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on qi and in a book i'm reading, it said that Grahams number is so big that all the material in the universe couldn't write it, but what about computers, they've made pi into a number that takes up...
is this for myopic eyesight only?
and how did they go about deciding on its sucess? surely tests would´ve possibly caused blindness, unless they used rats??
any takers?...
On the TV yesterday viruses were seem swimming in a small pool of water trapped in a block of ice. They had been there for more than 1 million years. Do they live indefinately?
we did an experiment in science, where we looked at the rate of reaction between magnesium and hyrdrochloric acid. we have to do two graphs, one with gas produced, where i take the average of each...
I have to do a presentation on the history of the x-ray, i can find some information on the discovery of the x-ray but I cant find much info since then to now(the present day) Does anybody know of any...
Is there any truth in an email doing the rounds at present which says that if you use a mobile phone while it is connected to the electricity supply, ie. if you make or take a call while it is...
On a recent edition of BBC2's Horizon series, entitled Why Do Viruses Kill?, I was hit between the eyes with a truly astounding piece of information. One of the contributors to the programme put a...
A car engine provides a motive force of 700N when the car is moving at its top speed of 40ms-1 a) How much work does the car engine do in each second? b) What is the engine’s power output? Could...
in the lungs of smokers, process called metaplasia occurs where normal lining cells of the lung are replaced by squamous metaplastic cells functionally, why is this an undesirable body reaction to...
Maybe it's me but I can't help thinking that all the snow/ice on the roads in the last few weeks has caused considerable damage to our roads. Once the snow cleared I noticed lots of pot-holes and...
I know i have seen documentaries on the subject and now can't let this one go. What is the scientific name for the condition seen in people with overly large faces? I think it's some kind of genetic...
With all the snow about lately it got me wondering. At the poles theres loads of snow and its always cold. So with no heat melting the snow does that mean that the snow is the same snow that's always...