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Hi everyone,am new here,what a fantastic site,the answer to another topic prompted me to ask the following question. If the planet Earth was the size of a pea,how far would the nearest star be.I look...
I read something the other day which stated that the population of planet earth today is more than all the people who have ever died.....ever. How can anyone know this? And, what then, was the...
Hi guys I was wondering if you could help. I am trying to understand what the level of significance is (e.g. 5%). What does it mean and how do you interpret it? I do not understand any of the...
All we hear these days concerns the need to cut co2 emissions to reduce global warming. In 1992 new cars had to be fitted with cats. (in the UK) so they now produce co2 instead of co. How is this...
Are these two products the same? I know that caustic soda is sodium hydroxide, so what is washing soda? In a previous AB question someone recommended washing soda as being useful to clean washing...
What is the possibility of 2 sets of identical twins producing 2 children with identical dna. (like if Jane & Joanne "marry" Tom & Tony could they produce "cousins" that were an exact dna match)
I believe time travel is possible. I dont understand how Einstein came up with these theories when he hardly understood the universe around us - like dark matter.
Apart from venus , is there any other planets in the solar system that is visible with the naked eye from the earth ? If yes , what direction do you need to look at the present time - taking the moon...
What's the largest distance a spark can jump from an 11Kv overhead power line to a good conductor in credible UK weather conditions? I applied Paschen's Law, using the peak voltage and worst case...
i need some help with this problem, i have to work out the percentage uncertainty for rho = (R * A) / L now the % uncertainty for A is so low it doent come into account but i have a %U of 3.26% for R,...
I used a soil testing kit in the garden to check for acidity. It had dip tabs and a colour chart for reading results. It could also be used for testing water, so I experimented. Ordinary tap water...