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Just a quick point here, what metal would you be planning on using for the windings in this transformer? Copper melts at 1084 degrees Celsius. Where as the temperature of lightning can be up to 5,000 degrees Celsius. You are far better off converting the energy to heat, using it to boil steam and then using the steam to drive a turbine. But even then, the math of how much energy you could convert from an average lightning strike (Which is 109J) is not very much. Which is what is actually done in this article here; To quote;

I don't think you are allowed to actually answer the question, only point him in the right direction. That is why we were posing questions to him, to help him realise logically why aluminum doesn't need to be insulated, instead of just telling him why.

You are right, so far we have all been generalising distress as stress, which is an oversight on all our parts, so to further the discussion let us define what we mean as Stress Stress is a psychological and physical response of the body that occurs whenever we must adapt to changing conditions, whether those conditions be real or perceived, positive or negative. Also although everyone has stress in their lives, people respond to stress in different ways. Some people seem to be severely affected while others seem calm, cool, and collected all the time. Now, let us say for sake of discussion that there are two types of stress, Eustress (good stress) and Distress (not so good stress). Eustress: This is the "good" type of stress (opposite of Distress) and refers to the optimal amount of stress which helps promote health and growth. Many times stressful events push us to perform to higher levels and excel….this is eustress. Distress refers to the "bad" type of stress (the opposite of Eustress), and occurs when we have excessive adaptive demands placed upon us. This occurs when the demands upon us are so great that they lead to bodily and mental damage. Distress is damaging, excessive or pathogenic. Now that we have defined stress and it's two sub branches for sake of argument, we can return to my points earlier and note that I was speaking of distress and not actually stress as a whole.

Is that what he was asking, how an electromagnetic field is produced through a conductor?

Sorry Alpha, your question doesn't really make sense, at least not in the way you have asked it. All electrons emit a magnetic field perpendicular to it's movement, but usually electrons group up in domains(A group of electrons all moving in the same direction), all domains flow in different directions, counteracting other domains. This creates a net magnetic field of 0. When a current passes through a metal, all the electrons are more or less flowing in the same direction so all the domains of electrons in the metal become aligned, moving in the same direction instead of canceling one another out their magnetic fields join together. This is what I am assuming you meant by magnetic field through copper wire. But after that, what you are asking is how the electrons leave the wire and are calling it an electromagnetic wave(which it isn't), are you talking about when the net voltage becomes zero or are you talking about electrons that while traveling from point 1 to point B in the wire, break loose and leave the wire?

Impossible question to answer. A dangerous body temperature for humans is above 40 centigrade, and below 35 centigrade. But because their are so many variables at play here such as clothing, height, health, age, heart rate, bodies ability to dissipate or absorb heat, ect. There is no clear cut answer to this question because it is body temperature and only body temperature that dictates heat related health issues. The indoor temperature of where on lives is just one variable of many that helps constitute body temperature.

Spidey, think of it this way. Why would you need to insulate something? then the logical continuiation of that would be, why would you need to insulate copper? You figure that out, then you have figured out that whatever shortcoming copped has that requires insulation, that aluminum just doesn't have.

Well think about it this way, what is required for the marble to go from a stationary position to a moving one? Well seeing as how this is from a year 9 physics text book and syntacticly the questions asks You can logically take it to mean that the verb rolling in this context is meaning a person somehow rolls the marble on a frictionless plate.

