Science & Mathematics - 15 July 2006

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Lunar-Triggered Earthquakes?

Yet another crackpot theiry :-)

It seems to me that if two tectonic plates were stressed to the max and ready to slip, that the position of the moon could provide just enough of a tidal pull at just the right angle, to trigger the slip.

Whether or not this insight would lead to any predictive ability is probably marginal. Though perhaps one might correlate increased earthquake (or moonquake even) activity during times of lunar perigee.

2006-07-15 09:14:22 · 2 answers · asked by samsyn 3 in Earth Sciences & Geology

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how many tiles on space shuttle?

2006-07-15 09:14:06 · 3 answers · asked by Michele J 2 in Engineering

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Source of solar energy?

How did physicists explain solar energy around 1900 when classical physics was at its zenith but nuclear physics was unknown?

2006-07-15 09:05:26 · 6 answers · asked by Canny Scot 1 in Astronomy & Space

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Do Cosmic Rays Trigger Lightning?

I was just watching this video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-164435864948236276

Showing lighting as viewed from space. And I couldn't help feeling a resemblance to some cosmic ray activity I used to see in spark chambers at Brookhaven National Laboratories. It seems somehow reasonable that if electrical charge had built up in an area and was 'ready to spark anyway' that the ionized trail left by a passing cosmic ray of sufficient energy might act as the final catalyst to a lightning stroke.

2006-07-15 09:04:11 · 4 answers · asked by samsyn 3 in Weather

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In biology (not darwin) what is microevolution?

2006-07-15 09:03:09 · 7 answers · asked by goring 6 in Biology

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What is the 3rd dimension in which we travel?

2006-07-15 08:49:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

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what Elements from the earth make gold?

2006-07-15 08:49:30 · 9 answers · asked by benny_tammy_goss 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

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Do comets have an atmosphere?

The real question: Comets are small bodies, a 20 miles diameter is considered a big one. When one of these bodies approaches the sun, the material sourrounding the body is proyected into space due to the solar wind, displaying a tail that can be millions of miles long. When the comet moves away from the sun it seems to recover the material what is said consists of dust and gas. How can a so small body have a gravity so intense to pull so light particles from millons of miles away back to its surface?

2006-07-15 08:49:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

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is it true when your on acid you considered legally insane?

2006-07-15 08:45:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

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Why is it that when you fill up a tub with water it appears to be blue, but fill a glass and it is clear???

Just can't figure it out, water in the ocean appears blue from reflecting the sky. But when there is no blue in the bath it still appears that way???

2006-07-15 08:45:27 · 9 answers · asked by osirissk8rboy 2 in Chemistry

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Partial pressure of gases?

I wanted to know the what type of pressure(static,dynamic or total pressure) is the partial pressure of gases as given by Dalton's law of partial pressure of mixture of gases.

2006-07-15 08:43:03 · 5 answers · asked by eager 1 in Engineering

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In a breeder reactor, Plutonium is converted into Uranium or Uranium is converted into Plutonium?

2006-07-15 08:40:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

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Who would win in a straight up fight? A pit bull dog or a wolf?

And yes, I am 100 percent against dog fighting. This is just an inquiry.

2006-07-15 08:36:15 · 43 answers · asked by James R 1 in Zoology

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Do you use an air conditioner?

It's the middle of July-- are you using an air conditioner?

And, for comparison, how hot is it where you are?

2006-07-15 08:31:31 · 25 answers · asked by Tim 4 in Weather

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1) what is the opposite of sublimation? (solid-->gas=sublimation, then gas-->solid=?)?

2) why do we see bubbles when liquids start to boil?
3) what is dry ice made of?

2006-07-15 08:28:35 · 7 answers · asked by sianz 2 in Physics

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Why is everyone saying the answer to the universe is 42?

From the studies of quantum mechanics, scientists can acknowledge that the universe can be summed up in one simple equation.
Technically, Deep Thought was built to calculate the answer to life universe and everything else, he was never built to take questions.
The white mice questioned him and he said that they never asked the right question
Basically the universe has no answers, just equations to satisfy the outcome of partial events.
Having said that, the answer is not 42, it was just a misunderstanding and a minor technicality.

2006-07-15 08:28:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

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Other than man, what is the nastiest creature on Earth?

2006-07-15 08:26:45 · 21 answers · asked by spackler 6 in Biology

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if god was real could he defy physics ?

2006-07-15 08:16:40 · 15 answers · asked by ah64dtk 4 in Physics

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Cold fusion?

Can smoeone tell me the difference between nuclear fission, fusion, and cold fusion?

2006-07-15 08:16:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Chemistry

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What makes an atom?

What makes up an atom? I now about protons, neutrons, and electrons, but what else are there? I heard of somehting called tachions, what are those? Can you give me a science lesson here?

2006-07-15 08:14:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

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If we were to build a floating city, far out in the ocean...how?

Not a ship because they operate under the laws of a country. A new land, floating upon the sea, with a new government, a fresh start. What would be required? How could it be built?

2006-07-15 08:12:21 · 8 answers · asked by CosmicKiss 6 in Other - Science

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