If the Sun turns into the white dwarf, will it be the end of the Earth?
There is no “if”, there is only “when”. The Earth will most likely be long eaten before our Sun becomes a white dwarf. It’s a damn shame, ain’t…
If a black hole the size of an atom appeared in the same room as me, what would happen?
You’d be torn apart. A black hole the size of even the smallest atom (around 0.03 nanometre radius) would have a mass of 2×10162×1016 kg. At a distance of, say,…
What do teenage girls wish teenage boys knew?
Swearing does not make you cool ❞ Seriously. Swearing does not make you cool at all. Just like stop swearing for the sake of swearing. It seems so forced…
How does a human body decompose in space?
Unlike decomposition on Earth, governed by bacteria, insects, and a host of environmental factors, the process out there unfolds in an entirely alien way. Forget about putrefaction as…
Why has Trump caved and decided to pause tariffs for 90 days? Did he get scared of China?
Alright, here’s my take on this in a polished but chill vibe: I’m not buying for a sec that this was Trump’s grand master plan from the start,…
Is it true that being muscular doesn’t necessarily mean you can fight?
That’s exactly what it means. (Photo: Phil Heath. 7 times Mr. Olympia) Now that’s out of the way, let me explain. Look at a Mr. Olympia. He’s as…
Electricity can’t be stored, so when I turn on a light, the power station must immediately produce some extra electricity. How is this possible? From an engineering perspective, how are power stations designed to handle continually varying loads?
First of all, the electricity you use in your house doesn’t “Come from a power station”. It comes from a transformer located maybe 300 feet from your house….
Why is Hiroshima habitable now when the half life of uranium-235 is 700 million years?
“Half-life” means “half of the atoms have decayed after this time”. So a very long half-life means that the atoms rarely decay – meaning that it’s not actually…
Who gave North Korea nuclear weapons?
It wasn’t any single entity–North Korea built their nuclear program through determination and theft. They began research in the 1950s–The Soviets trained their scientists and built their first…
How close was Britain from losing WW2?
My grandfather was a ww2 vet; he told me that after we got crushed by Hitler he stumbled upon a photograph of british ladies clearing their destroyed homes…