Questions asked by Mark C.

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• Struggling to get degrees C to format correctly. I thought Stefan V. said to do #^@C# but it never seems to work. It gives me this: #^@C# Where am I going wrong?
  
• Suppose I'm carrying a heavy bag across a horizontal plane. Why is work done? Why does it depend on the weight of the bag if no work is done?
  
• If you look at the time at which questions are posed, I would expect it to be most common in the evening (homework time) but when are questions most often answered on Socratic?
  
• I know the Earth is more strongly attracted to the Sun than the Moon by gravity, so why are tides caused predominantly by the Moon?
  
• I happened to be showing the ‘map’ of Socratic answered questions to my daughter this evening (she wasn’t impressed... nothing Dad does is cool anymore) and we noticed Kendal in the UK is spelt “Kendall”. Can this be changed?
  
• Why can’t there be magnetic monopoles. I understand on a trivial level (lack of maths) it is forbidden by Maxwell’s laws, but can someone explain it?
  
• How comes dogs have bare tummies whilst cats’ tummies are furry?
  
• I understand the argument for it, but the subscript ‘total’, ‘net’ etc. are very common in Physics and all of them are locked to produce algebraic symbols. Rather irritating. Is there a solution?
  
• Can people be encouraged (reminded?) to write a biography once they become regular users? It’s just nice to know something about the questioner and can help you to pitch the answer so it’s at a more appropriate level.
  
• Solar eclipses occur due to the moon and sun being the same apparent size, but the moon is gradually receding. When did eclipses as we see them first appear, when will they end and when is/was the “perfect” age for a solar eclipse?
  
• Given how often diagrams / photos etc are used in the best answers, is it possible that the upload could be made one step, so image and pasted link address are uploaded in the same dialogue box?