/u/pennykie's posts in /r/askscience
I saw a post earlier today of someone holding a sealed quartz crystal filled with water. How is this possible? Wouldn't the forces involved in making a crystal be enough to evaporate water completely out of the equation?
839 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
How does a boa constrictor hunt? I get how a viper can bite prey and follow it until it dies, but wouldn't wrapping yourself around a large animal take a long time and be realtively easy to escape?
6 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Do people who have suffered massive strokes to the point of being permanently bedbound and unable to move know what is going on around them?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
If I made an object which was the same mass as the sun but made up of exclusively nectarines and floated it in to space, what would happen to it?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Why do most humans not toilet in their sleep? What evolutionary advantage is there in holding in bowel motions and urine until we wake up?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list