I have always understood that low body weight in women stopped ovulation (e.g.. anorexia) as a safeguard to prevent conception. Can anyone explain why, if this is the case you see poor starving third...
I have read on the internet that the average Western person owns 10,000 objects. Another source quotes 25,000 objects. Is there an authoritative figure based on research? ( I note that when the artist...
Other beings in space Will we ever find intelligent life in space? There is one consideration that makes this very unlikely and that is the time period, we have been able to investigate space for a...
What constitutes 'cowardice'? I could never understand how some cultures (e.g. Viking, Samurai) speak of a glorious death on the battlefield. Even the Viking idea of Heaven was fighting on a big...
If we are all in for a major case of sunburn why doesn't our government make all new house builders put solar panels on the roof of every house they build!. This would not cost them the earth, it...
Hi there this may sound like a daft question. I'm replacing my kitchen cupboard doors. Can anybody tell me what its called when your handle on the door is running along the top of the door like its...
Hi lovely people. Not sure if I mentioned a while ago an incident involving a woman who lives down the back street where I walk Jack last thing at night (because it is well-lit, quiet etc. unlike my...
Do you think we are the end product of human evolution, have we stopped evolving because we have adapted to our environment and will only change when we have to adapt to a new and probably more...
was absolutely horrific. One died, the other stuffed in a box until it also died several hours later from its wounds. The fight took 1 and half hours and thousands of pounds taken. They showed video...
My office backs onto fields. We decided to put a bird feeder on a pole outside and have been treated to a wonderful array of birds over the last 18 months. In the last week, I have seen a rat...