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AB Editor

Do You Believe In Extraterrestrial Life?

13:31 Tue 05th Nov 20241 answer, last by roadman 13:38 Tue 05th Nov 2024
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Cloverjo

The Immitation Game

I didn't know whether to put this in Film or Science, but I think a science person might be more likely to know the answer so I put it here. I saw the film about Alan Turing the other day, and noticed...
08:48 Thu 20th Nov 201415 answers, last by Gangrel 15:16 Thu 18th Dec 2014
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nailit

Time

why does time seem to go faster as you get older?
20:55 Tue 18th Nov 201416 answers, last by Woetra 21:51 Mon 01st Dec 2014
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JackKnife

Do We Know Enough To Go Messing About With The Climate?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25639343 Climate is constantly changing, we have only a tiny snapshot of it's history. Is tinkering with a vast complex changing environment wise? Could...
22:53 Wed 26th Nov 201415 answers, last by beso 09:43 Fri 28th Nov 2014
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Meggyw

How Does A Rock Travel From The Top Of A Mountain To The Beach?

I know it's something to do with a volcanic eruption...
16:27 Thu 27th Nov 201412 answers, last by divebuddy 23:28 Thu 27th Nov 2014
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billymac

Metal To Plastic

For my uni course I have to design something in plastic that is usually metal and not already been done, any ideas PLEASE would be fantastic.
23:28 Sun 16th Nov 201443 answers, last by Old_Geezer 06:56 Thu 20th Nov 2014
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ToraToraTora

Pie In The Sky Or Could This Work.....?

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29710811 Now I have some idea about fusion etc but I have no idea whether this is another "cold fusion" situation or could it actually work. jim360 will...
12:21 Mon 17th Nov 20145 answers, last by EDDIE51 23:36 Wed 19th Nov 2014
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AndiFlatland

Does Toothpaste Deteriorate?

A few weeks ago, I had some annoying twinges of mild pain in one or two of my teeth, and thought I would buy a tube of Sensodyne next time I went to the shops. But in the meantime, I recalled that I...
03:09 Tue 18th Nov 201411 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:02 Tue 18th Nov 2014
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bibblebub

Not Long Until Touchdown

The Philae lander from the Rosetta mission is due to land on Comet 67P in about an hour (but it will take just under 1/2 hour for confirmation to be received). Here's the latest from the European...
14:31 Wed 12th Nov 201446 answers, last by Old_Geezer 10:15 Tue 18th Nov 2014
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slocjo

Change In Tyre Air Pressure

hello...CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME A ANSWER TO A QUESTION I HAVE..HOW MUCH DOES TYRE AIR PRESSURE CHANGE WITH THE TEMPERATURE (A) APPROX 0.2BAR/15C (B) APPROX 0.1BAR/15C (C) APPROX 0.1BAR/10C (D)...
21:03 Wed 12th Nov 20148 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:37 Thu 13th Nov 2014
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nailit

Gravity

Can anyone explain to me (in laymens terms) exactly what gravity is? I dont want links to websites explaining it as Ive looked at those and cant make head nor tail of them. I just want a simple...
18:42 Tue 04th Nov 201448 answers, last by Old_Geezer 13:36 Wed 12th Nov 2014
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Livvy77

Biology

Hi, I am really stuck on this question, I am just wondering if anyone knows how to do it? In human beings the gene for brown eyes is dominant over the gene for blue eyes. A brown-eyed man marries a...
15:54 Sun 09th Nov 201411 answers, last by Old_Geezer 11:30 Tue 11th Nov 2014
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Liv77

Monohybrid Inheritance

In human beings the gene for brown eyes is dominant over the gene for blue eyes. A brown-eyed man marries a blue-eyed woman and they have five children. Three of the children have brown eyes and two...
14:52 Sun 09th Nov 20145 answers, last by kvalidir 16:53 Mon 10th Nov 2014
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supercrafter

Science And Tech

Hi, can anyone help please q water has a specific heat capacity of 4200j/kg/c how much energy is supplied to a mass of 4.5kg of water when heated from 20-65c and Q what is the input power of a ps4 and...
13:06 Mon 10th Nov 20143 answers, last by supercrafter 13:45 Mon 10th Nov 2014
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jim360

Scientists Fake Ghosts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29939672 Hopefully people find this interesting... another demonstration that we can't really trust ourselves!...
22:56 Sat 08th Nov 201410 answers, last by EDDIE51 21:59 Sun 09th Nov 2014
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Cloverjo

On A Similar Theme - Probability Again

I remember reading about a problem which went something like this: Mr Smith has a daughter named Tallulah. What is the probability of his other child being a girl? The answer was very surprising and...
17:31 Wed 29th Oct 201428 answers, last by fudgefudge 21:35 Sun 09th Nov 2014
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justmeme

Mcmillan Placve Names

Noah would like one of these
07:57 Mon 03rd Nov 20146 answers, last by Old_Geezer 17:35 Mon 03rd Nov 2014
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beso

Arguments Against Climate Change Science

Back in 2011 the skeptics claimed the sea level was falling. They are not as keen to discuss it now. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/ Some claim that the temperature hasn't risen since 1998. Of course...
10:38 Thu 30th Oct 201499 answers, last by New Judge 23:19 Sat 01st Nov 2014
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factor-fiction

Sex

Following on from the entertaining Dice and Socks threads earlier this week I've now found the problem about the sex of children. One version goes: "You know that Mr. Smith has two children and that...
11:26 Wed 29th Oct 2014165 answers, last by borrower 20:06 Sat 01st Nov 2014
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factor-fiction

Sacks

After Socks and Sex here's the last one from me for a while as work beckons. (and I need to buy some new light bulbs and socks and knock on doors to see whether a boy or girl answers) I have two...
07:59 Thu 30th Oct 201422 answers, last by naomi24 21:19 Thu 30th Oct 2014
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ToraToraTora

As We've Had So Much Fun With Probability Questions....

how many people in a room must there be to have an even money chance of 2 of them sharing a birthday, ie month and day?
16:38 Wed 29th Oct 201413 answers, last by jim360 17:05 Wed 29th Oct 2014

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