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Absolute velocity

The speed of light is (generally) defined as an absolute limit of velocity. But is that relative to a stationery observer, or as a general velocity? Do we have any way of knowing what our current...

gos618

Possible Latin word in a medical diary from 1800's

Can anyone offer a clue to a word that appears to be 'remifromibus'. This unlikely word is probably spelt wrong and may have 1 or 2 or even more letters wrong. The writing was written by a doctor and...

sara3

things moving around my neck2, lol!

okay, re-post from chatterbank. let's see what you scientists think! today I wore a lightweight scarf, looping once around my neck, the ends hanging equally down my frontage, right and left. why does...

Coldicote

Problem with website access

I endeavour to maintain a website known as 'Ringmer Neighbourhood Watch' and a few people are telling me they cannot access it. I create it with Microsoft Publisher and recommend Internet Explorer...

learntojive

Can anyone recommend a scanner?

I started looking at scanners and there are so many that I'm just lost as to which one to get. Can anyone recommend one to me or maybe tell me what spec I should be looking at? I have an all in one...

icebread

rainbows ?

are rainbows all the same size from one end to the other and why are thay the shape thay are?

anna-gorokhova

Need a helping hand!

Hello! I’m a foreign senior student, who is currently carrying out a scientific research, centered around British national character and would appreciate it greatly if you could lend me a...

2010PHS_Senior

Energy

How did energy form if it cannot be created nor destroyed?

MrsLadyBug

Square Root

Don't Know correct place to ask this but is there a formula for working out a square root of any number

Linda51

TV channel mix up

Since the digital change-over channels 1,2,3 & 4 on both our TV's are welsh, has anyone any idea how we can get them changed over to Granada. Thanks.

David90

Computer key board

Not sure if this is really a science question (maybe it should be in technology). Anyway: How can I fix this keyboard so I can get mathematical and scientific symbols such as powers, roots, degrees,...

naomi24

Horizon BBC2 tonight

Fascinating! Did anyone watch it? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rgg31 Your thoughts?...

Barnacle_Bill

Can a fly stop a train?

Probably an old chestnut, but it's been worrying me since schooldays - and that's a long time. A train is heading down the track and a fly is travelling up it. The two collide. The fly's velocity has...

rfmason_2000

Can an object be accelerating when its speed is zero?

R1Geezer

Russian Roulette

In the film "LIVE", 6 people play russian roulette. There is one gun with one live bullet, out of the six people each one is picked at random and fires the gun against their head. What is...

Filbert

Music editing software

Hello all. Does anyone know of free music editing software? I want to be able to use only parts of songs and maybe put 2 or 3 songs together as a type of mix. Thanks in advance.

Anna Bain

The clue is Graph Peak 5 letters. I have s?i?e. Would it be slide? Help needed with this one. Thanks

dimamuzhetsky

What is the nature of the gravitational force?

2 separate matter particles attract each other physically.Why so?Please explain me the phenomena.Thank You

chakka35

What would be the new clockwise?

This may be an old chestnut; I have certainly thought about it for years: If analogue clocks and watches, and all memory of them, disappeared, how would one define clockwise? Unlike north, south, east...

Iamcazzy

Physics question

The water supply in a house enters the property via a rising main on the ground floor. The water is distributed around the property via 15mm diameter copper pipe. On the first floor of the property, a...

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