Mad Scientist Answers by Jason Goodman

Don't expect all of the links on the question-and-answer pages to work; I simply copied the files without fixing relative URLs.

Earth Sciences

1. Subject: Meteorology: Upper Level Low Pressure, What is it?
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2. Subject: do eleven year cycles of sun spots coincide with weather or climate events
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3. Subject: humidity and air density
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4. Subject: How do we see colours in clouds?
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5. Subject: Moon's cycle and Earth's temps connection?
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6. Subject: At what temperature does ocean water freeze?
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7. Subject: Where do the largest ocean tides occur in the spring?
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8. Subject: Why do lighning bolts come down in a zigzag shape?
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9. Subject: How could the earth gain 100,000 lbs. of debris each year?
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10. Subject: Why is there such variations in tide-differences at various places on earth
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11. Subject: Do dust particles in air supersaturated with moisture help cause rain?
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12. Subject: How could I show there is a corrolation between El Nino and Mass. Weather?
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13. Subject: In weather forecasting and reporting, what is meant by the term 'dew point'
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14. Subject: Does the smoke from smokestacks make other clowds?
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15. Subject: Why and how does wind accelerate as it flows over a mountain or ridge?
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16. Subject: What wavelengths of the sun's radiation are filtered by overcast skies?
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17. Subject: Why does moisture from the Pacific not form over the Atacama desert?
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18. Subject: What is the distance of an observer to a rainbow?
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19. Subject: What is an undertow and a riptide? Are there any other ocean hazards?
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20. Subject: Is terrestial heat flux incorporated in paleoclimate models?
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21. Subject: Will earth rotation be affected by glaciers melting?
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22. Subject: What is the determining factor in thunder decibel levels?
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23. Subject: Is it possible for there to be a flood large enough to cover the world?
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24. Subject: Why does the intensity of rain often seem to increase after thunder.
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25. Subject: How does the amount of salt in water effect the climate of near by land??
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26. Subject: Does radiation slow down ice forming under bridges?
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27. Subject: Do glaciers affect climate, and if so, in what manner?
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28. Subject: What would it be like if we were tilted like Uranus
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29. Subject: What is the info. on planet alignment 5/5/00? astronomically&astrologically
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30. Subject: How does the Earth's magneticfield affect weather?
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31. Subject: Are there seasons on the equator?
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32. Subject: Will El Nino occur this winter?
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33. Subject: trying to find out why Britians weather is unusual & what contributes to it
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34. Subject: What explanation is there for a light source moving behind a thunderhead?
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35. Subject: Looking for source for historical data on barometric pressure & moon phases
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36. Subject: How does the thickness of the earth's mantel effect the weather?
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37. Subject: what is the total net charge of the earth's surface?
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38. Subject: How fast do snowflakes settle? How much snow is in the air?
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39. Subject: Need a simple way to explain atmospheric pressure to sixth grade students
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40. Subject: When are we due for the atlantic current
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    Science History

41. Subject: Why is there no standardisation in the arrangement of numeric keys?
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42. Subject: What is the myth behind the wooly bear caterpillar
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    Chemistry

43. Subject: What causes the distinctive odour of approaching rain?
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44. Subject: How to calculate vaporization rate of water from vapor pressure?
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    Evolution

45. Subject: Might it be possible to selectively breed life adapted to survival in space
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    Engineering

46. Subject: How does a fly land on the ceiling?
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    Other

47. Subject: What all nutrients would a body need to survive on a colony on Mars?
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48. Subject: How does one build a 'mars jar'? What equipment would I need?
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49. Subject: Relationship between humidity and body feelings of cold and warmth
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50. Subject: What Creates Thunder , Is It Air , Lighting , Or A Combination ?
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    Astronomy

