During a tsunami, do whales and sharks go crashing into whatever town the wave hits?
No, don’t worry about some great white swimming down the road during a tsunami. Great whites are not likely to find themselves in cities. Tsunamis do strange things,…
Who thinks Trump will see out his full term as president?
My guess is he does not. My theory is that the rich billionaires don’t want to destroy America and turn it into a dictatorship, per se, because dictators…
Will people in the EU and Canada really stop buying American goods because of the tariffs?
My son works for a company that sells pumps. These are high end pumps. When Trump first announced the tariffs he received a call from a supplier in…
Are there any snakes in Africa that are more dangerous than black mambas and cobras to humans?
In terms of aggression, the Black Mamba with its cousin, the Green Mamba are the top contenders for the most dangerous snakes. Black and Green Mambas They both…
The drinking duck is a common science toy in American physics classrooms and elsewhere
When you wet its head, it slowly lowers until it suddenly becomes almost horizontal, then straightens up after a jolt or two. If you put a glass of…
Why do we not eat goose/geese meat?
True story. Between 1980 and 1994 I worked as a painter/sandblaster on the Tay Railway Bridge that links Dundee to Edinburgh. One of my colleagues, Rocky, had previously…
Why is Trump silent on Musk saying that the MAGA people need to leave the Republican Party?
This particular outrage does not surprise even one Democratic voter. Not one. We all knew this coming. Trump has never been loyal to anyone but himself. Musk this…
What is the diet of the average North Korean, and those who reside in Pyongyang?
Facts heard from defectors.
If CO2 is heavy, why doesn’t it settle in valleys and low spots to be toxic to breath?
The molecular weight of air is about 30 and CO2 is about 44 so there’s not a large difference. The air stays mixed due to convection and gaseous…
What is the largest capacitor ever made and what was its purpose?
The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory houses the world’s largest capacitor bank. A beast that stores fifty megajoules. They built it for one reason: to create magnetic fields that…