/u/Seswatha's posts in /r/askscience

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Polar bear liver can cause people to overdose on vitamin A and die. What about other animals? Do some unlucky arctic foxes die each year from scavenging dead polar bears?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

I've heard that mules used to pull coal carts underground would go blind from the lack of light. Is this true? And if so what mechanism causes a sighted animal to lose its eyesight due to lack of light?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Could a light human whose forelimbs were as long relative to the body as that of a pterosaur, either feathered or webbed, glide in the air, or stay aloft at least momentarily under muscle power?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Can intelligence, at least as measured by IQ or some other metric, be lost by means other than traumatic brain injury? Could a child who was measured at 150 at age 5 turn into an adult with an IQ of 100 through stress, psychological illness or an infectious disease?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is vertebrate biomass higher in Tropical Rainforests or Temperate Forests?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Would a breeding experiment for intelligence in humans actually work?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

If I were transported to the Middle Ages and wanted to make gunpowder, what would be the easiest way to make or get saltpeter?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is there any indication that lions and tigers kept as pets have undergone domestication?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

I'm sent backwards in time before spectroscopy and asked to identify the chemical composition of a substance. How would it be done?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why does a sticky spot on a desk left by a spilled sugary drink like soda or juice remain sticky? Shouldn't micro-organisms eat the sugar?

1 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Polar bear liver can cause people to overdose on vitamin A and die. What about other animals? Do some unlucky arctic foxes die each year from scavenging dead polar bears?	1
I've heard that mules used to pull coal carts underground would go blind from the lack of light. Is this true? And if so what mechanism causes a sighted animal to lose its eyesight due to lack of light?	1
Could a light human whose forelimbs were as long relative to the body as that of a pterosaur, either feathered or webbed, glide in the air, or stay aloft at least momentarily under muscle power?	1
Can intelligence, at least as measured by IQ or some other metric, be lost by means other than traumatic brain injury? Could a child who was measured at 150 at age 5 turn into an adult with an IQ of 100 through stress, psychological illness or an infectious disease?	1
Is vertebrate biomass higher in Tropical Rainforests or Temperate Forests?	1
Would a breeding experiment for intelligence in humans actually work?	1
If I were transported to the Middle Ages and wanted to make gunpowder, what would be the easiest way to make or get saltpeter?	1
Is there any indication that lions and tigers kept as pets have undergone domestication?	1
I'm sent backwards in time before spectroscopy and asked to identify the chemical composition of a substance. How would it be done?	1
Why does a sticky spot on a desk left by a spilled sugary drink like soda or juice remain sticky? Shouldn't micro-organisms eat the sugar?	1