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Glowing Things

I was wondering (again) how and why things seem brighter when you aren't looking directly at them, yet not with things like a fluorescent bulb, tube or the sun. EG: A glow in the dark object, like the...

geoffb

Another brain question

Does anyone know what percentage of the brain is actually used

dozeydo

tummy rumbles

Please does anyone know why your tummy rumbles when you're hungry?

bookend

Inducing Vomiting (Apologies if you're eating!)

I remember years ago that many household chemicals and some medicines used to give directions that vomiting needed to be induced if the substance was accidentally swallowed. Usually, the advice was to...

Bazile

Food for thought

I'm a bit partial to a bit of apple crumble and I like to make my own However I'm aware that l need to shed a few pounds Now then , i've got my Flour - i've got my low calorie sweetner - i've got my...

geoffb

brain weight

Does your brain get heavier as you gain more knowledge?

xraanswerban

The chocolate eating Weevil beetle.

My brother has a large chocolate museum with easter eggs and chocolates going back into the 1800s, he has an infestation of a chocolate eating weevil beetle that also eats it's way through the paper...

buddyaddeo

Sodium

What is the difference between sodium and sodium bicarbonate

Mabelcat

Aluminium Silicate - in truffles?!

Why would Aluminium Silicate be an ingredient in chocolate truffles - surely this is found in anti-perspirants?

lostboy87

printing photos passport size

how do i make a photo of my self the right size for a passport?i have tried allsorts,do i need a special program? thanks in advance.

Bazile

The Deep

I watched a programme recently by David Attenborough , where he ventured deep below the ocean , in a special submersible craft , in order to film the weird and wonderful creatures that live miles...

dozeydo

immersion diuresis and temperature

Just a further thought that came to me in the bath(!) today - does the temperature of the water have any effect on this phenomenom? I am thinking of the effects of vasodilation/vasoconstriction on the...

smouse

Merry Christmas one and all

Not very often I am first to answer but as I sit here waiting for my drunken son to come home I can be the first to say Merry Christmas on Christmas morning

Buenchico

Can I send some Christmas greetings?

Oh go on, Ed, please let me! A very Merry Christmas to everyone who makes AB such a great place, especially: The 'A-team': Dzug, Kempie, Ethel, Fo3nix & Mushroom25 The 'International Squad': Clanad...

SKA

DNA sequencing Sanger method

what are the advantages of this compared to the chemical method developed by Gilbert??

old_oak66

What type of insect is this?

I was changing the linen on my bed today - which I hasten to add, I do regularly, when I noticed a tiny (5mm) caterpiller type insect on the bed. When I went to touch it,it curled up in a tight coil...

steveb

bacteria and hand washing

In a recent lecture we were shown some slides of bacteria growing on agar dishes. there were 3 conditions. the first was where a person placed unwashed fingertips on the jelly. the second the hand was...