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steddyeddy

Fact 1: Carbonic anhydrase is an enzyme that converts carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and vice versa. This reaction is one of the most important reactions in the body because without it, carbon dioxide would build up in the blood and make it more acidic. This reaction needs to happen fast and as a result one of the fastest enzymes known to man evolved.

The enzyme can convert CO2 back to bicarbonate at low CO2 levels too. If levels increase then it converts the bicarbonate back to CO2 thus conserving adequate pH.

What's amazing about this is the speed it works at. Some estimates say this enzyme can convert a million molecules a second.

If you want an example of how fast this is open a bottle of carbonated water and see how long it takes for the fizz (CO2) to go away. Now drink it and notice the fizzing (CO2) goes away instantly. This is because your salvia contains carbonic anhydrase enzymes.


Fact 2: Another biological fact is about the amazing bunchberry dogwood plant exhibits one of the highest accelerations of any biological organism on Earth.. As the flowers burst open, the petals quickly separate and flip back, exposing the stamens. During the first 0.3 milliseconds, the stamens accelerate at up to 24,000 m·s*-2., which is 2400 times the acceleration of gravity and approximately 800 times the force astronauts experience during take-off.

Fact 3: NASA's curiosity rover signs happy birthday to itself every year on its bday

mikhail

steddyeddy wrote: »

During the first 0.3 milliseconds, the stamens accelerate at up to 24,000 m/s, which is 2400 times the acceleration of gravity and approximately 800 times the force astronauts experience during take-off.

m/s/s ?

ClovenHoof

Saturday night you post this?

Is the PornHub server down?

Esel

mikhail wrote: »

m/s/s ?

In the same spirit: More; sings?

steddyeddy

mikhail wrote: »

m/s/s ?

Yep or m·s*-2.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

And acceleration is not measured as speed.

evolving_doors

It's redundant to say "no other choice" or "no other option".

The 'other' is implied..... you moron.

Morse amazing science... there was none really, just dots and dashes. It's in Some Mothers Do Have Em' title tune though.

steddyeddy

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Saturday night you post this?

Is the PornHub server down?

I hope not. The girlfriend's gone home

steddyeddy

Camron Disgusting Wisdom wrote: »

And acceleration is not measured as speed.

And enzymes are described in terms of Vmax, Kcat and Kcat/Km. Sorry long day :O

david65

Gebgbegb wrote: »

It's redundant to say "no other choice" or "no other option".

The 'other' is implied..... you moron.

Morse amazing science... there was none really, just dots and dashes. It's in Some Mothers Do Have Em' title tune though.

Inspector Morse signature tune?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The SI unit of weight is not a kilogram, it is a Newton, the kilogram is a unit of mass.

thelad95

One I learned recently is that McDonald's on Grafton street is one of the few in the world which doesn't have the Golden Arches outside, instead they are silver.

Esel

The Archers theme tune.

ClovenHoof

To be serious. Being an old school electronics geek I still get excited by induction across the two coils of a transformer.

steddyeddy

ClovenHoof wrote: »

To be serious. Being an old school electronics geek I still get excited by induction across the two coils of a transformer.

Cool. I'd love if you could explain how it works?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons

CalamariFritti

mikhail wrote: »

m/s/s ?

Isn't this how you write meter per square second? m/s²

Must look that up btw, that is amazing...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Isn't this how you write meter per square second? m/s²

Must look that up btw, that is amazing...

Metres per second per second. Or metres per second squared. Acceleration. m/s2, m·s−2, m s−2, or m/s/s.

Your Face

Ah yeah

evolving_doors

david65 wrote: »

Inspector Morse signature tune?

Also QI too!

BBDBB

I totally respect someone else's right to hold their own beliefs about science, as long as they don't try to enforce their beliefs upon others

evolving_doors

BBDBB wrote: »

I totally respect someone else's right to hold their own beliefs about science, as long as they don't try to enforce their beliefs upon others

ya totally, keep yer fe***n gravity nonsense to yourself mate.

steddyeddy

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Isn't this how you write meter per square second? m/s²

Must look that up btw, that is amazing...

There's a few ways of writing it.

looksee

Camron Disgusting Wisdom wrote: »

A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons

How would you get neutron star into a thimble? And how would you weigh it?

Badly Drunk Boy

Gebgbegb wrote: »

ya totally, keep yer fe***n gravity nonsense to yourself mate.

Has it been scientifically proven yet that magnets are on a par with voodoo dolls?

bnt

BBDBB wrote: »

I totally respect someone else's right to hold their own beliefs about science, as long as they don't try to enforce their beliefs upon others

I believe that if you dive from the top of a ten story building, head first on to a concrete surface, you will not survive. That's a scientific belief, right? Go ahead and try that, and far be it from me to enforce my "scientism" on to you ... :cool:

BBDBB

bnt wrote: »

I believe that if you dive from the top of a ten story building, head first on to a concrete surface, you will not survive. That's a scientific belief, right? Go ahead and try that, and far be it from me to enforce my "scientism" on to you ... :cool:

Ok, brb

BBDBB

You're nearly right, the feckin lift was broken, those ten flights of stairs damn near killed me

Akrasia

in order for you to climb those 10 flights of stairs in the 7 minutes between your two posts means you must have been travelling at minimum .1 meters a second, but the exertion of combating earths gravitational acceleration which is approx 10ms, means that you would likely be too tired to set up your laptop to report back on your near death experience, so I call BS on your story.

_Tombstone_

women cheat in 85% of relationships

BBDBB

two laptops, both already set up, though I did take my time opening the front door as the lock sticks a bit

Hotblack Desiato

Camron Disgusting Wisdom wrote: »

Metres per second per second. Or metres per second squared. Acceleration. m/s2, m·s−2, m s−2, or m/s/s.

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