of islands for an archipelago? Posted: 18 May 2018 08:40 AM PDT What is the shortest (by number) chain in the world? submitted by /u/Eboxisin [link] [comments]

As the earth is hit by tons of meteorits over time, is there a risk that this leads to a significant perturbation of its orbit (because of the mass increase), so much that it could be dangerous to human kind ? Posted: 18 May 2018 03:16 PM PDT submitted by /u/Tiranyk [link] [comments]

A recent post suggested a woman was 39 weeks pregnant. How long can a woman possibly be pregnant? Can a pregnancy last 350 days and deliver a living baby? Posted: 18 May 2018 08:29 AM PDT submitted by /u/Ai_doc [link] [comments]

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How do our hairs know when to stop growing?

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• How do our hairs know when to stop growing?
• What is the difference between each one of the happiness chemicals (Dopamine, Endorphins, Serotonin, Oxytocin)?
• Could you beat a magnetized piece of iron until it loses it's magnetism?
• Why does space-x use a suicide burn for its reuseable boosters rather than parachutes?
• Why do pixels use RGB colors and not the primary colors RBY?
• Are Volcanologist flocking to Hawaii at the minute, or is there not much to learn from being there in person?
• How do scientists measure total insect populations?
• Is there any difference in later life between people born by C sections, or Natural births?
• Can someone help explain how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was heard 3000 miles away? This can't be true. How would that even be possible
• Why is the ozone hole over Antarctica if all of the emissions that are causing it are from everywhere else?
• What is the physiological basis of increasing stamina?
• Have there been periods of greater or lesser volcanic activity on earth, and if so, what causes this variation?
• How can a person's own stem cells be used on them to treat a genetic disease when the defective gene is present in the extracted stem cells too?
• Are invasive species ever beneficial to their new environment(s)?
• Can a single mosquito carry multiple viruses at the same time?
• What determines one’s blood type?
• What are the constant regular magnetic pulses on this Schumann resonance magnetogram?
• Do volcanic eruptions, such as the one currently happening in Hawaii, have an effect on global temperature?
• Can someone explain the significance of the Fibonacci sequence and how rabbit breeding pairs were used to identify this sequence?
• What's the proportion of heat our bodies dissipate through thermal radiation?
• Do muscles wear mechanically?

How do our hairs know when to stop growing? Posted: 18 May 2018 05:06 AM PDT How come my eyebrows for example stop at a certain length, yet if I cut them in half they'll grow back to that same size? How do they know their own length? submitted by /u/Merkani28 [link] [comments]

What is the difference between each one of the happiness chemicals (Dopamine, Endorphins, Serotonin, Oxytocin)? Posted: 18 May 2018 03:18 AM PDT I am scouring the internet for answers (currently this Quora answer: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-dopamine-serotonin-oxytocin-and-endorphins) but I still fail to understand the difference between each happiness chemical. Dopamine makes us feel good, but Endorphins regulate our well being (isnt that the same?). Also every chemical is being described as "responsible for happiness". And not only that, I have read that since we have thousands of different circuits comprising of millions of synapses, the same chemical may have totally different effects in each circuit, which just adds more confusion. Do I need a degree in neuroscience to understand this stuff? submitted by /u/BigBootyBear [link] [comments]

Could you beat a magnetized piece of iron until it loses it's magnetism? Posted: 17 May 2018 07:21 PM PDT Is a magnetic field subject to shock-induced interference? If I rubbed an iron rod with a magnet and magnetized it, could I then pound that piece of iron until it loses it's magnetism? submitted by /u/Fartbox_Virtuoso [link] [comments]

Why does space-x use a suicide burn for its reuseable boosters rather than parachutes? Posted: 17 May 2018 06:02 PM PDT submitted by /u/AgentFN2187 [link] [comments]

Why do pixels use RGB colors and not the primary colors RBY? Posted: 17 May 2018 10:28 PM PDT This thread is not to ask the same question that has been asked before, but to clarify some things that I felt were misleading with previous answers. I was thinking about why our screens use red/green/blue to display colors, instead of the (classic)primary colors red/blue/yellow(or their complementaries). I found some old threads full of (what appears to be) people explaining scientific concepts without addressing the WHY of the question, or saying silly things like "your teachers lied", as if the objective concept of primary colors is wrong and the science of perceiving color is above the science of the light frequency spectrum. Now, the problem with RGB vs (classic RBY)primary colors is that the primary colors are spaced out equally according to frequency whereas in RGB green is closer to blue than red. I saw a lot of answers bringing up the difference between additive and subtractive colors, but not really much explanation behind why we'd use RGB in particular. The one explanation that made sense to me was that the human eye perceives green easier than yellow(because it uses RGB rods), thus we use a slightly distorted version of primary colors to easily display all colors. However is this not also one of the reasons we use the slightly offset subtractive color scheme of cyan/yellow/magenta? If so, the frequent answer "because RGB is additive and screens emit light" is a bit misleading. Also, nobody seemed to mention that the "green" in rgb is not pure green, but closer to yellow. Is my analysis correct? Am I missing something? Edit: Got some great answers and need to sleep on it now. Thanks! submitted by /u/spelledmyaccuntwrong [link] [comments]

