Physical Science

Yea right – you want me to believe that someone wants to read more about math equations. Haha. I didn’t think there was anyone else out there like me. This is probably one of the most common responses. Don’t you…
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Einstein and his students Podolsky and Rosen were unhappy with quantum mechanics. (QM) ‘It’s not deterministic’ they said. ‘It’s indeterminate’ they complained. (I’ll come back to this difference later) They developed a number of thought experiments that they claimed ‘refuted’…
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Could there be a basic “Particle?” Yes, it seems possible that there could be a basic unit structure of some sort. Here is one possibility. The observation that there is a relationship which can be written, mass times radius equals…
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Perhaps the similarity in names is to blame for all the confusion. Both do begin with “trans-” after all. And both transparent and translucent objects allow light to pass through them, which is the reason for “trans-” in their names….
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One of the challenges amateur star observers face is learning to identify constellations. When the average person hears that the sky is divided into 88 constellations, the initial reaction is often, “Forget it. It’s hopeless. I’ll never remember most of…
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There are many interpretations to quantum mechanics. The craziness of the ultra-small has proven to give the greatest thinkers of our time a run for their money. I believe it is time to set the stage right. The finial interpretation…
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OUT WITH THE OLD… What is time? When you take away all the arbitrary demarcations of hours, minutes, seconds, years, it becomes clear that time is really just a rate of change. It is the difference between an electron being…
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Although it is not advisable to mix water with electricity, we can understand electrical current flow if we compare its behavior to that of water. There are many similar behaviors to observe. Flashover and sideflash is equivalent to a flood….
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The definition of dark energy is a puzzle. Some claim to know what it is, some claim to know what it is not and some claim to know what it does or does not do. Defining dark energy is really…
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When a nucleus undergoes nuclear fission, the nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei, and two or three neutrons are ejected. An incredible amount of energy is released in the form of heat and gamma radiation. The radiation comes from the…
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