Can someone please explain to me (in terms that would be understandable by a 9 year old), why bubble bath bubbles disappear when soap is added to the water. I have Googled this, and am none the wiser...
When I was little we used to stick sea shells on bottles and pots, then varnish them and either have them in the house as ornaments or outside with plants in. We thought they were very stylish, but...
The earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees. At the summer solstice, in the UK, we will be nearer the sun than at the winter solstice. Does anyone know by how many miles exactly? My geometry...
When I was little, my grandmother would call me "Mike, Sue, Daniel, Karen" - she always got there in the end, but as a child I couldn't understand why she got me confused with the names of other...
When I was little, on hot days we would have boiled potatoes and salad for tea. The "salad" used to consist of a hard boiled egg and some lettuce cut up really small and sprinkled with sugar and...
The media is full of photographs taken by members of the public, in particular of the immediate aftermath (first seconds) of the bomb exploding on the bus. I hope I never find myself witness to...
Today I bought a new car. Actually it has 5000 miles on the clock, but it was bought from a VW main dealer as their ex-demonstrator car. It's a Golf Tdi, and within an hour it became apparant there...
About 10 years ago there was an animated children's programme about a caveman. It was "stop go" animation rather than a cartoon, and I can't remember anything else about it, apart from the characters...
What do you think about proposals to allow couples having IVF to choose the sex of their baby? Is it the thin end of the wedge, or should we embrace the science that allows us to do this?
