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tarynkay14
You are a marine biologist who wants to study what type of zooplankton (microscopic animals that live in the ocean and feed larger organisms) inhabit a particular area of the Pacific Ocean. You have...
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naomi24
I listened to a very interesting interview on BBC Radio 4 yesterday. Forty years ago for Radio Times, the scientist and broadcaster James Burke predicted events in 1993. He got a lot right, so the BBC...
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naomi24
With all the controversy over fracking, nuclear power, etc, etc., with a good deal of the earth covered in water, it seems to me that with a little innovation, we have potentially all the power we'll...
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excelsior-1
......back in 1977 when voyager 1 was launched just announced on the news that the craft has now officially left our solar system, and is now flying through interstellar space...
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ck1
Why don't they freeze when the air temperature at altitude is well below zero?
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bill barlow
An engine crankshaft has a throw of 17mm.The piston exerts a force of 800kg at 2500rpm.What is the theoretical hp?...
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darren1664
what would the world be like today if the dinosoars diddnt become extinct..
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steveb
I would never normally consider posting a question about ghosts in this section but I think I'll get the best answer here. I do not believe in any supernatural phenomena, however I was speaking to...
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Tarser
Half a circle is a SEMI circle. Half of a lot of things are SEMI - semi-final, semi-breve etc. - so why is half a sphere a HEMISPHERE and not a semisphere?
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fairyrak
hi, I have this problem of maths, my probability is always 71.7% for every free throw . Assume I never get nervous or anything, I always have 71.7% I'll do many free throws in a year, so whats the...
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atalanta
What's the difference between methane clathrates and methane hydrates ?
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kopend
what is 1000 psi in newton mtrs ??
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ToraToraTora
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23765435 Have go, I got 4, would have been 5 but for the EU!...
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muddlemuch
Evening A/Bs can anyone tell me ( I did not know where to post this ) what a blue prescription form is used for ?. Thank Rick...
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sfby
I stood in the garden last night (about 11 - perhaps a bit early?) to see if I could spot any signs of the meteor shower. I didn't see what I expected (i.e. very quick, long streaks of light) - but I...
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bednobs
Is helium a finite resource?
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71silverfox
After noticing that a balloon filled with helium floats up, and a balloon filled with air falls to the ground, my question is this - If a balloon is filled with the correct amount of both helium and...
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jon1968
I’m trying to explain how close a 100m race is even though on the telly it looks likes there’s a distance between sprinters! There’s sometimes half a second between first and last. It's longer...
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Khandro
Not a question, but just drawing attention to this BBC Radio4 series just starting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0380wf8...
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jake-the-peg
Anybody else find this as scary as I do? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23594392...

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