Natural Science Forum / Physics / General Physics / July 2008

Guys,
I am trying to calculate the losses of a solar cell module. I think I
sort of succeeded for the 1D case, i.e., when the width of the cell is
larger than the length. For this case I have used a coupled of

Which geologist dare say Figure 1 below shows geological structure of
a Martian rock?
Dig for oil under the arctic of Earth, not under Martian arctic.
Figure 1 below shows a small area partially dug by Mars Lander

Suppose I had a 1 ton sphere of graphite and I took a blowtorch and applied
4,000 degrees F at one point on that sphere.  Is there a formula that
describes the rate at which the sphere of graphite heats up from a point
source of heat?

Maybe I should have entitled this "What's it all about, Mitch?"
Is human existence really only about humans doing things to keep
existing?  Is that it--everything we do is just to continue our
existence and that of our species?  There is no other goal, just to

Was this a tree frog or a toad or a lizard—priceless on Mars?
See http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1555128108&p=18
Your advice would be much appreciated.

It has to be the universe's most important molecule. It has to be the
molecule that makes the universe organic. It has to be the molecule that
makes humankind the human animal of all,and every where in the universe.
It is the DNA of the universe. It is the reason I give for the ...

This is a lame question: I wonder how wire from power supply does not
get heated up from a heating element that it is connected to. Some
electric heater like electric pottery kiln can reach >1000 degree
Celsius. Is there a cooling system?

Hello;
I thought you would like to know of my following activity recently:
I saw a GEM EV on the street near my home.
I asked the owner if he charges his car from the sun. He said, "no".

NASA just released a micrograph showing a vessel-like object (Fig. 1)
in the scoop of Phoenix Mars Lander. That object closely resembles
blood vessel remains found in a Carboniferous human calvarium fossil
owned by Mr. Ed Conrad of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania (Fig. 2 for

From Osher Doctorow
Since one real lunatic and one "leaving sci.physics" coward (good
riddance!) have expressed dissatisfaction with the topic of
Correlation, here are some interesting data from arXiv.

Strict determinism is usually refuted by a Reductio ad absurdum
argument.
Determinism is made to seem ridiculous because it carries with it the
idea that at the instant the universe was created it was in such a

Look at a raibow. Science cannot explain how the raindrops organize
into an arc from the ground and a circle from the sky(there are
circular rainbows.)
When science looks at everything I believe there will always be

I use the following formula in my application to scale an image over a
period of time.
s = ( startScale + ( elapsedTime / duration ) * ( endScale - startScale
) ) )

"Where Is The Kinetic Energy of a Bullet Stored?"
    When a bullet is fired, an explosive charge imparts kinetic energy to
the bullet. That kinetic energy travels with the bullet and is transferred
to the target when the bullet strikes. The question to be answered is where

Dark matter is singularities in the form of black holes; dark
energy is a distortion of expectations due to time dilation. The one-way
arrow of time can be accounted for by the movement from field/area which
is energy, to the consolidation to centers and ultimately a universal