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Two cars A and B are parked back to back in the desert, one facing East, the other West. Car A sets off and drives 5 Km in a straight line West, makes a 90° turn left and drives for a further 4 Km...
I'd guess that the early attempts were fairly inaccurate.
I was reading earlier about the Chinese firing rockets of liquid nitrogen to bring rain. Is it possible if we imported many hardy plants and seeds to the sahara desert and pumped water and sprinklers...
what happens when you swing a stick a stick, pipe or any object with a hole at the ends. You can use a vaccuum pipe with the hole. Please help me thank you
is there such a thing as carrot fibre
i heard - a while ago - they were trying to make fishing rods out of it!!
and if there is such a product how does it compare with carbon fibre ??...
I listen to radio upstairs on a normal analogue radio and often have it on a digital downstairs at the same time. The DAB is about 2 seconds behind the analogue, particularly noticeable when the pips...
you can use a vaccuum stick dor the experiment
Is it true that everyone in this world has a double somewhere or sometime?
hey does anyone know,
How does saturated potassium chloride effect iron free chloride and potassium thiocyanate equilibrium
thanks so much , i cant find it anywhere !...
Ok, with a very big telescope I suppose is a good answer but.... 2 assumptions 1) As we look at a galaxy we are looking back into time and across a distance. 2) The universe started out as a...
Many people over time have reported their sightings of flying saucers and many of these have reported that the disc was spinning. Some people have reported fantastic speeds at which the saucer then...
If a clock loses 1 min 12 secs per hour from 00:00, what will be the time when the clock shows 19:46 that evening?
Hi - I'm new to this particular thread but would appreciate some advice. I'm soon to be unable to drive for a while due to an op and want to use the time doing things I've never done before. One...
pioneering researchers of radiology (5 3 6 5) thanks in advance
I'm not sure whether any of you have seen the film Armaggedon where a team of oil drillers are trained as Astronauts and land on an asteroid to put a nuclear device on it to break it as it's on a...
http://www.guardian.c...ke-planet-gliese-581g Very interesting I'm sure but this got me thinking. Just what would we do if we found a habitable planet even one that had alien lifeforms on it? Even if...
Some of us have the romantic notions of the good that could come with these breakthroughs if we were alive and their existance came to fruition but the reality is that these would probably bring the...
Knowing the composition of water why is it not possible to scan for water on distant planets from here on Earth? Here on Earth we have an abundance of the stuff and takes up 2/3rds of our planet. Why...
I have three scenarios here. A 100 ft Tsunami. A 500 ft Tsunami and a 1000ft Tsunami.
Wasn't quite sure where to put this! I've noticed that quite often lately I'm setting off door security alarms in some stores, sometimes going in in addition to coming out. I can't work out why. I...
