Other - Science - March 2007

This is all hypothetical, of course. I recently finished Cell by Stephen King, a science fiction novel, in which the brain was reset by cell phones emitting a noise or pulse. The brain then was restructured and accessed in it's entirety.

Is there a chance of resetting the brain to access this other percentage that we don't use? Are there previous cases of humans being able to use that percentage?

2007-03-22 17:16:05 · 4 answers · asked by Jordan L 1

If anyone could please explain it... not even my AP Chemistry teacher knew why...

Also, some sources would be nice, of course. It's good to be able to look things up.

2007-03-22 16:41:05 · 6 answers · asked by Pendergast 2

How much would a 16 oz can of peachs weigh on Mars?
Pat weighs 44 newtons how much would she wigh on Mars Help this is hard

2007-03-22 16:38:05 · 2 answers · asked by stayin alive 2

This is a purely hypothetical situation. I am writing fiction, so please do not tell me about 'proper' nutrition, etc.

Assuming that we have NO OTHER OPTION but to grow food crops in soils rich in these metals and NO OTHER food crops available, how harmful/dangerous is it to eat plants that have grown in soils rich in these metals? Are any of them NOT necessary trace nutrients? Are they easily eliminated from the body? What sort of toxicity levels can be expected? How long can people eat the crops before symptoms develop? Is it likely that those symptoms would be noticed by medically UNTRAINED personel...?

Relative to toxicity and elimination from the body, if other food crops free of those metals (also lacking in necessary nutrients) were available, comment on the possibility of alternating the consumption of metal rich crops and the metal poor crops and the ability of such a diet to sustain a degree of health.

Complicated question, but thanks for your patience, in advance.

2007-03-22 16:35:41 · 2 answers · asked by cdf-rom 7

If you have a degree in a science related field, can you please tell me:
-what degree(s) you have and in what field(s)
-what your stance on global warming (ie. unsure, it's a real problem, skeptical, etc)
-summarize what made you come to your conclusion

Thanks in advance for participating in my poll!

2007-03-22 16:30:49 · 4 answers · asked by MeekaBee 2

Explain basic process of photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll & Y is it important in photosynthesis??? Why is photosynthesis important to us??? Ive searched the net but it is all too hard to understand in thier terms..

2007-03-22 15:37:24 · 4 answers · asked by Kimberly S 3

2007-03-22 12:41:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-22 12:00:45 · 1 answers · asked by aung k 1

By mind-blowing I mean something that is so unbelievable it is difficult to even comprehend. I would like it to be true too. Theories are usually good.

2007-03-22 10:42:08 · 3 answers · asked by Dave C 2

hey i have four questions for yas most apprieciated if you can help!!!
Question 1
Where does the energy that makes the DC electric motor work originally come from?

Question 2
What difficulties would you have measuring the current flowing through a DC electric motor when it is operating?

Question 3
Please Explain how you would calculate the resistance (in ohms) of a DC electric motor circuit.

Question 4
PLease name as many appliances that have electric motors in them

please and thank-you if ya answered!!! PEACE OUT :D

2007-03-22 10:36:09 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

..., nor for nothing, for we find the lack of absence….
Or:
…, nor for nothing, but that we find the lack of absence….
I’m asking because there is a question of –style for usage.
For instance, which conjoined structure sounds better? Spoken? Written?
…cutting rainforest to grow sugar-cane and high-cellulose-hemp-species as an ethanol supply will not reduce atmospheric carbon, for we know that an amount of the carbon-dioxide rainforests remove from the atmosphere ends up sediments in swampy sections and turn to coal, which is not atmospheric carbon gas and instead is rock (unless you burn it and put it back in the atmosphere!)….
Or:
…carbon-dioxide, alone, is transparent to the human eye, how will we, the independent voter, nearly 70% of the USA-Voter-Population, know of the corruption in the carbon-trapping-businesses, but that we will be trusting the power companies and others, to monitor themselves for carbon-dioxide rising from smoke stacks as transparent as the sky behind….

2007-03-22 10:22:11 · 5 answers · asked by mud-with-mind 1

how many ml are there in a liter?

