Wed 6 Aug, 2008 11:24 pm - Hmm, well I didn't think you were serious. All three topics are related to the idea of electron conductivity, or band gap. The band gap is the amount of energy required to knock an electron... (view)
Wed 6 Aug, 2008 11:04 pm - I'm not sure what you mean by "appear exactly the same". Certainly a water molecule in the vapor phase would be undergoing different vibrational modes than one in any of the ice... (view)
Wed 6 Aug, 2008 12:56 am - There is certainly some confusion around the term 'water'. Hopefully this helps clear things up:
Common usage: Water refers to the liquid state.
Scientific usage: Water refers to... (view)
Fri 1 Aug, 2008 12:10 am - Quantum mechanics is not only "viable" but it one of the most well supported physical theories we have. And by support, I mean that it makes myriad verifiable predictions. There is no... (view)
Wed 30 Jul, 2008 12:11 am - Actually it was Rutherford with the gold foil in the Conservatory. He discovered that atoms are mostly empty space. This was deduced from the fat that particles fired at the foil almost always went... (view)
Tue 29 Jul, 2008 11:56 pm - June 10, 2007
Inquiry into sailors capture uncovers breakdown of communications
AN inquiry into the capture by Iran of 15 British sailors and marines has uncovered a series of errors ranging... (view)
Tue 29 Jul, 2008 01:09 am - Think of a basketball team that has a choice between zone and man defense. Now think of a one-on-one match, for which there is no such distinction.
/Kayyam (view)
Wed 23 Jul, 2008 12:41 am - Here let me rephrase the question in the more precise terms that our curious questioner probably meant:
Is a single molecule of water a liquid, solid or gas?
The answer is "none of the... (view)
