Science & Mathematics - 25 July 2006

Who are the people called geologists?How do they name soils?According to what do they name soils?Are they scientists,farmers,etc?

2006-07-25 18:34:11 · 3 answers · asked by tom 1 in Geography

2006-07-25 18:33:03 · 8 answers · asked by Cowman 1 in Mathematics

Why don't we have a wireless adaptor plugged into our power outlets that would allow appliances to draw power from it wirelessly in the same way radio stations transmit large amounts of radio signals or in the same way wireless internet works?

2006-07-25 18:32:21 · 8 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Engineering

Serious question. As an atheist faith and reason are on opposite ends of the pole to me and I want to find out if it is different for others. As a scientist if some said the Earth was flat and offered their faith as evidence I would dissmiss it as a silly. If someone walked to the edge of the Earth and dropped a penny then I would believe it.

I put this in the Science section because it would be the best place for those that understand empiricism but also those that may have faith in a religion or supernatural powers.

2006-07-25 18:31:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

My husband and I are really compatible. So I was really thrown when a doctor-friend claimed that physical sex (the act performed with a partner) could never be as good as brain sex (daydreams/wetdreams). I know he has a great relationship with his wife, as well. He made this claim based on medical experience/education. Where is he coming from? Or am I the only one left out here?

2006-07-25 18:30:29 · 20 answers · asked by ♫Hope♫ 6 in Biology

http://michael19652.tripod.com/funny_bone => Link to photos

We went out four wheeling the afternoon a Hurricane was leaving town in 2005 and ended up about 1/2 a mile from the mouth of the Rio Grande River on Boca Chica Beach where the river dumps into the Gulf of Mexico. Because of the storm surge many of the larger sand dunes had been washed away exposing quite a few items. This bone was at the center of the base of one of these washed away dunes.
The sand color was very dark helping to confirm that it was under a large dune as most of the sand there is generally white. Also since we are regular visitors out there we knew of this particular sand dune because it was one of our sons favorites to jump off of while we surf fish. Thats also why we know it was approx 30 feet high. Thanks for your future responses.

2006-07-25 18:23:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

2006-07-25 18:19:33 · 8 answers · asked by agnidhoot 2 in Geography

Okay, just a wierd question, when making a website you can make it divide the screen up into 2 "frames" each showing a different website, but what if you make the second website show the main website in a frame of it's own? The first website should still show the second... wierd, maybe it's like putting a video camera to a T.V. that is showing the display... fun ^_^

I tries putting a folder in a folder that it contained once on my computer, that didn't work though...

2006-07-25 18:19:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

2006-07-25 18:19:27 · 3 answers · asked by ashka e 1 in Mathematics

Yeah, the size of the molecules in the atmosphere is what scatters the blue part of the visible spectrum of light. We're looking at the affects of a prism.

2006-07-25 18:19:25 · 7 answers · asked by Hymn 2 in Physics

Everything has a shape right? So what shape is the sky?

2006-07-25 18:16:09 · 15 answers · asked by mrxxbrian 2 in Mathematics

2006-07-25 18:14:57 · 18 answers · asked by max s 1 in Mathematics

Has a woman ever walked the moon?

2006-07-25 18:14:06 · 10 answers · asked by Mookie 2 in Astronomy & Space

Sorry I didn't get this hard one

2006-07-25 18:13:31 · 5 answers · asked by Pipos 1 in Mathematics

With areas of the world in drought situations, while other areas are being flooded, couldn't mankind (aside from political & cultural differences) develop and build a system that would allow water to be collected and moved around where it was most needed? Any thoughts?

2006-07-25 18:09:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

How is the weather where you are right now?

2006-07-25 18:06:48 · 6 answers · asked by Spelunking Spork 4 in Weather

2006-07-25 18:03:27 · 7 answers · asked by Pipos 1 in Mathematics

2006-07-25 18:02:30 · 6 answers · asked by Pipos 1 in Mathematics

According to the internet,

"The chemical makeup of the recording layer in a CD-RW disc is polycrystalline. In order to burn on this substance, the laser beam must heat the areas of the recording track to between 500 and 700 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, the crystals melt and become non-crystalline (this is called an amorphous phase). The crystals in this phase will scatter the laser beam when being read and resemble pits."

How do you take that 700 degree C laser and make it into a hand-held burning laser tool?

(It would be good for killing ants, melting ice, starting camp fires, killing rats, etc.)

2006-07-25 18:01:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

sereios answers only...

2006-07-25 17:53:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

plEase be detailed

2006-07-25 17:52:59 · 17 answers · asked by franciscoeleodoro 1 in Mathematics

2006-07-25 17:48:28 · 7 answers · asked by ashka e 1 in Mathematics

2006-07-25 17:46:20 · 5 answers · asked by kinssr 1 in Mathematics

dont really know....
serious answers only pls......

2006-07-25 17:42:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

in simple easy words...

2006-07-25 17:42:23 · 6 answers · asked by sxc115 1 in Mathematics

Let P=(3,2,-1) and Q=(-2,1,c) and R=(c,1,0) be points in R3 (3 spaces). For what values of c is PQR a right triangle?

I got 34/8 for one value of c, but I'm not sure if I'm right or not. Can anyone help?

2006-07-25 17:42:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

why does countries like JAPAN and USA uses 120 volts
while other countries such as the PHILIPPINES uses 240 volts?

2006-07-25 17:41:54 · 9 answers · asked by froigajudo 1 in Engineering

is there a way? like plugging my computers into a car-battery
and use an AC-DC converter? then the battery will be re-charged using an AC-DC converter?

2006-07-25 17:40:28 · 2 answers · asked by froigajudo 1 in Engineering

please help asap

2006-07-25 17:36:27 · 6 answers · asked by Pipos 1 in Mathematics

I have always wondered why the 120V plug's prong have holes on the tip? What are they for?

2006-07-25 17:33:47 · 4 answers · asked by nwitem 1 in Engineering