2007-03-22 10:10:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-22 09:37:14 · 5 answers · asked by ۩ Cuthbert ♂ 4

hey anyone smart on here? please help i am doinga an assignment for scienece and cannot find the answer two these two questions:
Question 1:
What difficulty would you have measuring the current - please explain.
Question 2:
Please explain how you would measure the current flowing through an electric motor when it is operating.
big thumbs up to whoever helps :D cya and please help!!!!!!!!

2007-03-22 08:59:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Two farmers were staring into a large barrel partly filled with ale. One of them said: “It's over half full!” But the other declared: “It's more than half empty.” How could they tell without using a ruler, string, bottles, or other measuring devices if it was more or less than exactly half full?

2007-03-22 08:20:42 · 7 answers · asked by Minamoto 1

2007-03-22 06:49:25 · 29 answers · asked by GemGem 2

black clothes protect us from heavy hotness,black glass protect us from eye diseases etc..

2007-03-22 06:46:59 · 4 answers · asked by chandu 1

2007-03-22 06:46:23 · 3 answers · asked by Hirni, the brain 3

Monkey's could be possible, but Tom Cruise has a point.

2007-03-22 05:39:32 · 11 answers · asked by Tony F 2

this is a high school debate topic. need help for ideas.

2007-03-22 05:08:37 · 4 answers · asked by sky_high 1

How is that possible?

2007-03-22 04:27:16 · 5 answers · asked by deepak 2

Let's see some well thought out guesses and hypotheses!

2007-03-22 04:22:08 · 11 answers · asked by Clamps 2

2007-03-22 03:40:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-21 23:18:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to leap year calculations:
1. If a year is divisable by 4: then leap year, unless
2. Year is divisable by 100: then not leap year, except when
3. Year is divisable by 400: then leap year, if and only if
4. Year is not disisable by 4000 then not leap year.

Is step 4 used at all? I know 1-3 is for sure.

I am programming a leap year script; it's not like it will be important to me - I'll won't be able to live 1993 years to see it. Just curious.

2007-03-21 21:25:00 · 5 answers · asked by Omega F 2

it has to be good for a science fair pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i need help quick!

2007-03-21 21:13:59 · 3 answers · asked by TayTay 1

give more details?

2007-03-21 20:03:18 · 1 answers · asked by bala 2

2007-03-21 20:01:43 · 1 answers · asked by bala 2

THE LUCIDIAN PRINCIPLE
guidelines to how man will become as immortal as the stars
and ultimately destroy the notion of God as we ascend into
becoming gods ourselves.

Remember, this is just a theory, but to me it seems feasible.

It all starts with the Human Genome Project, this is the true
Holy Grail, this is the starting point of our immortality.
Through understanding of our genetic structure, we may be able
to detect the mechanisms that cause the degeneration of cells,
resulting in aging and identify mutations of cells that cause
disease or predisposition to disease. If we continue on the road
we're on, it seems possible to locate the genetic material that
is intrinsically tied to disease and aging and simply silence them forever.
This eliminates aging and disease. But if everyone is immortal, and
continue to have kids and there kids continue to have kids, and so forth
our planet will become insufferably overpopulated. We will create
a living Hell, and at that point, death would be a blessing, where it seems
the irony lies. Heres my solution to this problem.

If we are able to alter our genetic makeup as we wish, we give everyone
a certain age limit, lets just say 150 years for arguments sake. This
means everyone on the planet at a given time lives to 150 years max no matter
what. When there time is up, then they must submit to death, but it won't be a
real "death" as I will explain.

The idea is we humans must have shifts on this planet Earth. We essentially
take turns to live out our 150 years. So when one generations time limit is up
they are sent off into a sort of man-made space cemetary where they are put into
cryogenic sleep. I envision for fun's sake, an asteroid adorned with man-made
machinery, perpetually frozen and orbiting Earth.

If space is indeed infinite and has no true end. then space is unlimited to house
as many souls as we can produce to no end. We'll never run out of room.

