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nova9001 t1_ittxa5k wrote
Reply to comment by c_m_33 in China's Sinopec makes major shale gas discovery by [deleted]
science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/pros-cons-shale-gas.htm](https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/pros-cons-shale-gas.htm) >First of all, it's 5,000 feet below ground. To get a hold of it requires pumping hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluids, which could contain hazardous chemicals, into the ground along with
Crystal1501 OP t1_iufsqh7 wrote
Reply to comment by Robysto7 in [WP] Six adults are left to rebuild society: the nerd, the jock, the mean girl, the quiet person, the snob and the bossy guy. The rest of humanity is wiped. Somehow, these people managed to work together to re-build. Describe the journey. by Crystal1501
which I just double checked myself - that all of humanity has a [common female ancestor](https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/evolution/female-ancestor.htm). If that's true, then humanity hasn't always had a deep gene pool
_kst_ t1_ixs4j9a wrote
Reply to comment by enderjaca in NASA’s Orion Sends Back New Views of Moon’s Surface by Maxcactus
quick Google search found [this article](https://science.howstuffworks.com/question486.htm) which says: > Typically, though, a meteoroid would have to be about the size of a marble for a portion of it to reach the Earth
nedrith t1_ixwpod1 wrote
Reply to comment by shteepadatea in ELI5: How are bats able to hang upside down for a long periods of time without blood pooling to their heads? by Hopeful_Anything_257
Actually it is! [https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/hang-upside-down-how-long-safe-deadly.htm](https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science-questions/hang-upside-down-how-long-safe-deadly.htm). We evolved to stop things like blood pooling in our feet. Granted you'd have to be upside down for a really long period of time to die from
Scott_Abrams t1_j169zsw wrote
Reply to comment by Lee2026 in Could being submersed in a sealed tank of fluid help humans survive heavy G acceleration in outer space? by cheeze_whiz_shampoo
science.howstuffworks.com/explosion-land-water1.htm](https://science.howstuffworks.com/explosion-land-water1.htm) Differential density. Your cavities (such as your lungs) and the gasses within get compressed when the shock wave hits and your tissues rupture when the pressure is transmitted through the water and through
caspy7 t1_j5iaqxi wrote
Reply to comment by gerkletoss in Seattle-based Jetoptera is developing a vertical takeoff aircraft that can travel at almost 1,000 km/h with a radically simplified new type of engine. With almost no moving parts, it uses super-compressed air to create vortexes for thrust. by lughnasadh
right conditions. 😁 More seriously, I'm no aviation guy but gliders tend to have [longer wings](https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/glider1.htm) and are light particularly because of their lack of engines. So while traditional planes can glide
isleepinahammock t1_j6vx84k wrote
Reply to Would you live in a "Floating City"? by jfd0037
interesting thing happens if you make them big enough, as [Buckminster Fuller realized.](https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/architecture/flying-cities-buckminster-fuller.htm) If you have a geodesic sphere a half a mile in diameter, the air inside it weighs about thousand
Run-Amokk t1_jbxzojl wrote
Seems a win win, pollute space, block the sun, we can all pollute on earth forever...https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/remediation/moon-dust-cool-earth.htm
Indemnity4 t1_isvznvg wrote
Reply to comment by Froggmann5 in Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science by AutoModerator
with nothing in it, then you add a particle, what happens? The answer is... [nobody knows](https://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/astronomy-terms/before-big-bang.htm). The observable universe has always had stuff in it, so the size/distance/volume is measure by taking