Your talking how psychologically some people can thrive on stress, he is saying medically stress is always a negative. The following are just several examples of how stress can kill you; 1. Diabetes Diabetes occurs when the body produces too little insulin to process all the sugars in your body. As these sugars build up, you may experience a number of health problems including thirst, headaches and weight loss. Over time, the condition can cause complications ranging from heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, eye damage, nerve damage, diabetic neuropathy, skin conditions, and gastrointestinal problems. 2. High Blood Pressure High levels of stress can bring on this condition, which can result in an aneurysm, coronary heart disease, enlarged heart, damage to the brain and even heart attack. 3. Weight Gain People under high levels of stress often experience fluctuations in weight - However, if your weight gain gets out of control, you could be putting yourself at risk for developing cancer, heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, sleep apnea, liver disease and gallbladder disease. 4. Susceptibility to Disease Your body can only do so much - when you're under constant pressure, its resources are being diverted to help respond to stress. This leaves the immune system compromised and susceptible to infection by viruses and bacteria. 5. Depression Constant stress can make you feel like there's no way out of your predicament, which can eventually lead to feelings of hopelessness and depression. Depression is a serious disease - it's nothing to take lightly, it can lead to many immune system problems as suicide. 6. Heart Disease Stress can and does cause heart disease and heart attacks. Stress contributes to the buildup of plaque in the arteries. As the arteries narrow, the heart has to push the blood even harder to distribute it throughout the body. Over time, this extra stress on the heart can have devastating effects. 7. Cancer While there's no proven link between stress and cancer, it's widely accepted that excessive stress is a risk factor for developing a type of this deadly disease. Overall, stress weakens the immune system which may allow cancerous tissues to develop and flourish.

Light can indeed propagate through a vacuum because it is electromagnetic in nature. It isn't actually a wave it just behaves similar to a wave. It is actually part of the electromagnetic spectrum and it has different properties It consists of electric and magnetic fields oscillating perpendicular to each other.. Hence it is a transverse wave. A transverse wave is a moving wave that consists of oscillations occurring perpendicular (or right angled) to the direction of energy transfer. These phenomena of simultaneous motion in two directions go beyond the kinds of waves you can create on the surface of water.

Quite true, I didn't mean for suicide to be the absolute cause, just a byproduct death due to depression which is quite obvious. I phrased my post poorly due to being thrown by the oddity of the question at hand. Sorry about that.

Theoretically, maybe. But until it has been proven through a series of tests that any type of meditation actually extends human life (Which is no small task to test, let alone prove) the notion of it extending life will rightly remain as pseudoscience, like all other scientific ideas that cannot be proven or tested.

In other words has anyone died from as a byproduct of depression due traumatic experience? Of course they have, it is called suicide. You do realize that all emotions are in your brain and not your body right? And that all feelings whether emotional or physical is just your brain interpreting interactions. If you were able to live as just a brain in a vat you would still be able to feel all the emotional and physical pain you do so now.

Heh, your a pretty funny guy.

If the universe is infinite then the total energy in the universe must be infinite because even empty space in a vacuum has energy (Dark energy)

It always seemed evolutionarily logical that creatures evolved to walk on the sea floor. How else would any other animal be able to walk on land if they did not evolve the means to do so first? They are certainly stunningly beautiful fish, in a weird sort of way.

Information is an abstract concept devised by humans as a way of interpreting their recognition of patterns. The patterns of energy you are talking about is only us recognizing part of a constant flow of energy. Think of it this way, for loss of a better analogy, you see a pile of rocks, somehow several of them have against the logical odds grouped together in a pattern that spells your name, you are asking if it required more rocks to form this pattern that you recognize. Think about what a computer uses to store information. RAM and a HDD, both which have a set size, you are just rearranging bits in the computer to match the pattern you want to enter.

Our memories are a primary core of what makes us, us. Without them we would loose a core essence of who we really are. To answer your question all you have to do is spend 5 minutes with an Alzheimer's victim you knew before they developed the disease.

Barbaric civilizations are a function of time from technological advances and how long the people have been a 'civilization'. The further back in time you go in a civilizations history, the more barbaric the civilization will most likely be (Case and point when the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America and witness Aztec customs). Seeing as how even to this day we know next to nothing of early primitive civilizations, I think it is pretty safe to say that we just don't know which civilization was the most barbaric.

I have been flicking through a couple of science related podcast's lately and am having trouble finding any that I really care for. I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me a podcast that they prefer? It doesn't matter if it is any sub field of science, as long as it is of good quality I am happy to give it a try. Thanks!

I am currently undertaking a bachelors in CompSci and I can safely say that if you want to find out if this degree is for you, you should dabble in some programming, maybe watch some opencourseware lectures on the subject and see if it peaks your interest in the subject. CompSci is like anything else, you should only do it if you can enjoy it and you can see yourself doing it for a long time. The first year of a CompSci degree is basically the same as an I.T degree, so if you don't really enjoy the programming side of things you can always transfer to the second year of a I.T course without loosing any credit for the units you have already completed.