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Hypognosis
There's a nice photo montage of major sunspots (1947, 2001, 2014), all of which are wider than Jupiter; partial eclipse sunset; AR2192 solar flare close-up taken by someone from Corona CA (geddit?)....
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Khandro
Has anyone watched this film, an interview with Stephen Meyer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZTzMNRO_7I&feature=youtu.be I found it rather compelling, and I thought he answered well the critics who...
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factor-fiction
Wildwood's query about dice and probabilities reminded me of a problem I came across recently which showed that even fairly able mathematicians can get confused by probability. Suppose you have a sock...
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wildwood
Not sure where to put this so hope this is ok here. According to Pascal, the chance of throwing a double six with two dice is 1:36. To my layman's thinking there are 11 possible results throwing two...
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Ric.ror
Is it unseasonally warm where you are? Does anyone have any idea what the long term forecast is going to be - I appreciate that it's difficult to forecast with any degree of certainty but the met...
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Henrietta
You? The local council or the government or does this depend on how valuable it is? Another question is how much are these beautiful pallasites worth and if peridot can be found in them then could...
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Bazile
Our microwave oven has been making a creaking sound for some time now , when not in use , but when the electricity is on - i.e. plugged in . ( well that's when we hear it - it may well be creaking...
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jomifl
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/ Not new, but more informed....
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Old_Geezer
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1409.1837 I've been of the opinion that the amount of science in the recent threads here has been small, so I offer the above link for discussion. No real question, save...
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Daij
I’m researching for a book – if it were possible, using the spacecraft that we have today, to fly to Mercury and orbit that planet, how long would it take to get there? Thanks in advance...
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NiceCupOfTea
I was horrified to see this on sale at my local little DIY store as a drain unbloker. This is seriously scary stuff, should it not be restricted?
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carlyon bay
Recent radon test shows level of 140 best level is 100 action level is 200 so I assume no action required thanks for any advice
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Bobbyv757
How much percentage of water covers the earth?
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Matheous-2
Anyone heard of a recent bacteria which absorbs Co2 and converts it to Oxygen? Also heard NASA are planning to 'seed' the Martian atmosphere with it in 2016?...
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Henrietta
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/total-lunar-eclipse-wednesday-rare-selenelion-132704595.html#TpkcPPa I hope so! Woke up without a hangover again but I took it easy with the rose wine and nothing stronger...
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Henrietta
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-create-crystal-which-could-allow-us-to-breathe-underwater-9772871.html Could this be administered via an inhaler? Could this mean thinner...
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ferlew
A few bad pits in it, obviously been disposed of. Is there anything will return it to a flat surface, other than hours and hours of rubbing steel against it. ? The little area that isn't pitted is...
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GSD4ME
The Daily Telegraph has featured a reflector telescope for the past couple of months (Zennox 76x700), reduced from £250 to £70. I have looked at some reviews online - sone people say that this model...
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sandyRoe
If the AIDS-HIV virus had developed in the 19th Century what would its effects have been on human populations?
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JacobMth
Okay so i started a new job last week and there is a Polish girl that works there. We didn't speak at all for the first few days but since then we talk everytime we see each other....Although her...

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