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One of the regular "order of operations" questions came up in How it works the other day and this thought struck me. Why is the order of operations the way it is? Is it just a general...
http://news.uk.msn.co...am-discovered-on-mars...
I recently bought a torch which had a price sticker on lens,to remove I used a proprietory brand of remover to clear adhesive and it has blurred the lens,is there anything I can do to restore the...
Scientific subject : Heat transfer
The Reference : J.P. Holman
Deduce general formula for equation of heat transfer by conduction...
If condensation trails from jet airliners are the product of water vapour entering a cold environment, why yesterday, planes travelling south towards Switzerland against a clear blue sky did not...
The scientific subject : Heat Transfer
The reference : Holman
Deduce general formula for equation of heat transfer by conduction...
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I have Zinc Sulphide and 0.1M Silver Nitrate solution. Can anyone tell me the procedure to combine them to make Silver activated Zinc Sulphide for use as a scintillation phosphor?...
How can I reduce this:
(2a X Sqrt(2))^2 + 4a^2 = (2a + 2b)^2
To this:
2a(Sqrt(3) − 1) = 2b
-Thanks...
Recently I was on top of Benbradagh (~1510 ft.) just outside Dungiven in Co. Londonderry, N.I. and looking roughly NNE I could see the Paps of Jura about 70 miles away. Behind the Paps of Jura, in the...
Did anyone watch this and is it supposed to some sort of joke/hoax. The so-called scientists talking about it seem to be trained actors from the way they act on screen.
A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 26.4 m/s from a height of 2.0 m. How long does it take to reach its high- est point? The acceleration of gravity is 9.81 m/s2. Answer in units of s...
Someone on the radio today said that if you’re at the bottom of a well in daylight and look up, you can see the stars. He didn’t know how it works – but he said it does. So does it...
if you had a square room
8000 cubic feet
how much is it in square feet?? (i.e the floor area)...
Just been looking at some of these pictures, which I think are great.
Endeavours retirement flight - kind of sad really, end of an era...
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Is it just me or has the middle of the seven main stars in the Big Dipper gotten very fade? I can hardly see it tonight.
Does anyone think or know whether fish 'hold their breath' when jumping out of the water. Has that even been studied?
Didn't quite know which category to place this one under, but I guess Science pretty much covers it... This can only ever be a thought experiment, as whatever we believe to be the answer can never be...
“According to String/M Theory, if it were possible to lower the temperature of the universe to “Absolute Zero” would the strings stop vibrating?”
Which is the farthest star that can be seen from the earth , with the naked eye - how far away is it ?
Which is the farthest star from the earth that we know about and how far away is it ?...