Because stars are so massive and made out of gas clouds, their own intense gravity is always trying to collapse them. The fusion reactions happening in the core are like a giant fusion bomb that is trying to explode the star. The balance between the gravitational forces and the explosive ...
Specially designed light boxes and visors that simulate sunlight are available. (They are often prescribed to treat seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a form of depression that tends to occur seasonally, during the darker winter months.) Still, a half hour in front of even the most powerful ...
Tony Shalhoub's lovable Monk character actually uses his compulsions to help him solve crimes, but many people with OCD find the condition overwhelming. See more mental disorder pictures. Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/Getty Images On the popular TV show "Monk," private detective Adrian Monk...
If you want to see a hologram, you don't have to look much farther than your wallet. There are holograms on most driver's licenses, ID cards and credit cards. If you're not old enough to drive or use credit, you can still find holograms around your home. They're part of...
But you may be able to find some help developing your own through a class or workshop at your local hospital or community center. The following general suggestions may also help you begin creating a personalized stress-fighting plan: List as many of your stressors as you can, then determine...
Matter-antimatter reactions are 1,000 times more powerful than thenuclearfission produced in nuclear power plants and 300 times more powerful than nuclear fusion energy. So matter-antimatter engines have the potential to take us farther with less fuel. The problem is creating and storing the antima...
A and B are the reactions. k is the rate constant. x and y are numbers thatmust be determined experimentally. Once x and y are known, the input of any reactant concentration can be used to find the rate of the reaction. x and y are important because the give a relationship between ...
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This can be explained due to the presence of small electric currents running through the body (generated due to chemical reactions). In fact, you could induce circulating currents in your body with a nearby magnetic field. Are magnets harmful to the body? Whether magnets are harmful to the ...
But there are certain physiological responses that most of us undergo when attempting to deceive another person. By asking questions about a particular issue under investigation and examining a subject's physiological reactions to those questions, a polygraph examiner can determine if deceptive ...