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Theland1
Is this an elaborate hoax, or is it a suppressed miracle of science and technology, to protect the status quo? Zero Point Energy Generator.
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tell-me-more
An American bank that I deal with uses MM to represent millions, and M to represent thousands, so whenever I read say $6M I have to remember that it's $6,000 not $6,000,000. Similarly, when I write...
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claymore
I have a water tank which holds 5000 ltrs. when full. The dimensions are 2.1 mtrs high, 1.9 mtrs in diameter, I need to know what the pressure would be at the half inch valve at the bottom of the...
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bobthebandit
Fossils found of Cockroaches are supposed to be 'millions' of years old. However these creatures have only ever lived (and can only survive) in human habitations, ie houses, restaurants etc. This...
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bobthebandit
Measurements of the peat bog layers go back 9/10,000 years, (ie 1 millimetre growth per annum). which is further evidence of the age of the planet. What was there before the peat formed?
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thebigchill
Gentically, is there any way to compare animals alive today with their long gone ancestors? I'm thinking of wild horses in particular - I suppose my real question is can we tell if horses today are...
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ailie
Did one of these in Scotland last night, fascinating. If it's all about harnessing Helium3 as a new energy source can someone fill me in about the colonisation (I found the use of that word...
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jason.p
It surprises me that in this age of interest in alternative energy sources that there does not seem to be as much interest in geothermal as there is in, say, wind energy. I appreciate that this...
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WeAreBongo
Just how close is mankind to successfully harnessing the energy potential of nuclear fusion? Will fossil fuels be rendered obsolete in the next hundred years? I believe there's an experiment about to...
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rov1200
Do you believe Brown's commitment in sending another 1000 troops to be a temporary measure to oversee elections in Afghanistan? Do you get the sense that Obama has scratched his back over the 20...
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nix-j-c
its hard to explain but if you put the palm of your hand on a flat surface with your middle finger bend under your palm and the rest of your fingers out stretched. you can't lift your wedding ring...
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BertiWooster
Almost on every occasion when a plane is in trouble and manages to make it to the runway - it is the resultant fire from the fuel that causes loss of life . I seem to recall that efforts were being...
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dreamer8987
which statement is true concerning energy carried by electromagnetic waves? a) the energy is carried only by the electric field. b)more energy is carried by the electric field than by the magnetic...
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dreamer8987
electromagnetic waves are radiated uniformly in all directions from a source. The rms electric field of the waves is measured 35 km from the source to have an rms value of 0.42 N/C. Determine the...
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Willo89
Do all humans carry the same basic set of genes? There are currently discussions regarding the genes in the human genome, varying from 20,000 to 100,000 -...
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annie61099
The dosage of technetium-99m for myocardial imaging is 280 Ci/kg of body weight. How many mCi should be given to a patient weighing 65 kg?
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musicmotion
What is the relationship between transmutation and radioactive decay?
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jason.p
Does anyone know what really happened when the Large Hadron Collider was fired up? I've heard from a "reliable source" that several of the massive magnets were moved by up to ? 3 microns, which...
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dreamer8987
when electrons from a heated filament accelerate through a vacuum toward a positive plate, a) only an electric field will be produced b) only a magnetic field will be produced c) electromagnetic waves...
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dreamer8987
What would the speed of an observer be if a red (4.688x10^14 Hz) traffic light appeared green (5.555x10^14 Hz) to the observer?

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