What is the effect of a cold?

On a cold night the skies clear and the moonlight shining down creates a large luminous ring, i know this isnt possible when its too cloudy or too warm outside... although once in the summer i saw a huge rainbow like ring around the sun and it was beautiful...

Gliese comparised to Mars On average, the light that Gliese 581 d receives from its star has about 30% of the intensity of sunlight on Earth. By comparison, sunlight on Mars has about 40% of the intensity of that on Earth. That might seem to suggest...

This question comes out of my 1001 questions for mcat physics and is dealing with the Doppler effect on a warm or cold day The question states: Sound moves faster on a warm day than on a cold day. The Doppler effect will be greater on which day? Now...

I have a cold. I was practicing my trumpet and I found that I am running out of breath very quickly. Does this have something to do with the cold? And if so why does a cold effect breathing? Any and all ideas are appreciated.

Does drinking cold water or, say, eating ice cream have any effect on health, especially in respiratory diseases (e.g. cold, flu, bronchitis)? If so, why?

I have a laptop being delivered shortly by US Mail. It is 10 below zero here in Minnesota. Will there be things I should worry about? LCD freezing or condensation when it warms up? What should I do to deal with any of these kind of issues? Thank you...

This is one of my biggest English weaknesses! Off the top of my head, effect is the result of an action, and affect is to cause that result. Then there's another meaning to "affect" as well: to influence someone emotionally. Soooo... I suppose...

I live in the c'bean.....Barbados to be exact and apparemtly a high surf advisory has been issued. I was told by a metrologist that this is due to cold north air. However, he was ...show more

This winter has been so cold, any thoughts on what this summer will look like?