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I live in the UK, I had protected vaginal sex with a Chinese escort, but she gave me oral unprotected. Could I catch HPV? I’m seeing a clinician, and getting tested for all stds, so everything appears...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2318746-simple-webcam-test-could-show-whether-you-lack-a-minds-eye/ In the last few weeks I think that I am losing the ability to 'see' with my mind's eye. I miss...
The ITER fusion Tokamak project in Cadarache France still have Russian scientists employed. Absolutely disgusting… kick the dirty f?&@ers out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
I was thinking back to my schooldays a few days ago and I recall a science teacher creating a volcano out of one or more powders in a metal tray by igniting the stuff with a match. Does anyone know...
I’m unsure if I have psoriasis or not, I’ve had itching and slight redness on and off for years in a private area and at a appointment my gp muttered the word psoriasis which worried me a bit. Steroid...
Yesterday, two wind turbines kept in phase for all the time that I watched them. Was turbulence locking their rotations together? One was directly downwind of the other. A third turbine, at the side...
Can someone help me get my head around this. I can get a mental picture of how magnetism, electricity etc work. I have been reading about how muscles work and I understand the mechanics and I know the...
Hi Folks, For the past 12 months, I have been putting a 2 litre bottle of water in the fridge at work, (which I fill up from a tap) to have to drink for the following day. However, for the past couple...
There are at least two TV programmes ( This Morning - Lynsey Crombie "Queen of Clean" and Filthy House SOS) where they recommend sodium bicarbonate and lemon juice or vinegar as home-made cleaners....
As the clocks went forward last weekend, my wall clocks changed automatically. So my question is what is in the clocks and how does it know when to go back or forth??
We are getting poor TV reception right now. It's a lovely day, blue sky no wind. According to worldweatheronline the pressure now is over 1020, which is considered high. But why is TV reception...
I’m currently still a kid, 15, however my eyesight has progressively gotten worse over the years, currently sitting at -9 and -10 diopters on my right and left eyes respectively, so I’m fearing losing...
I have an open fire in my lounge with a cast iron fire gate in which the fire burns. I noticed some years ago that empty aluminium cans when put on the hot embers of a coal fire degrade, the can,...
I Know we discover thousands of new species every year but they are mostly plants, small fish, insects and lizards. Do you belive that there are big animals waiting to be discovered? And if yes where?