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

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Does the stomach have to work harder to digest food if someone takes anti-acids before eating?

168 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Could HIV ever mutate so that it was contagious through the air?

163 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is there a such thing as a perfect laser? Do all lasers eventually lose their focus over a long distance? Does the strength of a laser affect its accuracy?

154 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is there a part of the brain responsible solely for coordinating communication between all other parts of the brain? If so, what happens when that region is damaged (i.e. a stroke)

135 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How can a complex protein fold in milliseconds, yet it takes current supercomputers an immense time to find the lowest energy state? How do they know how to fold?

132 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

CPU designers: What redundancy do chips such as Intel's SB / IB line have? How much of a chip's surface area is devoted to redundancy? Can one failed transistor take out an entire core?

131 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Are there any examples of two completely safe to ingest compounds that, when mixed together, create a deadly poison? Likewise, are there two poisons that, when mixed together, make a perfectly safe compound for consumption?

129 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is there any type of transparent material that is also a good conductor of electricity?

69 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Is it true that, according to Einstein's theory of relativity, it's possible for a particle to have super-luminal speeds, but a particle cannot cross from sub-luminal to super-luminal?

60 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How fast would the Earth need to spin so that centripetal force nullified gravity at the equator? Would a person just float or constantly bounce against the surface?

51 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Does the stomach have to work harder to digest food if someone takes anti-acids before eating?	168
Could HIV ever mutate so that it was contagious through the air?	163
Is there a such thing as a perfect laser? Do all lasers eventually lose their focus over a long distance? Does the strength of a laser affect its accuracy?	154
Is there a part of the brain responsible solely for coordinating communication between all other parts of the brain? If so, what happens when that region is damaged (i.e. a stroke)	135
How can a complex protein fold in milliseconds, yet it takes current supercomputers an immense time to find the lowest energy state? How do they know how to fold?	132
CPU designers: What redundancy do chips such as Intel's SB / IB line have? How much of a chip's surface area is devoted to redundancy? Can one failed transistor take out an entire core?	131
Are there any examples of two completely safe to ingest compounds that, when mixed together, create a deadly poison? Likewise, are there two poisons that, when mixed together, make a perfectly safe compound for consumption?	129
Is there any type of transparent material that is also a good conductor of electricity?	69
Is it true that, according to Einstein's theory of relativity, it's possible for a particle to have super-luminal speeds, but a particle cannot cross from sub-luminal to super-luminal?	60
How fast would the Earth need to spin so that centripetal force nullified gravity at the equator? Would a person just float or constantly bounce against the surface?	51