Dianna soliciting questions from you patrons!

I’m a little late posting, I’m in a battle with cancer and sometimes my focus isn’t the best. But to my question: Once you’re healthy again, what’s the first thing you want in do? Thanks, D. Latta

Dana Latta

New Scientist Magazine 17 February 2024 Page 14 Exercising can help people with long Covid - at least a bit https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416283-exercise-programme-helps-people-with-long-covid-but-its-no-panacea/

kee nethery

Diana, can you please ask Kyle to research "Phage Therapy"? I think it may help you recover. Phage therapy picks up where Western medicine doesn't work anymore. There is a lot of complexity and I understand the skepticism, but it is worth a try.

M

Hello!! A little one as I’m preparing an activity for my family as we are in the path of the total eclipse on April 8th. I read that the next one will be in several decades. I can understand that it’s not every month at my place, but isn’t there a total eclipse every month somewhere on Earth?!? If not, would you be able to draw on your slate why not? Cheers, and thanks for trying to keep teaching us while you are slowly recovering.

Martin Le Blanc

Why does manifestation work? Specifically, why does telling ourselves something make our brains actively try to get us that thing?

Wendy Litteral

Hello! I am asking this question on behalf of a ten year old who is working on their first research experiment: identify the relationship between velocity and drag. Now we know that the relationship is quadratic, but he asks: “If I find that the relationship is linear, how do I explain that? Have I discovered a new law? Or was the previously understood relationship wrong?”

Kapil

Hi Diana and Kyle! Question(s)! Diana, once you are feeling well enough to get out of bed and go back out into the world, (you'll get there!) Where is the first place you would go and why? Also, is there any specific meal or food you would want to eat first, when you feel up to it again!? Praying you get well soon! ❤️

I had a question the other day... If doing fission (lets say splitting Uranium) converts mass into energy, how come doing fusion of hydrogen into helium also releases energy? (I'm a computer geek :-) )

Eirik Øra

Give some examples of facts that can be both correct and incorrect (Water boils at 100c....at sea level.).

Quasijoe

What is your favorite obscure physics fact?

I loved your list of cat names, but just to add to it.... Perhaps this is too obvious, but what about Erwin, as in Erwin Schrödinger of Schrödinger's cat?

Jean-Philippe Suter

Q: What are your thoughts about nuclear energy as a clean energy source? And the possible future of say LFTRs (Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors)?

Hope you’re healing Diana, we’ve got you! What’s your dream science experiment to run? In charge of the LHC (which I learned about from you 🥰)

Kara Shore

Have you ever considered teaching highschool/college physics? That’s what I’m going to school to be right now (highschool teacher.)

Hey Diana!! Hope this isn't too much of a question (just a dumbass here... my disclaimer :D )... But why is there always so much future-talk about the possibility of terraforming Mars, when as I understand it, because Mars has a weak magnetic field, it is being constantly bombarded by excessive solar particles, including heavy hits of mass solar ejections when they occur, thereby preventing any kind of life to ever take hold on the planet, as well as destroying any life-supporting atmosphere... So why even talk about terraforming Mars? It seems like a pretty ridiculous concept given that there's no way to increase Mars' magnetic field.... it's a dead planet, at least on the surface, and will always continue being a dead planet on the surface. Sorry, not exactly a physics question per se, and a bit much for you to answer in 3 words or less.... If that's too much, here's an optional question... If you could be a particle, what particle would you be, and why? lol :D FEEL BETTER!

RattyRat

Can you share a childhood science experience? Something that started you on a science path?