A relatively new technology now allows consumers – that’s you and me, kids! – to take absurdly high-res panoramic photographs. That means you can take a panorama of a forest, and zoom in to see ants on a leaf. Or pictures of cities and zoom in on that guy who always masturbates on his couch by the window. Not that anybody would.
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Why is the sky blue?
The gases in the atmosphere scatter blue light most efficiently. Read more here.
Why is grass green?
Chorophyll absorbs blue, red light, reflects green; light —> energy. Read more here.
OR MAYBE YOU’RE JUST NOT SMART ENOUGH. Fine, black holes.
Star implodes. So much gravity nothing escapes; sucks together space-time. Read more here.
Also, fuck you.
String theory. Go.
Not even string theorists know what they’re talking about.
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How was the universe…created? Do we even know that?
Short version:
THEORY: Not created, formed. Space/everything began, grew. Before? *shrug*
Long: Read more here.
I was always terrible at physics. Why is [light] both a wave and particles?
Short version:
Light reflects/refracts like waves, has energy/momentum like particles.
Long: Read more here.
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Just kidding. If any of you can answer this, there’s a Nobel waiting for you. Is the multiverse real?
Submit a science question to me either in the comments, to my Gawker account, or to my email. I will answer it in ten words or less.
Love thy neighbor’s dinosaur. (Testing to see if I can fix this post) Fixed!