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dna evidence

if someone charged with a crime awaiting trial with only dna evidence on a slide, nothing else,is proved by the defence after having the dna evidence tested by a scientist that it is not their dna on...

skeletor

destroy the world

like a bad ass james bond villan, would it actually be possible for someone to single handedly destroy the earth? by the way, i am merely curious, i have no intetion to blow up thw world.

tali122

why are radiactive elements given half -lifes?

i assume also half life refers to how long the threat of radiation that remains but why are radiactive elements given half -lifes? what is the purpose of that rather than full life?

Sasha13

Gosh You're Tall Aren't You

I am 6 ft 1 in tall and when I go out at the weekend (and especially if I wear a short skirt) I am asked several times "how tall are you?" or told "gosh, you're tall aren't you?" This gets a little...

LiverpoolLou

Palpitations (good or bad for you)

My brother and his wife came to visit today, and whilst they where here, I started having palpitations, little flutters in my chest, they did make me feel quite light headed, but just for seconds. I...

mr. piper

god only knows

I heard on R4 that it takes 10 specific proteins to clot blood. and that the chance of evolution putting these things together by chance over eons is still highly unlikely apparently, without...

m_hurst

Lowering the PH of saline solution

We are a manufacturer of contact lenses and we make our own saline. We use the follwing mixture: <UL> <LI>410g Sodium Chloride</LI> <LI>98g Di Sodium Hydrogen...

estie

sticky shower curtains

Why does my shower curtain fly inwards when I shower? And, more importantly, how can it be prevented? ;-)

paidinfull

Newton's Third Law

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Why, then, does anything move?

dave_c

So when does a fertilized egg become a human being?

And where does the Pro-Life Protetors stand towards abortions, are they completely against it?

digitaldream

what qualifications do i need?

what qualifications do i need to become a music teacher or science teacher at a secondary school? i am at secondary school now and was wondering so i could figure out my future. what other jobs are...

Allen Crisp

Absolute zero

According to a report in today's newspapers, scientists have succeeded in cooling some sodium gas to half a billionth of a degree above absolute zero. The report also says that cooling an object to...

milly143

a question about bacteria

this may be in the wrong plae but I was wondering, if products like Dettol can kill 99.9% of bacteria, why can't it kill 100%?

boy_genius

a flash when heated

i was messin round with one of those car jumper battery packs and i attached one clip to a lenght of galvanised metal an tip it to the other connection the thing sparked really bad like with a welder...

soul58uk

2pie r or pie r squared?

My son believes implicitly in the formula for circumferences whichever one it is!! And we have this argument. If you laid a rope around the equator it would have to be X'000 miles...

nfn

Mr Landon Has No Brain - Simon Barnes

I first read this book ages ago and have just finished it again. Has anyone else read it? Did they laugh out loud and scratch their head in confusion in equal measure? I've never met anyone else who...

j_cmacphee@n

lights and switches

I have two lights on one switch, the power is coming from a plug on the same wall. I had this installed but never connected. There is a line from 1 light that has 4 wires (ground, live, common...

Tabby

Butter side down

Look, I may be a little mad, but I've just completed a little experiment in the kitchen. I accidentally dropped a piece of bread on the floor and it landed (of course) butter side down (well, flora...

smudge

Another brain teaser.

This Q is from my husband: Some years ago, I used to know a maths conundrum, where a builder's boy was given a pound to go to a cafe for some rolls for the blokes. The girl in the cafe offered the boy...

Dom Tuk

Orgasm to become pregnant

Does the female of the human species have to orgasm in order to get pregnant. Reason i ask is because some Attenborough programme (BBC a few years ago) mentioned it and so did Makosi (of all...

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