51. Subject: Why can't we travel faster in space ?
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52. Subject: What is the Weather like on Saturn?
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53. Subject: Various Moon Questions
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54. Subject: Why are the ocean tides delayed by one hour each day?
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55. Subject: Pressure and composition of Europa's atmosphere
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56. Subject: Venus Period of Rotation
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57. Subject: Is their any way to tell time using the stars?
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58. Subject: How long is the orbit of the planet Mercury?
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59. Subject: Could you survive on Pluto or Mercury for any amount of time?
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60. Subject: What is maxQ?
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61. Subject: Previous pole-stars?
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62. Subject: Density and Gravity
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63. Subject: Galileo at Europa
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64. Subject: What is likelihood of MIR re-entry landing in a populated area?
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65. Subject: Wouldn't we freeze without the sun?
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66. Subject: Look Below
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67. Subject: what happens to the human body 80 miles up in space?
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68. Subject: Greenhouse-effect on Venus
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69. Subject: How great is the air/atmospheric pressure on Europa?
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70. Subject: What would it take as far as gravitational pull to hold life supporting...
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71. Subject: How long wouldit take to reach the moon inthe space vessels we have today?
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72. Subject: Why does a meteorite have a high concentration of Iridium
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73. Subject: Regarding large object hits to the moon, resulting gravitational pull...
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74. Subject: Can multiple moons (five moons) obit a plant in a straight line?
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75. Subject: If only limited to one observer, can the same time frame be applied?
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76. Subject: how much will it cost to teraform/move to mars?
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77. Subject: What is an arabian fault on the other side of the moon?
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78. Subject: Can solar flares from the sun cause increased static electricty on earth.
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79. Subject: How can snap-shots taken by small ccd's produce such good astr. pictures?
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80. Subject: VRD - amorphous ice on Mars?
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81. Subject: What effect can solar flares have on thunder storms
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82. Subject: What would a planet made mostly of water (H2O) be like?
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83. Subject: How dynamic is the Martian atmosphere?
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84. Subject: How hydro-dynamic is the Martian atmosphere?
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85. Subject: What would happen if a planet lost its polar ice caps?
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    Environment & Ecology

86. Subject: What causes the effects of El Nino? How did it get this name?
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87. Subject: How does ocean currents affect the global warming of our planet?
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88. Subject: How far down is the deepest ocean in the world and has man ever been?
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89. Subject: What exactly is air?
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90. Subject: What living things does an ocean food chain begin with?
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91. Subject: Can the O-Zone layer be replaced with an artificial layer
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92. Subject: Which, and why, is more accurate: Calibration of DO Meter to Air or Winkler
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    Physics

93. Subject: Where does all the helium come from that we use to fill balloons?
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94. Subject: How exactly does a cloud charge?
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95. Subject: Regarding Apollo space craft midcourse corrections
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96. Subject: How fast does an air bubble ascend underwater?
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97. Subject: Why do two tones which are nearly-identical, nearly-pure produce another?
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98. Subject: The speed for time traveling
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99. Subject: How do you calculate the change in frequency of sound in doppler effect?
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100. Subject: What is the greatest height a tsunami could reach should a large
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101. Subject: How does the corona ion engine work? What are the involved principles?
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102. Subject: what is the acceleration due to gravity on the sun?
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103. Subject: How to defog a car windscreen .
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104. Subject: The Sun and Gamma Rays
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105. Subject: Why does a sauna or shower room get so steamy when the hot water is on?
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106. Subject: What is the smallest known particle at present?
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107. Subject: Interference phenomena
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108. Subject: How does water change the apparent 'darkness' of many objects?
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109. Subject: Ice age...see below
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110. Subject: what effect does the pupil size of an eye have on lluminance?
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111. Subject: Why is the borderline between a cloud and the blue shy so sharp ?
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112. Subject: Transverse Waves vs ocean waves
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113. Subject: Altitude effects on body weight
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114. Subject: Electric Fields
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115. Subject: Can light travel through anti-matter
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116. Subject: Why does it get colder as you go up a mountian?
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117. Subject: How do you calculate 'g-forces'?
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118. Subject: Is it possible to create a continual motion device in space?
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119. Subject: wave absorption and refraction
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120. Subject: Demagnetization by AC supply - why should the magnet be removed SLOWLY?
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121. Subject: Can gravity be simulated in space by spinning the space shuttle?
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122. Subject: can you turn around in space?
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123. Subject: What shape is formed by a tensed circular membrane under a given pressure?
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124. Subject: 2 trains leaving from LA will arive at New York and London at the same time
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125. Subject: If you put a sealed tank of water with an air bubble in it, into zero
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126. Subject: can I draw a lightning strike?
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127. Subject: What stabilized the apollo capsule during reentry
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128. Subject: Is the answer you posted to
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129. Subject: How fast does a space station rotate anyway
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130. Subject: spacecraft with Artificial Gravity?
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131. Subject: Why does air cool and expand when it rises, but condenses at other times?
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132. Subject: Why do waves always go to shore even if the wind is opposite?
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