Atoms Questions

• Are there nuclear reactions going on in our bodies?
• Are two atoms of the same element identical?
• Can the decay half-life of a radioactive material be changed?
• Do atoms ever actually touch each other?
• Does an atom have a color?
• Does an electron in an atom move at all?
• Does the human body contain minerals?
• How can an electron leap between atomic levels without passing through all the space in between?
• How does dissolving a salt molecule in water make its atoms ionize?
• If I hammered and flattened a penny enough, could I cover the entire earth with it?
• What is the shape of an electron?
• What is the strongest magnetic field possible? Is there a limit?
• What makes radioactive atoms get old so quickly and decay?
• Why do atoms always contain the same number of electrons and protons?
• Why don't atoms collapse if they are mostly empty space?
• Why don't electrons in the atom enter the nucleus?
• Why don't metals burn?