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Yesterday for the first time , no electricity at all was generated by coal fired power stations. Coal is now only to be used as a emergency back up fuel if no 'Biomass' is available. This site shows...
For anyone interested the UK Grid Watch site I have mentioned a few times now has a new site for French electrical generation status http:// www.gri dwatch. templar .co.uk/ ...
What are the more useful ways to address global problems?
How seriously should we treat this ? http:// www.tel egraph. co.uk/s cience/ 2017/04 /20/die t-fizzy -drinks -linked -dement ia-stro ke/ It does say in the article that - //The nature of the study means they...
I've read that one of the X chromosomes in females is essentially inactivated (by methylation? I've dredged the term "Barr body" from my genetics of 40 odd years ago). However if one of the X...
The Cassini probe is on the final stage of its voyage to Saturn. On September 15th it will enter Saturn's atmosphere and burn up sending back photos all the way. In the meantime it has sent back these...
Organisms have different chromosome numbers. I'm wondering how this can evolved. If an organism has something that occurs to change its chromosome number (splitting, agglomeration, whatever) how could...
how to describe its bahaviour in chemical equations?
And what are examples of these?...
I have found an old (wide- necked) glass milk bottle which has a dirty white solid lump of matter at the bottom. I can't shake this lump out of the bottle, nor can I manage to break it up. I suspect...
I am exploring the matter of quantum physics. My question is, do quanta strings vibrate in one direction? If so, what happens to the vibration when it reaches the end of the string? Does it generate...
What are the 3 forms of aliasing that line drawing algorithms seek to remove?
What are the 3 forms of aliasing that line drawing algorithms seek to remove?
Kindly help me!
thanks in advance....
I have a piece of marble that was polished but someone has tried to clean it with an abrasive cloth. It is white/grey flat and about 8 inch dia. Can anyone suggest how to regain the polished...
I want to sandwich two pieces of glass together with a space between them, they are outside and immovable. I want the least amount of moisture to be in the air trapped between them to avoid I hope any...
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Certainly and ever growing challenge for makind....
** Not sure where to place this, but here goes. ** I have heard that linen shirts are more comfortable than cotton ones. Also, that the former is not such a drain on water resources as is cotton -...
http:// www.bbc .com/ne ws/scie nce-env ironmen t-39482 342...
Is it true that on/in the sun the speed of sound is greater than the speed of light? If so, how can this be if the speed of light cannot be exceeded by anything. OK, so no object is moving at either...
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