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Yet again I heard this morning that speeding skiers need to be in contact with the snow, and lessen time in the air during jumps to increase their speed. Surely friction is (even slightly) greater...
Is it theoretically possible to alter the atomic structure of an element and turn it into a totally different one? For instance , platinum, gold and mercury are side by side on the periodic table so...
A meteorite found on earth was supposedly to have originated from the planet Mars. Therefore would it not be possible that in the distant past a chunk of earth was blasted from earth carrying bacteria...
The recent findings of the remains of giant dinasaurs prompts this question? Could a big beast climb up a steep hill? Could it also decend it? If it fell over could it get up again? or would it suffer...
If you are slapped by a shoe it would not hurt as much as if you were slapped by a fshoe with a ootball stud. I believe this is because the point of impact (i.e the stud) will have all the energy of...
wouldn't it make sense to spend all of the research money on how the brain works and retains its memory so all the other research would ultimately benifit becaues we can remember 2 or 3 times as much...
If humans became an extinct species within say the next thousand years and the planet was left to roll quietly on for millions of years.... home to all the other life that we share the earth with now,...
Help appreciated. What nine-letter word, derived from Greek meaning 'path viewer', is applied to the scientific instrument used for observing the paths of high energy subatomic particles?
ok boffins, i presume the cars speedometer works in conjunction with the speed of revolution of the road wheels, if this is the case and assuming the calibration is done with new tyre diameters what...