Science & Mathematics - 7 July 2006

The heart isn't really "breaking" but it feels like it is when you are very, very sad. How does that happen?

2006-07-07 05:31:33 · 7 answers · asked by Sherwin C 1 in Biology

-Throughout history, societies that glorified the human body and sex were more proned to homosexuality. For instance Greece, Babylon, and Rome, as history shows, glorified the human body and sex. However, nations that considered sex sacred were less prone to homosexuality. Such as Judaic and Muslim nations.

-Nations where the, now shown, scientific differences between men and women were repressed were also more prone to homosexuality. Rome, for instance, became very effeminate during her "golden" years, and was very prone to homosexuality. However, Native American cultures glorified and acknowledge the masculine and feminine are were far less prone to homosexuality.

-Enviorments were sexes are deprived of one another are also more prone to homosexuality. Such as jails where men do not encounter women for decades. Or domesticated animals, especially males, which are neudered and deprived of mating for a considerable time.

Is homosexuality a result of enviorment and circumstance?

2006-07-07 05:30:50 · 15 answers · asked by man_id_unknown 4 in Other - Science

2006-07-07 05:30:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Weather

I can sometimes 'see' what is meant by the term. Mostly I am befuddled. It seems like a masterly piece of trickery. Is there such a 'thing' as the cosmological constant, unless of course it suits us to believe in one ??

2006-07-07 05:29:03 · 4 answers · asked by merckx72 1 in Physics

2006-07-07 05:28:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

i weight 120

2006-07-07 05:28:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

2006-07-07 05:27:59 · 18 answers · asked by Obi Wan Kenobi 1 in Other - Science

2006-07-07 05:27:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

ex.: smoking, hair spray, car exhaust

2006-07-07 05:27:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Earth Sciences & Geology

2006-07-07 05:23:17 · 12 answers · asked by kittytalker 3 in Mathematics

how far in miles is the earths orbit and how does one derive that number?

2006-07-07 05:21:58 · 6 answers · asked by shadyyak 1 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-07 05:19:36 · 26 answers · asked by suck sess 2 in Biology

2006-07-07 05:15:50 · 17 answers · asked by mom52 1 in Mathematics

2006-07-07 05:13:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Geography

It seems like Hawaii always gets screwed for being the farthest west state. Pearl Harbor base was on Hawaii and they got bombed, and now North Korea tried to launch a missle that would reach Hawaii. Plus they have alot of SPAM there..that sucks too..

2006-07-07 05:09:54 · 8 answers · asked by Southpaw 7 in Geography

Or is there an unexplainable spiritual element of the soul?

I'm not giving an opinion; I'm looking for them out of curiosity.

2006-07-07 05:09:19 · 11 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Chemistry

2006-07-07 05:08:39 · 9 answers · asked by Edward A 1 in Biology

It's continuing mission ...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations... to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Is that NASA's mission?

2006-07-07 05:06:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

I have a specification for a water pipe pressure gauge that reads as follows:

Minimum 4-1/2" diameter die cast aluminum case, glass or acrylic plastic window, phosphor bronze bourdon tube with BRONZE BUSHED MOVEMENT, recalibration from front of gauge dial and 1/4" NPT forged brass socket.

2006-07-07 05:04:29 · 3 answers · asked by Paladin_Slayer 2 in Engineering

how far in miles is the earths orbit and how does one derive that number?

2006-07-07 05:04:26 · 4 answers · asked by shadyyak 1 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-07 05:02:51 · 31 answers · asked by elaine c 1 in Biology

2006-07-07 05:02:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

Why does a small stone weighing a couple of grams sink in the ocean when massive ships weighing tons can float?

2006-07-07 04:58:59 · 40 answers · asked by Flossie 2 in Physics

2006-07-07 04:56:56 · 7 answers · asked by litesmart 1 in Physics

For 4 years now, the city council of Blackwell, OK have sent out flyers saying that the water has levels of trihalomethanes in excess of EPA standards and that the community sholudn't worry about it. But the fish and turtles in private ponds are dying and the dogs and cats will not drink the water sometimes.
What's it doing to us and why won't the city do anything about it?

2006-07-07 04:48:02 · 5 answers · asked by comedianwit 2 in Chemistry

As we all know has gravitation an influence on photons, ligth rays; it can change the light rays direction. Thats why even light can't leave a black hole once behind the event horizon.
From my understanding of gravitstion if "things" can attract each other, both must have their own gravitational field. If this is true , also photons must have a very very small gravitational field and paralell light rays (photons) therfore will attracted each other and can't be paralell and the rays will cross each other and finally will join in one ray.

Or am I wrong ?

2006-07-07 04:43:40 · 11 answers · asked by Joe_eoJ 2 in Physics

I'm thinking of going to Ireland to a month or so. Does anyone have any advice or stories about their own experiences there?

2006-07-07 04:40:20 · 19 answers · asked by MC 4 in Geography

The termiticide was pumped into drill holes around my concrete slab. I got really ill when I could smell the pesticide being pumped in (dizziness, loss of coordination, nausea, headache), and then -- 2 weeks later -- I developed severe joint pains and muscle pains throughout my body. My son was poisoned too. Life has been absolute hell, and the New South Wales Department of Housing (who ordered the termiticide treatment even when they knew for 3 years prior to me moving into the unit that I suffered chemical sensitive asthma) refuses to accept that ANYTHING has happened to me or that they are responsible!! Anyone else with a similar experience? I've had an MRI and SPECT scans of my brain and there is brain damage, which is why I had to stop working on my PhD in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney. A toxicologist/pharmacologist says we've definitely been poisoned by the pesticide.

2006-07-07 04:37:30 · 2 answers · asked by dreedlegilf 1 in Medicine

When we close and open our eyes and see what ever is in front of us, how is that action works...(not the blinking) but the fact that our eyes act as cameras capturing images..What is the speed if any of such activity and if there is speed involved, Is there a time delay?

2006-07-07 04:37:21 · 2 answers · asked by EC2talk2 2 in Biology

2006-07-07 04:35:35 · 11 answers · asked by NanoK 1 in Other - Science