http://www.answerbag.com/profile/19281 New Answerbag questions from Erin Albrecht Tue, 29 May 2012 11:04:16 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:04:16 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/84043 What is the difference between softwood and hardwood trees? Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:29:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/84043 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/70794 What does the abbreviated book title "Consid. Gen. Anim. Crust. Arach. Ins." mean? Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:40:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/70794 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/55662 My boyfriend gets a rash from his own semen. What could cause this? Fri, 12 May 2006 07:30:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/55662 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/53410 I've recently started seeing a guy who is struggling to make ends meet but always insists on paying whenever we go out. How can I convince him that it's okay for me to pay? Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:54:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/53410 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47368 Can eating too many persimmons make a person ill? Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:44:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47368 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47367 What is autoinhibition? Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:42:48 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47367 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47364 Are alcohol thermometers, mercury thermometers, and digital thermometers equally accurate? Sat, 25 Mar 2006 07:30:20 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47364 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47362 How do you clean up a broken mercury thermometer? Sat, 25 Mar 2006 06:54:52 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47362 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47030 What does it feel like when you meet your soul mate for the first time? Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:30:05 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/47030 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/46900 What is the slowest-growing bacterium? Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:38:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/46900 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44191 Who is the "Phantom Orange Shirt Guy"? Sat, 25 Feb 2006 19:41:24 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44191 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44011 What are Koch's postulates? Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:04:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/44011 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43603 How does liquid nitrogen cause materials to become brittle and shatter? Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:57:00 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43603 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43602 Is it possible for eyes to get frostbitten? Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:54:18 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43602 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43593 What did Sartre mean by, "Hell is other people"? Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:48:16 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43593 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43520 How can I keep my cool when dealing with a rude coworker? Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:52:30 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43520 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43353 How do you bone a chicken? Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:32:00 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43353 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43177 What sort of bacteria are found in yogurt? Sun, 12 Feb 2006 07:58:13 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43177 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43144 How big is a normal adult eyeball? Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:16:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43144 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43142 How big is the blind spot of a normal eye? Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:08:16 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43142 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43117 Which show was on longer: "Beakman's World" or "Bill Nye the Science Guy"? Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:05:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43117 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43049 What do "zinc fingers" do? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:24:41 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43049 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43045 What are prions? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:54:44 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43045 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43044 What are viroids? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:52:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43044 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43043 How do viruses replicate? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:48:34 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43043 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43042 Are viruses alive? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:46:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43042 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43041 Why do some people pluralize the word virus as "virii"? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:46:10 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43041 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43040 What do fungi eat? Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:33:29 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43040 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42996 Is it a fashion faux pas to wear black and brown together? Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:05:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42996 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42727 What mechanisms are responsible for the reproductive isolation of organisms in a population? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:09:26 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42727 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158075 What is a niche? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:08:27 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158075 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158074 What is a metapopulation? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:07:53 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158074 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158073 What is a Lotka-Volterra equation? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:07:30 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158073 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158072 What is a carrying capacity? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:07:02 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158072 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158071 What is a protocooperation? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:06:11 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158071 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158070 What is a mutualism? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:05:55 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158070 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158069 What is competition? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:05:29 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158069 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158068 What is an amensalism? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:05:19 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158068 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158067 What is a commensalism? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:05:03 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158067 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158066 What is a neutralism? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:04:46 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158066 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42725 What are "boom and bust" cycles? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:02:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42725 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42724 What prevents biological populations from getting too large? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:02:37 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42724 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42723 What is a survivorship curve? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:01:35 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42723 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42721 In a single-species population, how are the birth rate and death rate determined? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:59:16 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42721 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42705 What is the correct pronunciation of "Himalayas"? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:17:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42705 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42704 What is the proper U.S. pronunciation for words like "succinct", "flaccid", and "accept"? Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:14:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42704 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42653 How do you get the smell of smoke out of a plastic DVD case? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:07:00 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42653 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158065 What is a dehiscence? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:35:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158065 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158064 What is an abscission? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:34:35 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158064 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158063 What is a dicot? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:34:11 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158063 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158062 What is a monocot? