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xud
I am thinking reducing my fuel costs by using a 50/50 mix of petrol/methanol in my motorcycle for commuting I can get methanol for 80p/litre. Now I know the fuel/air ratio for methanol is 6.4:1 which...
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wajeeh
Actually in a project i need such a reversible endothermic reaction which starts above the temperature 20-25 c spontaneously and proceeds as the temperature rises.Then it becomes reversible as the...
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AndiFlatland
We all know and love rainbows, and most of us probably know how they are produced - but is there such a thing as a snowbow? Or does the opacity of falling snow prevent the refraction of light through...
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dinga
My Daughter suffers with Syncope (blood pressure drops for no reason and she passes out) She gets signs and symptoms before it happens and by taking a few steps, it stops her hitting the deck. She...
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praveenasmily
in cellphones y dont we use a lead battery?????????? itcan also produce 15v current& moreover it is more cheaper than the one which we actually use n cells.
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237SJ
What is the point of wisdom teeth? I`m sure there`s some primeval reason for teeth in the back of the mouth but why does nature decide that those teeth have to make their appearance known when the...
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Peter Pedant
Can anyone give me the reference, chapter and verse, about where he predicts Black Holes way back in 1799 ? . It is somewhere in Exposition of the Solar System The ref I had was page 305 but it is...
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rustynails
Last night at 03.45 (this morning) I was up looking at the stars from an opened window. No planes and no satellites - in fact nothing moving. I saw a flash followed by a second one immediately. It was...
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pdq1
With Bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics is the future in Bacteriaphages to treat disease?
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ProfessorB
20d. Scare in school involves test for arsenc (7) R*I*S*H...
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Svejk
Oooer, just found I can move the cursor thing on this Blackberry phone without actually touching the roller- ball thing(merely by passing my thumb over it)Is this a well known explainable phenomenom...
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wajeeh
Is there any endothermic reaction that takes place on heating ?
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tassiebluegum
I have a whitemetal medallion commemorating the opening of Crystal Palace in 1851. It's a bit grotty. Does anyone have an idea of how I should clean it without damaging. Thanks...
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Daij
I have gas central heating run from a combi boiler. Do you think I have a need for a Carbon Monoxide detector? Thanks in davance...
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abdurrehman
low viscosity starch
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espookid
If the moon is a reflection of the sun ,why is it only partial most of the time when you can see the sun at the same time? It seems to me there is nothing blocking the sunlight to it...
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flobadob
I've been looking at images taken by the Curiosity Rover on Mars http://www.space.com/...ity-rover-week-4.html On the images it says some of them have been enhanced to show what they would look like...
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Bazile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...-environment-19421453 //We've got the black holes cornered," said Daniel Stern of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), lead author of one of the three studies presented...
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kinell
As one of those disappointed that the Shard....wonderful to watch in construction..didnt finish in 'a point'.... Standing 1016 feet now finished how high would it be if it was allowed to continue to...
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crisgal
sometimes, when i have dropped something, i ask my little boy to pick it up for me, saying, (as my mum used to say to me): "Thanks love - your legs are shorter" He asked me today what i mean...

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