Are Volcanologist flocking to Hawaii at the minute, or is there not much to learn from being there in person? Posted: 18 May 2018 02:31 AM PDT I would think it would be an amazing time to be a Volcanologist with such an opportunity. Just an odd thought that hit me as I was watching the news, the idea of people evacuating and being scared while scientists might be eagerly arriving. submitted by /u/ScubaDivingGiraffe [link] [comments]

How do scientists measure total insect populations? Posted: 18 May 2018 05:13 AM PDT Just read that the total mass of flying insects in German nature reserves has decreased by more than 75 percent since 1989. How did they measure the total mass of insects in 1989 and how do they do it now? submitted by /u/settlekettle [link] [comments]

Is there any difference in later life between people born by C sections, or Natural births? Posted: 17 May 2018 02:39 PM PDT For example do people born naturally live longer, or have less chance of disability? submitted by /u/Pumpkkinpatch [link] [comments]

Can someone help explain how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was heard 3000 miles away? This can't be true. How would that even be possible Posted: 17 May 2018 11:14 AM PDT https://www.livescience.com/28186-krakatoa.html submitted by /u/xcolonel [link] [comments]

Why is the ozone hole over Antarctica if all of the emissions that are causing it are from everywhere else? Posted: 18 May 2018 05:59 AM PDT submitted by /u/jdevmiller [link] [comments]

What is the physiological basis of increasing stamina? Posted: 17 May 2018 05:05 PM PDT I.e., why does running get easier over time? I get that relevant muscles will get toned etc, but what else is involved? submitted by /u/dragononawagon [link] [comments]

Have there been periods of greater or lesser volcanic activity on earth, and if so, what causes this variation? Posted: 17 May 2018 01:56 PM PDT submitted by /u/ReasonablySizedSquid [link] [comments]

How can a person's own stem cells be used on them to treat a genetic disease when the defective gene is present in the extracted stem cells too? Posted: 17 May 2018 01:55 PM PDT Will a baby whose umbilical cord blood stem cells have been banked be benefited in such a case ? submitted by /u/queenofarts111 [link] [comments]

Are invasive species ever beneficial to their new environment(s)? Posted: 17 May 2018 02:23 PM PDT EDIT: I'm not condoning the act of releasing a species into a new ecosystem, as I'm well aware of the dangers involved. I'm just wondering if the opposite can be true as well. submitted by /u/redtail303 [link] [comments]

Can a single mosquito carry multiple viruses at the same time? Posted: 17 May 2018 10:56 AM PDT For instance, can a single mosquito have a malaria virus and west nile at the same time and be able to transfer them both to a human in a single bite? submitted by /u/NoWordOfALie [link] [comments]

What determines one’s blood type? Posted: 17 May 2018 10:44 AM PDT submitted by /u/TheElectricDonut [link] [comments]

What are the constant regular magnetic pulses on this Schumann resonance magnetogram? Posted: 17 May 2018 08:26 PM PDT http://sosrff.tsu.ru/new/shm.jpg There seem to be around 4 to 5 per hour very regularly. Most extend from around 2 Hz to around 28 Hz. I don't remember exactly when they started, but it seems like it's been more than a week now. submitted by /u/dalkon [link] [comments]

Do volcanic eruptions, such as the one currently happening in Hawaii, have an effect on global temperature? Posted: 17 May 2018 10:13 AM PDT With the recent ongoing eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, and the subsequent plume of ash being tossed into the atmosphere from it's summit, will such an event impact the global climate in any significant way? If so, in what manner? Thanks! submitted by /u/Weapon_Eyes [link] [comments]

Can someone explain the significance of the Fibonacci sequence and how rabbit breeding pairs were used to identify this sequence? Posted: 17 May 2018 09:49 AM PDT I read a fiction book recently, and it discussed the Fibonacci sequence. As a non-mathematician, I am only aware that it is a sequence that adds the previous two numbers to come up with the next number in the sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, et cetera... The book tried to explain it as a way to determine the number of breeding pairs of rabbits over the course of the year. It was said that the number of breeding pairs at the end of the year was 144, but that the numbers in the sequence were the number at any point during the year, or something. I just cannot picture in my head how this sequence was derived using breeding pairs of rabbits. Also, is there a mathematical significance to this sequence, or is it just something neat that was observed? I'm not asking for an overly simplistic explanation -- I was hoping for something a bit more technical than that -- but for something that someone with a BS in a technical field could understand, though I'm sure that I will feel like an idiot when someone explains it to me and I see where my brain couldn't get past. :) submitted by /u/BananaFrappe [link] [comments]

What's the proportion of heat our bodies dissipate through thermal radiation? Posted: 17 May 2018 10:17 AM PDT I know it depends of the conditions (humidity, wind, temperatures etc) but I mostly want an order of magnitude. We had a debate with a friend who told me that our clothing colors didn't matter for heat dissipation because only a really small fraction of heat is dissipated through thermal radiation, and most of it is conduction. I was certain that radiation was playing an enormous role, but I can't find decent sources on that. How can I figure out those numbers? submitted by /u/Serialk [link] [comments]

Do muscles wear mechanically? Posted: 17 May 2018 01:59 PM PDT When muscles move they have moving parts inside them (actin and myosin). Do these parts deteriorate because of use? Do muscles need to be constantly regenerated? submitted by /u/m1el [link] [comments]

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