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:34:00 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158062 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158061 What is a cotyledon? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:33:47 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/158061 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42628 What causes muscles to twitch? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:27:37 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42628 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42627 Why do plants make caffeine? Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:16:06 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42627 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42573 Why do people in certain countries pronounce the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant"? Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:33:09 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42573 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42555 What is the origin of the phrase, "you're full of beans"? Sat, 04 Feb 2006 13:54:33 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42555 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42538 Where did the term "polka dot" come from? Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:21:43 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42538 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42531 How do those t-shirts that change color in sunlight work? Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:05:15 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42531 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42485 What is a sunspot? Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:00:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42485 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42471 What is the highest temperature ever produced in a laboratory? Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:36:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42471 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42469 How do insects survive in winter? Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:34:20 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42469 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42243 What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:33:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42243 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42242 What is a biome? Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:27:49 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42242 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42241 What is the highest temperature at which a housefly can survive? Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:22:14 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42241 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42083 What is cytoplasmic streaming? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:02:54 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42083 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42052 What causes the cat's-eye effect in a gemstone? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:06:24 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42052 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42051 Why does alexandrite appear to change color in sunlight and artificial light? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:05:25 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42051 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42050 What causes the characteristic appearance of star sapphires, rubies, and other gemstones? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:02:44 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42050 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42049 Is it true that rubies and sapphires are just variants of the same mineral? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:59:10 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42049 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42047 How often do dental amalgam fillings need to be replaced? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:44:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42047 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42045 How can I overcome a fear of going to the dentist? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:40:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42045 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42044 Is it really necessary to brush twice daily? Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:40:23 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/42044 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41999 What is "air layering"? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:40:16 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41999 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41948 Are all solanaceous plants toxic? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:30:01 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41948 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41947 Why do people get rashes from coming in contact with poison ivy? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:29:05 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41947 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41946 Are bitter almonds poisonous? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:25:53 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41946 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41945 What drugs and medicines were originally derived from plants? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:23:29 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41945 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41944 How do plants guard against herbivory? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:21:35 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41944 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41943 What is allelopathy? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:20:47 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41943 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41941 What are mycorrhizae? Sat, 28 Jan 2006 08:18:21 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41941 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41828 Why does the grass on a lawn grow back in spite of all the mowing we do? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:18:23 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41828 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41812 What are primary and secondary succession? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:50:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41812 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41811 What determines the maximum height to which vegetation can grow? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:49:14 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41811 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41810 What is primary productivity? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:38:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41810 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41809 What is an ecosystem? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:36:50 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41809 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41808 Who coined the term "ecology"? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:35:51 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41808 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41806 What is an ecological niche? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:25:57 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41806 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41805 What is the difference between interspecific and intraspecific competition? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:25:38 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41805 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41804 What is the Lotka-Volterra model of predator-prey interactions? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:24:23 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41804 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41803 What is a metapopulation? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:22:50 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41803 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41802 Are there any equations that model the spread of invasive species? What are they? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:20:05 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41802 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41801 What is integrated pest management? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:19:28 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41801 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41799 What characterizes a "successful" invasion of a species? Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:18:27 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41799 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41555 Are ectopic pregnancies more common in women who have endometriosis? Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:08:04 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41555 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41353 How do conjoined twins form? Sat, 21 Jan 2006 08:16:07 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/41353 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40977 How much is a "grain of morphine"? Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:13:47 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40977 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40949 Do plants get cancer? Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:13:03 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40949 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40940 What would happen to plants if all the animals in the world suddenly died out? Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:17:45 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40940 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40920 What is an ombrotrophic bog? Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:36:59 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40920 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40918 There's an early 1990s Budweiser commercial where a man on a beach sees a giant floating head that says, "Relax, listen to the waves." Where can I find this commercial online? Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:53:55 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/40918