So one generation sleeps out the others 150 year stay on the planet Earth, and it will
become each generations responsiblity as they remain on Earth to make Earth into a
Utopia, this means assurances that our planet is maintained and protected against all threats.
We must stop global warming and keep our weather moderate, We must have a back up plan
to keep the planet heated and hospitable in case the sun truly does burn out (if theres no
way to regenerate the suns power with future technology, (such as entering the sun when its burned out
and releasing some sort of chemical/nuclear reaction to ignite it once again) then we simply must relocate
to another planet until this is achieved, for this our home, if not possible then we simply must
make peace in our new home. We must ensure protection against any "foreign invaders" such as alien
encounters through a sort of impenetrable force field, which protects against asteroids or
defense systems to blow them out of the sky.(although I believe we are the only
sentience in the universe. Consider the fact that we humans have advanced so much in the last 10,000
years, if other lifeforms existed before our own, can you imagine how much more advanced they would be
considering the universe is BILLIONS of years old, then consider the odds of this rate of advancement
and ask yourself, how is it possible we have no irrefutable proof of contact from them? the odds speak
for themselves.

We must develop technology to heal wounds rapidly without it ever crossing into the extreme of death, but
hopefully future medical technology will curb violent behavior towards others, and safety in all things
will be so profound that physical harm other than "disease" which will be eliminated will most likely never occur.

It is the responsibility of the living to achieve these high goals as the rest sleep and when revived will
be their responsibility. I believe we will achieve a state of singularity eventually, meaning we as humans
can only advance so far before we start to deteriorate, we must recognize that what we have achieved can
go no further and be content in that. In this sense we will finally achieve our Utopia, our perfect world, we will
create our own Heaven. Which is where we all ultimately wish to end up. If one to live during a time where
we have not achieved this Utopia yet, then this person must regard this as Life is regarded now, a mere stepping stone
until there passage to Paradise. Eventually, everyone will find themselves in Paradise, whether they live one life or many
to get there is irrelevent, since Life's ambition is to find that ultimate peace.

The beauty of this is this will be true immortality, there will be no "lost time." Just as we go to bed at midnight and wake up
at 9 A.M. We are unconscious and unaware of the passage of time during which we are unconscious. The last thing we remember in
reality is what we did before we went to bed, which immediately transfers to what we acknowledge when we wake up. Whether it be
8 hours or 150 years, makes no difference. When unconscious you have no sense of time. So being put into a frozen sleep for 150
years would make no more difference then waking up after a 4 hour nap. To find yourself in a new life.

People say this playing God, but ask yourself this, Why do we even have the capacity to this knowledge and the ability
to obtain it if its not God's will? People say "murder" is wrong and of course it is, but since we are aware of it and how
to do it and it is done, then it must have some purpose, therefore murder is a necessary evil, it has purpose, merely on the
fact it exists, Nothing exists without a reason and therefore they happen because they must happen for things to be as they are.

The religion of today is the entertainment of the future. Ancient Greeks believed just as strongly in their pantheon of Gods
headed by Zeus as we believe in our Catholic God I'm sure. But now Zeus and his fellow gods are reduced to feature length
Disney cartoons, not to be taken as seriously. How can we be 100 percent certain that the way we view "God" now won't have
the same fate? It seems more likely than anything else. Our ideas of God seem to fit with the way we live our lives. Our Gods
always seem like a God of convenience, Since most people reject homosexuals, then our God rejects homosexuals and they go to Hell. Since most
people reject suicide, then our God rejects homosexuals and they go to Hell. Notice a pattern here? In any case, it seems likely as
we become immortal, we will view God as wanting this to happen to us. You all know in your hearts that this will become the end result.
I do believe there is a God, an unknown source for all things, but due to mankind's limitations we will never understand it, as we
will never understand (but maybe we will) the nature of "ghosts" We simply must accept their existence and coexist peacefully with it. We
understand the way things are, such as evolution and our natural inclinations go along with evolution, since evolution exists and it brings
with it our progressment and our natural inclination to do so then we can only attribute it to God's will, since it exists and came to be
and live our lives fully content, in any case, our new found immortality leaves us no other choice.

2007-03-21 18:14:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-21 17:36:06 · 14 answers · asked by sukidog 1