So my co-workers and I have had a dispute after hearing a podcast on NPR about Earth's rotation.
One question was about what would happen if one side of the Earth always faced the sun (tidal locked) and another question was about what would happen if the Earth stopped rotating.
From what I've...
How can my cell phone WiFi antenna reach my far-away router with a small antenna but the router needs a large antenna to reach the same distance?
Do the Wi-Fi/radio signals from my cell phone antenna have to reach my Wi-Fi router to connect to it or do the radio signals have to meet in the...
So awhile ago I was thinking about wind.
Sometimes wind is hot but when I think of wind I usually think of cold wind.
Wind seems to be fast moving particles and I know based on the kinetics theory of gases
KE = \frac{1}{2}mv^2 = \frac{3}{2}kT
Maybe, I'm making a wrong assumption but...