The Science Files
eBook - ePub

The Science Files

Questions and Answers from A – Z

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eBook - ePub

The Science Files

Questions and Answers from A – Z

About this book

Conventional wisdom has it that science is boring. “The Science Files, ” an hourly radio call-in talk show about science, is anything but boring, and certainly none of the listeners, emailers or tweeters who participate in the call-in radio talk show think science is boring either. Richard Zurawski has been hosting “The Science Files” for eight years and has fielded literally thousands of questions. This book, The Science Files, is about the questions that listeners have been asking about science and the way the world, nature and the universe works. Compiled by Zurawski, the questions and answers in this book are lively, engaging and interesting discussions about a wide range of topics. Present throughout is Zurawski’s passion for learning and his genuine fascination with the natural world. Furthermore, The Science Files is a dialogue that encourages readers and participants alike to continue to learn and to ask questions.

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Information

Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Year
2016
Topic
Biological Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781552666067
Subtopic
Science General
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Maritime Foreword – Where It All Began
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Is There Another Earth Waiting for Us?
  9. 2 When Is Betelgeuse Set to Go Supernova?
  10. 3 Life on Other Worlds … Is Europa the Place to Find It?
  11. 4 Human or Robot? What Is the Best Way to Travel into Space?
  12. 5 Will There Ever Be Human Footprints on Mars, the Red Planet?
  13. 6 What Keeps the Sun Shining?
  14. 7 Is Falling Space Junk a Threat?
  15. 8 What Are the New Generation of Earth-Based Telescopes Going to Be Like?
  16. 9 Why Did the United States Win the Race to the Moon?
  17. 10 What Is at the Bottom of the Ocean?
  18. 11 Is the Ocean Changing?
  19. 12 What Is Ocean Acidification?
  20. 13 How Much Plastic Is There in the Ocean?
  21. 14 What Is the Tipping Point?
  22. 15 What Do We Mean by the Goldilocks Effect?
  23. 16 Oxygen, Where Does It Come From?
  24. 17 I Heard That Oxygen Is Dangerous. Is it?
  25. 18 What Are Supervolcanoes?
  26. 19 Are We Overpopulating the World?
  27. 20 Is a One-Couple, One-Child Birth Policy a Solution to Overpopulation?
  28. 21 Are We Creating Another “Great Dying”?
  29. 22 What Is the Gaia Hypothesis?
  30. 23 Is the Sea Level Rising?
  31. 24 Is the Antarctic Ice Sheet Going to Collapse?
  32. 25 Is the Greenland Ice Sheet Melting?
  33. 26 Are Tanning Beds Dangerous?
  34. 27 Why Is There No Cure for the Cold?
  35. 28 Does Recycling Help?
  36. 29 What Are Eco and Green Scams?
  37. 30 Kitchen Convenience. How Much Is Too Much?
  38. 31 What Is Light Pollution?
  39. 32 Can Solar Power Help Solve Climate Change?
  40. 33 What Is Better — Plastic or Real Xmas Trees?
  41. 34 What Was the First Fission Nuclear Reactor?
  42. 35 Is Nuclear Power a Genie or Demon?
  43. 36 Why the Controversy about Nuclear Power?
  44. 37 What Is BioChar and Is It a Possible Climate Change Solution?
  45. 38 The Science of DEET, or How Do I Enjoy the Outdoors and Have the Bugs Be Gone!
  46. 39 Why Don’t We Use Hydrogen to Power the World?
  47. 40 What Is Undirected Research?
  48. 41 Why Don’t We Have Fusion Power Yet?
  49. 42 What Is the Higgs Boson?
  50. 43 What Happened to the Dinosaurs and Are Birds Really Living Dinosaurs?
  51. 44 How Significant Were the Tambora and Krakatoa Volcanic Eruptions?
  52. 45 Did Humans Almost Die Out 72,000 Years Ago?
  53. 46 Are We Humans Related to Neanderthals?
  54. 47 How Bad Can Volcanic Eruptions Be?
  55. 48 How Many Planets Are There with Intelligent Life in the Universe?
  56. 49 Is Time Travel Possible?
  57. 50 Will People and Machines Meld Together in the Future?
  58. 51 Why Were the Indigenous Peoples of North America So Vulnerable to European Diseases?
  59. 52 What Are the Deadliest Poisonous Animals?
  60. 53 What Are the Most Painful Insect Stings?
  61. 54 How Big Can Insects and Spiders Get?
  62. 55 Who Had a Greater Impact on Physics, Newton or Einstein?
  63. 56 What Is the Difference Between Meteorology and Climatology?
  64. 57 What Are the Ice Ages?
  65. 58 What Is Special Relativity?
  66. 59 What Is the Big Bang?
  67. 60 How Big Did Dinosaurs Really Get?
  68. 61 Why Is the Planet Venus So Hot?
  69. 62 What Are Greenhouse Gases?
  70. 63 What Is the Ozone Layer?
  71. 64 Why Should We Care if the Arctic Ice Melts?
  72. 65 What Is the Most Important Weather Gas?
  73. 66 Ethanol-Based Fuels: Good or Bad?
  74. 67 Why Can an Ant Lift Six Times Its Own Weight and I Can’t?
  75. 68 What Is Thunder and Where Does It Come From?
  76. 69 What Is the Space Elevator and Could It Really Work?
  77. 70 Is Light a Wave or Particle?
  78. 71 How Do Rockets Work in Outer Space with Nothing to Push Against?
  79. 72 What Is Infinity and How Big Is It?
  80. 73 Is a Vacuum Really Empty?
  81. 74 How Will the Universe End?
  82. 75 Could a Penny Dropped Off the Top of the Empire State Building Kill Someone?
  83. 76 Is There a Limit to How Big Buildings Can Get?
  84. 77 How Do We Know How Old Things Are?
  85. 78 How Do We Know How Far Away the Stars Are?
  86. 79 Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise and Have 60 Seconds in a Minute?

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