If you were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks - i.e. fishing not possible!, could you survive on coconuts alone?! (assuming you can open them!) i.e. you have the cocnut juice, and the...
A couple of my aquarium freshwater fish have turned cannibal (Hannibal Lector would be proud!) and are chasing and munching on the fins of others! Can anyone offer any advice? The attacking fish is a...
Please Help! I'm spending a couple of months in a tropical climate, and I am being bitten by 'mozzies' every day now (and especially the nights!). I do not have access to a mosquito net, nor air...
One of my earliest childhood memories is being entranced by a programme called H.R. PufNStuf (I think). It was live action but also with puppets. Can anyone remember it/know of more information? Do...
How come, if phone lines are "live", do they not send down showers of sparks or short out when it rains? (This is the kind of life-altering question I MUST have an answer to...please!!!)
How does the humble telephone transmit the human voice almost instaneously even to the other side of the world so that you can have a conversation without any time lag or delay. Conversely, why is it...
I know that the the visible moon is due to sunlight reflecting off it, back to us. However, how can the moon be so bright yet the surrounding night sky be so dark?