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I sat in disbelief as my physics professor told the class that cell phones emit EM waved that will fry your brain because they are the same thing as microwaves and UV waves. Was he BS'ing or am I just terribly misinformed?

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I read on reddit recently that gold has its characteristic color due to special relativity. Could someone explain why this is?

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In flatland, would the 3rd dimension be time?

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Why exactly does mass bend space time?

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To make tea, I boil water in a glass kettle on a glass stove top. My roommate insisted I put a metal ring between the kettle and the stove so it doesn't crack. Is it really necessary?

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How fast would I have to centrifuge an aqueous NaCl solution so that the salt would sediment?

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Does the electronegativity of an element in an acid (fluorine in HF) share any relation to how strong the acid is?

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Since capsaicin is non polar, would putting pure capsaicin on your tongue burn? Does it need to be mixed into a polar substance to work?

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Are there photons everywhere and we just can’t see some of them (the ones not in the visible spectrum)?

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Since bic lighters have ferrocerium in them, are they radioactive (because of the cerium)?

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I sat in disbelief as my physics professor told the class that cell phones emit EM waved that will fry your brain because they are the same thing as microwaves and UV waves. Was he BS'ing or am I just terribly misinformed?	1248
I read on reddit recently that gold has its characteristic color due to special relativity. Could someone explain why this is?	29
In flatland, would the 3rd dimension be time?	26
Why exactly does mass bend space time?	19
To make tea, I boil water in a glass kettle on a glass stove top. My roommate insisted I put a metal ring between the kettle and the stove so it doesn't crack. Is it really necessary?	17
How fast would I have to centrifuge an aqueous NaCl solution so that the salt would sediment?	13
Does the electronegativity of an element in an acid (fluorine in HF) share any relation to how strong the acid is?	10
Since capsaicin is non polar, would putting pure capsaicin on your tongue burn? Does it need to be mixed into a polar substance to work?	7
Are there photons everywhere and we just can’t see some of them (the ones not in the visible spectrum)?	6
Since bic lighters have ferrocerium in them, are they radioactive (because of the cerium)?	6