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why are people afraid of "radiation"?
Everybody thinks nuclear power is bad and that radiation is horrible. The only time radiation is bad is in high doses. People also think non ionizing radion is bad because its called "radiation" so it must be bad. the only reason why radation can be harmful is because it can mutate your dna and increase the risk for cancer, and in super high doses in a short period of timecan cause radiation poisoning.
2 AnswersOther - Politics & Government5 years agohow do magnets works?
2 AnswersEngineering5 years agoI think I'm literally going insane?
I only got 3 hours of sleep the night before money. then on Monday to took my adhd medicine straterra. Then after school I feel tired and depressed because i just started taking it again after winter break. But last night i had absolutely 0 sleep. I didn't take my medication today because i don't feel comfortable taking it with only 3 hours of sleep the past 2 days. But now its almost 1 am and i still cant go to sleep. wtf is wrong with me
1 AnswerMental Health5 years agoI cant EVER fall asleep?
i was up till 4 last night and woke up at 7 getting 2 hours of sleep. and its 6 am and haven't slept scene and i cant fall asleep no matter what i do
4 AnswersOther - General Health Care5 years agoball inside earlobe?
I have this sore ball inside my earlobe and i cant see it i only notice it when i feel it and it kinda hurts when i feel it and i feel a ball about the size of an airsoft bb.
1 AnswerOther - Health5 years agois Martinelli's sparkling cider supposed to taste like alcohol?
It says no alcohol but it smells and taste like alcohol. Could it be mislabeled. Because i don't want to accidentally get drunk
2 AnswersBeer, Wine & Spirits6 years agowtf just happend?
about 30 minutes ago i felt like i left reality. Like i was sitting in class and suddenly like nothing felt real but i knew it was. I felt like this before when i first smoked weed but i never smoked weed in a long time and when i did i didn't do very much.
1 AnswerOther - General Health Care6 years agocan you stop a machinery fire by covering the top?
like if i put a piece of thick steel on the top. could that in anyways make it worse. I know your supposed to close the flue but would capping the top help it further or make the fire worse?
1 AnswerDo It Yourself (DIY)6 years agodid anybody have hallucinations when they were a kid?
I just remembered that when I was around 4 or 5 years old sometimes when I woke up i got these strange either delusions or hallucinations. But I would look at toys laying on my floor and they would always scare me. and another one i was laying in bed and a saw hair comb looking things was coming out though the cracks of the floor. I'm Not sure where this was. when i was a kid it seemed normal. And i just now remembered having these.
2 AnswersMental Health6 years agoI sometimes get panic attacks for little things?
like today i got panicked because i though i accidentally got drunk so i started freaking out. and sutff
2 AnswersSecurity6 years agois the universe new?
I m not meaning like in human lifetime new but the universe is only around 3 times older than the earth.
10 AnswersAstronomy & Space6 years agodoes anybody know what martial this is?
it came off a flyback transformer from an old crt.
1 AnswerEngineering6 years agowird black brittle metal stuff?
does anybody know what this is. its like black metal but its brittle and its black. i see almost everywhere in old electronics.
2 AnswersEarth Sciences & Geology6 years agowhat are some good exercises?
can you give me a list of exercises you do for all your muscles. Also something that requires no equipment. also whats a good diet. I'm trying to gain weight and stuff because I'm scrawny as ****
1 AnswerDiet & Fitness6 years agowhat do you think of the pledge of alligance?
I'm not trying to be a hater and ban it in schools or anything. But why are we forcing them to do it. If they don't want to do it they don't have to. When i see the pledge of allegiance it reminds me of a cult. Does anybody else think this too?
9 AnswersPolitics6 years agoIs it illegal to own exotic matter?
lets say somehow i got a hold on a particle accelerator and made anti matter and contained it in an electromagnetic filed. Would that be illegal? Also is there such thing as positricity. Like you have wires made of antimatter equivalent elements and instead of electrons its positrons
1 AnswerPhysics6 years agois owning 9 cats a lot.?
We have 9 cats. Our first cat, then a cat we found on the side of the highway, 2 adolescent male cats, and 5 kittens the highway cat had.
7 AnswersCats6 years ago