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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...
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...
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...
Saturday Herald (Glasgow) gen knowledge crossword 18ac
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/ma gazine- 2376543 5
Have go, I got 4, would have been 5 but for the EU!...
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...
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...
Is helium a finite resource?
Not really a question as such, but in light of Naomis recent thread, I thought some might find this excerpt from David McCraneys book "You are now less dumb" an interesting read;...
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...
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...
Not a question, but just drawing attention to this BBC Radio4 series just starting.
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ program mes/b03 80wf8...
This is a question that I have pondered for some time. Which numbers can be found in nature? I raised a question two months ago asking - Who invented binary numbers? This led to the answers that I...
Anybody else find this as scary as I do?
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/he alth-23 594392...
What do you think about world's first synthetic beef hamburger ?
I would be grateful for any help with the last question in a puzzle that I am stuck on, I have asked this in quizzes and puzzles but there doesn't seem to be any science people about. In chemistry,...
What happens to carbon fibre if left in water
Please i need some help l have scribbled ink from a biro onto a form which has totally covered what i need to see can anyone help me to remove the ink leaving what's printed under it help....
Greeting, am having my license degree in "Computer Science", and for the masters am planning to use the degree and all what i will learn for fighting diseases specially AIDS. if anyone knows what...