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Much has been written on this subject most of it detrimental. But I read somewhere last week that we use the principal of permanent magnets to help power some of the offshore wind turbines. Because we...
my nose runs, i blow it, and within a minute it's full up again!
what is making it run so much?
I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT A COLD AND IT'S BUGGING ME!...
This guy must surely be in a unique position having won both Nobel and Ig Nobel prizes? http://www.newscienti...ne-awarded-physi.html I actually thought the magnetically levitated frog was pretty cool...
Why does jupiter has a high gravity?
Supposedly humans have evolved over millions of years to what we are now. However due to further conditions on earth do you think it is likely that humans will need to evolve more features for future...
I have been buying big 2 kg bags of ice cubes.
How do I convert the 2 kg into litres so that I can work out how much fluid I am drinking?
Thanks...
Thanks to everyone. The permanent marker recommended was wonderful -no smudges!-
AND we won 3-1! AND Sven was there. Wow! What an afternoon.......
I saw these at the zoo a couple of weeks ago and was just having a little read about them online because I think they're fantastic and discovered they actually are not found in water I'd sort assumed...
If water going down a plug hole in the northern hemisphere goes clockwise, and in the southern hemisphere goes down anticlockwise, is there a place on earth where is goes straight down??
Yes this is for homework BUT i'm not asking you to do the questions for me, i'm asking how you do them, so once i've got the method i'll work them out myself. If you're given the wieght of three...
A wheeled bin has a separate box for glass bottles inside. how would an accurate weight of the contents of the wheeled bin and the box be determined in one go?
When we look for life on other planets we always look for water(atleast thats what i know) as we suppose that without water no life can thrive.What if there is a life that doesn't need water for it's...
The acid in your stomach is so concentrated that if you were to place a drop on a piece of wood, it would eat right through it.
So , how does your stomach keep from digesting itself?...
Please anyone got a helpful suggestion? The Football team's programme has the squads of both teams on the back, helpfully set out with boxes for players,bench,substitutions,etc, but they can't be...
Hi Guys, i don't really want to get into any creation Vs evolution debates but I was just wondering if there had been anyone who had tried to calculate the probability of all the components of the...
What effects does Mining have on the enviornment? For scince homework not my... Care :P
What diameter would a round table have to have to seat eight people, roomily? I know it isn't rocket science... but I never was good with maths.
Is there any earth like planet closer to earth than Gliese 581??
reasonably close so that humans may get there one day?...
is jupiter's small size due to it's high gravity?
I.e. if a fan points directly at me, does it reduce the temperature for other people in the room not directly in the path of the airflow?
Thanks....