Activity for Beta Decay
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High Voltage Nervous System Would it be possible for a creature to have a nervous system working at 250 volts? What kind of physiology would it need to sustain that? Could you use that creature as a power source, to power a television set, for example? (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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How long would it take for a new intelligent species to evolve if humans disappeared? If all humans (but no other species) just suddenly disappeared, leaving all of their structures standing, how long would it take for an intelligent species as dominant as the humans to evolve? Would the disappearance of humans change anything? (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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Evolution without the reflex arc How would evolution have changed without the "reflex arc", if all reflexes had to go through the brain instead of the spinal cord? Would intelligent species be able to evolve? (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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What would the Universe be like if gravity was slightly stronger? As the title says, what would the universe be like if the gravitational force was 0.1% stronger but the other forces (strong and weak nuclear forces, electromagnetic force) stayed the same? Would the universe have formed the same as it is now? (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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Impacts of a stellar Jupiter In the book 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke, Jupiter is turned into a star. Presumably this is done by making it more dense, so if Jupiter were to reach that density and become a star, what would be the impacts on the Solar System? (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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What happens to a human who receives more information than the brain can process? Often in films and television shows when a person's brain is 'injected' with more information than it can handle, they suffer from immense pain. What would actually happen if you did supply a human brain with too much information? Would it act like a processor and break up the information or would i... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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Can a world sustain constant low-pressure and high-pressure areas? Would a world be able to sustain a constant low pressure area such that there would be a constant wind from one side to the other? Imagine that on one side of the world is a desert with some rocky mountains (presumably the source of the sand), over which lies the high pressure area. To the East is ... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |