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A. It's a scientific scheme that groups species together into increasingly smaller groups within a hierarchy. It gets its name from its creator Carolus Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), a Swedish botanist
00:00 Mon 21st May 2001A. You’re probably referring to the fact that lager seems a lot fizzier when it's first pulled then when you’re near the bottom of your glass and the answer relates to the solubility of
00:00 Tue 15th May 2001A. A new paint has been developed that’s designed to sense vibrations. The paint contains a fine powder of piezoelectric material called lead zirconate titanate (PZT). When PZT crystals come
00:00 Tue 15th May 2001A. Generally, there is no definitive format for writing a curriculum vitae, this can make writing it quite stressful, especially in the pressurised situation of applying for a job. Q. What does
00:00 Sun 15th Jul 2001A. By using an image enhancement system, which picks up objects lit up by infrared beam emitted by the car, for example via special infra red headlights. An image of what lies ahead, obscured to
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001asks paulmac A. Wel,l to make things complicated there are various types of system. In the UK, most households use a hot water system. In a hot water system, a boiler heats water and circulates
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001A. The elevators will span a continuous 47,000 kilometres, with a space station placed at 35,786 kilometres, a specific distance at which 'geostationary' orbit can be achieved. At this special
00:00 Mon 07th May 2001A. By using special processes, developed over 3,000 years, which removed all moisture from the body, leaving only a dried form that wouldn’t decay easily. First, all internal parts that decay
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001A. Mushrooms belong to a larger group of organisms called fungi. All fungi grow from microscopic dormant spores, the product of sexual reproduction. When the spores are released they disperse
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001Asked dooza, here's The AnswerBank's relpy: A. Perming lotion is a chemical solution that alters the internal structure of the hair, making straight hair curly. The solution works by breaking down
00:00 Mon 30th Apr 2001A. The new Dyson washing machine, the 'Contrarotator', has two drums, which rotate in the opposite direction at the same time whereas conventional machines have only one drum which moves in the same
00:00 Mon 23rd Apr 2001A. Either by blocking or absorbing ultraviolet (UV) light. Sunlight comes in three forms: infrared (heat), visible light and ultraviolet. Ultraviolet light also comes in three forms: UVA, UVB and
00:00 Mon 23rd Apr 2001A. Asked dooza recently, to see the replies click here. Here is the AnswerBank's fuller response: As clear glass is usually recycled back into new clear glass and coloured glass is recycled back
00:00 Mon 23rd Apr 2001A. Car makers use safety glass in all their vehicles. There are two different types and they tend to use laminated glass for windscreens and tempered glass for side and rear windows. Q. What's the
00:00 Thu 12th Apr 2001A. Researchers have developed a screen saver that uses spare processing power on your computer to find new cancer-fighting drugs. Q. How does the screen saver work A. Estimates suggest that the
00:00 Mon 09th Apr 2001A. The traditional long, thin-faced, blue-eyed and fair-haired image of Jesus popularised by Renaissance artists is actually a 5th century creation. By this time Christianity was firmly established
00:00 Mon 09th Apr 2001Tickling puzzles Sabrinah and she's in good company: Aristotle, Plato, Galileo, and even Charles Darwin all speculated about the paradoxes of tickling. Why don't we laugh when we tickle ourselves,
00:00 Mon 09th Apr 2001A. It's the study of tree rings and is used mainly as a dating technique for archaeology. This technique was first used in the 1920s by A.E. Douglass, who worked at the University of Arizona, in his
00:00 Mon 02nd Apr 2001A. Short Message Service (SMS), more popularly known as text messaging, or texting, allows mobile phone users to send and receive text messages via their digital mobile phones. Q. How do you type
00:00 Mon 02nd Apr 2001 Allen ives recently asked about how airplanes create jet streams. Click here to see sabrinah's answer or read The AnswerBank's extended answer below: Q. What are the long white clouds formed by
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