This question is a follow up to andyvon's one below about the possibility of contacting alien life. The question is - should we actually want to? The example of life on earth (which is the only one we...
im not doing homework this time i just thinking about science since my mum is a teacher !! so dont have a go at me like some of you did last time cos im not doin homework !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would anyone agree when I fear that SETI is barking up the wrong tree? The search for other intelligences in the universe is limited exclusively to a radio search. I can't help feeling that modern...
Had a conversation with a friend last night and she said 2011 was the start of a new decade - I disagreed. Its not a new decade is it? 1990 was the start of the Nineties, 2000 was the start of the...
I despair at the lack of knowledge,regarding the above. This morning,as I was walking home,a lady,riding a bike,asked me if I could let her pass. My immediate reaction was to let her know,that she...
I have flushed a number of times and the water just fills the bowl and takes hours to flow away, tryed hot kettle water, even drain unblocker. Is there any ideas without having to buy a plunger. Is...
Blasphemy is a pretty hot topic in Pakistan at the moment . Is it still on the books of the catholic church along with heresy and all the other things that would get you burned at the stake in the...
is it illegal or anything to break off the stalks of fruit/ veg in a supermarket, before they're are weighed, so that they are cheaper, seeing as we rarely use them anyway. For example brocolli. . . ....
Has it occurred to anyone that huge bonuses may not be a bad thing? If it keeps the high earners in this country then they continue to pay 40% of their large income in taxes for many years to come. At...
You'll all be getting so fed up with me asking basic questions; apologies in advance! I can't open pdf files at the moment (now running Windows 7). I was having problems with Acrobat reader, and while...
I`ve read it helps us produce the sounds needed for speech but if we didn`t have one wouldn`t we just have learned to communicate using different sounds? I`ve also read that it moves when we swallow...
1) roughly how many breaths worth of oxygen are in your body (lungs or blood etc) at once? 2) Is the helium used to fill baloons pure helium, if not, what else is in it? 3) How come people seem to be...
My GP has recently suggested that I might consider going on Orlistat to help me lose weight. I have a lot to lose and although I know I can do it on my own (I've lost a stone and a half since October)...
With IE e-mail I get about on average 50 unwanted spam e-mails daily, whereas with gmail and aol I don`t get any at all, and I`m fed up with them. Can I get Virgin Media, whom are my suppliers, to...
The pictures we can see through our telescopes of the Andromeda Galaxy are 2.5million years old. How do we know what has happened in since then? Could that galaxy move towards our own milky way. And...
How and where exactly is this done underwater as I'm sure the powers that be cannot set off a nuclear weapon anytime and anyplace and I was perplexed wondering whether these are maybe buried under the...
What would happen if an asteroid hit earth in the sea and went right through it taking some if not all of the core with it, would the sea then run into the hole and flow through to the otherside and...