Mysteries of Science - General

Fucking magnets, how do they work? Miracles man, fucking miracles. Edit. God damn it, you fucking ninja you.

[QUOTE=Namo;21683234]How do magnets work?[/QUOTE] I think this is a meme, but their atoms are polarized which leads to all kinds of electron-flowy-attraction magic

[QUOTE=Quo Vadi;21683278]I think this is a meme, but their atoms are polarized which leads to all kinds of electron-flowy-attraction magic[/QUOTE] You're fucking lying. And getting me pissed.

[QUOTE=Namo;21683320]You're fucking lying. And getting me pissed.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnets[/url]

[QUOTE=Quo Vadi;21682807] I don't understand what you're asking, Zezibash.[/QUOTE] Meme. Also, I shall be checking this thread from time to time.

Fucking magnets Anyway, one thing that is a Mystery of Science is where all the anti-matter went. It exists, we've acquired some (billionths of grams) but we don't really know where it went after it had a key part in initiating the Big Bang. [b]Edit:[/b] This is why we can't have nice things

[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;21683444]Fucking magnets Anyway, one thing that is a Mystery of Science is where all the anti-matter went. It exists, we've acquired some (billionths of grams) but we don't really know where it went after it had a key part in initiating the Big Bang.[/QUOTE] Like I said before, one theory is that it DOES exist in abundant amounts (possibly entire galaxies) but we can't tell it apart from normal matter from a distance.

What's with islands? Get more land!

Is it possible to make a bend in the space time continuum to allow "Faster than light" travel using current technology?

Scientists don't have the authoritay to tell me anything is anything because they can't explain some of the most common things around us. Like conciousness and what birds are. What ARE birds? We just don't know.

[quote=wonkadonk]Is it possible to make a bend in the space time continuum to allow "Faster than light" travel using current technology? [/quote] The thing is we would need exotic matter or negative energy, neither of which we have. However, theoretically, certain virtual photons could substitute for exotic matter considering they were unobserved. I think.

Whats the shallowest point in international waters?

[QUOTE=Biggins;21683530]Scientists don't have the authoritay to tell me anything is anything because they can't explain some of the most common things around us. Like conciousness and what birds are. What ARE birds? We just don't know.[/QUOTE] what

Questions I have never seen answers to: 1) What exactly is a "charge?" 2) Why does anything exist at all? 3) Why do the laws of physics differ when dealing with very small scales" 4) Is there a "smallest particle?" 5) Why are there "laws" in nature?

[QUOTE=wonkadonk;21683521]Is it possible to make a bend in the space time continuum to allow "Faster than light" travel using current technology?[/QUOTE] We need negative energy. :science:

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;21683597]We need negative energy. :science:[/QUOTE] And you need clocks [quote]Questions I have never seen answers to: 1) What exactly is a "charge?" 2) Why does anything exist at all? 3) Why do the laws of physics differ when dealing with very small scales" 4) Is there a "smallest particle?" 5) Why are there "laws" in nature? [/quote] A charge? A tendency to be attracted to things of the opposite charge. I guess. That's sort of a confusing question. Do you mean how was it "created"? I think because, at small scales, there's a certain degree of entropy to things- IE, more random. It's apparent through vacuum energy. The quark, I guess. They're not laws in [b]nature[/b], they're laws we create to guide our studies of physics along.

[QUOTE=Quo Vadi;21683610]And you need clocks[/QUOTE] :geno: Anyways, what is "negative energy"?

Always liked Diatoms, they've got nice designs to them (like snowflakes) [QUOTE=wonkadonk;21683573]what[/QUOTE] He's joking, we know what birds are. Birds are evil.

[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;21683651]Always liked Diatoms, they've got nice designs to them (like snowflakes) [/QUOTE] Yeah, especially the symmetrical ones.

[QUOTE=wonkadonk;21683645]:geno: Anyways, what is "negative energy"?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-negative-energy.htm[/url]

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;21683701][url]http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-negative-energy.htm[/url][/QUOTE] That isn't all that helpful to me, really. I don't entirely understand it, but I think it's a subsidiary of exotic matter. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_sea[/url] is somewhat helpful.

[QUOTE=sgman91;21683588] 2) Why does anything exist at all? [/QUOTE] We can't really know WHY, we can only say where it came from (or make educated guesses).

Waiting for someone to post something ocean related. I can't wait to start exploring the vast realms of the ocean. [img]http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7022/coelacanthc.jpg[/img] This, is a Coelacanth. It was thought to go extinct 65 million years ago, yet it's still alive today.

[QUOTE=wonkadonk;21683645]:geno: Anyways, what is "negative energy"?[/QUOTE] [url]http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+Negative+Energy%3F[/url] Hope this helps :3 OH AND Why do humans [B]HAVE[/b] to be dependent on water?

[QUOTE=OvB;21683870]Waiting for someone to post something ocean related. I can't wait to start exploring the vast realms of the ocean. [img]http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7022/coelacanthc.jpg[/img] This, is a Coelacanth. It was thought to go extinct 65 million years ago, yet it's still alive today.[/QUOTE] i love dem fishies

[QUOTE=QuinnithXD;21683878][url]http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+Negative+Energy%3F[/url] Hope this helps :3[/QUOTE] go away cunt also, how come radiation poses so much risk to living things?

[QUOTE=wonkadonk;21683989]go away cunt also, how come radiation poses so much risk to living things?[/QUOTE] [Ionizing] radiation (Radio waves, UV, etc.) basically, well, ionizes your atoms. So the protein chains and that stuff are disassembled, and the cell either can't replicate or replicates the wrong way. Something like that.

[QUOTE=Biggins;21683530]Scientists don't have the authoritay to tell me anything is anything because they can't explain some of the most common things around us. Like conciousness and what birds are. What ARE birds? We just don't know.[/QUOTE] Consciousness isn't exactly an easy problem. My guess is it could be one of the last things that eludes explanation from mankind. If Sir Roger Penrose is bugged enough by the problem and yet still can't get a solid explanation for it, then it's got to be a fucking difficult problem. I hope some time in the future I'll get to do some work on the subject.

[QUOTE=Biggins;21683530]Scientists don't have the authoritay to tell me anything is anything because they can't explain some of the most common things around us. Like conciousness and what birds are. What ARE birds? We just don't know.[/QUOTE] Is that part of the ICP Miracles song?

[QUOTE=Quo Vadi;21683610]And you need clocks A charge? A tendency to be attracted to things of the opposite charge. I guess. That's sort of a confusing question. Do you mean how was it "created"? I think because, at small scales, there's a certain degree of entropy to things- IE, more random. It's apparent through vacuum energy. The quark, I guess. They're not laws in [b]nature[/b], they're laws we create to guide our studies of physics along.[/QUOTE] Not what is a charge, but what makes something have a charge? What makes them opposite in the first place? They say it has something to do with the up and down quarks, but how does being up and down change the physical properties of an object? Not how it was created, but why is it there in the first place? Why is there anything at all? If I see an apple on the ground I can logically say, "This apple is here because it fell from the tree." If I ask,"why is the tree there." I can answer, "because the seed fell there and grew." This line of questioning can go on until you get to the question of existence itself. Do you know why that is? Is there any way to know that for sure though? I mean, at one point we thought the atom was the smallest... until we found something smaller... then we thought the electron was the smallest... etc. Would there ever be a point where we could definitively say, "This is the smallest particle?" By laws I am referring to the laws of gravity, weak nuclear, strong nuclear, and electromagnetic forces. Why are there these "forces" that apply to pretty much all existence?