How it Works

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Here you can find out about how almost anything works! Ask anything, from how solar panels work to how the heart works and we'll our best to explain.

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Smoggie

Why must a daily contact lens be disgarded after use?

I'm really interested to know why a daily contact lens must be disgarded after use... it seems to me that they're just like a normal lens.

Acoustic49

Ford Advert

What is the whistling tune behind the new Ford advert, I think it is Roger Whittaker but what is the tune, Anyone know?

lorraine29

tuning in tv

i've just been given a sanyo tv but with no remote, it works with my sky remote for volume and channels etc but i need to tune the tv in, anyone know a way i can do it without having to buy a new...

katieb73

Gun Recoil

If you hold a pistol in your hand it recoils up, if you hold it sideways does it recoil up or sideways?

tali1

what is the most expensive element in the periodic table?

what is the most expensive element in the periodic table? is platinum more expensive than gold? what about nuclear fuels like uranium and plutonium how expensive are they? (don't worry im not...

hedge

how effective are lie detectors?

How effective are lie detectors?

newlywed

Lost freeview channels

Last night I scanned my freeview to replace all channels and add new ones. Since then I now have no channels, the guide works and I can flick through the channels but have no pictures at all. any...

jacobgeo

aeroplane

how it floting and moving in air?what will be the outside temperature at arround 11000meters hight while flying?how is the breathing air supply inside the air craft at a hight of 11000 metres?

fieryredhead

Energy efficiency

Is it more energy efficient to boil water over a gas hob or in an electric kettle?

scoobydooby

Another Contact Lens Question

Has anyone ever had a contact lens dry up and stick to their eye? Once you'd got it out, were you brave enough to have another go and are you now successfully wearing them regularly? Mine dried up on...

filthiestfis

free texting on the internet

Apart from the 02 website, is there any other that offers free txts to uk phones?

Oakman

Hot Water tap flow restricted

The hot water tap on our bathroom sink seems to flow only on the last half turn before it is fully open, it a washer job and if so how do you access it?

donegal

Broadband

I have to make a technical report about Broadband . Can anyone know good websites that have good infomation on Boradband ? Thank you

lovechain

How long between switching freezer on until use

Does anyone know how long a freezer must be switched on for before I can use it to store food ?

DH002F6276

Vee belts

Could you please explain the difference between A, B & Z Vee belts, all of the same size.

joko

hammer drill...?

can anyone tell me what a hammer drill does? i realise it is a drill, but what is the hammer part? does it have an attachment that goes back and forth, rather than spins, like one of those large road...

wildcatwilly

Crossword clue

part of the excavating apparatus attached to a crane. - o- - - i - e

TEAK36

Definition of a Paedophile

I am not sure if this is the correct category. My colleagues and I have just been having an interesting conversation regarding Paedophiles, and our definitions of a paedo differ greatly. I would...

sunflower68

Videoing

We have had Sky for years now and have never really managed to video anything off it. Does anyone know why my video does not video?? How should it be connected??

dannyday5821

Munich massacre

in the film about the Munich massacre, about the group of people who go killing off members of the black september, theres a part where they go and kill a female assassin... what on earth are those...