Can someone please explain why we can use mathematics to calculate blueprints for architecture, shape and age of the universe, the fastest possible design for an F1 car and the change you get from a...
How do Astronomers know that there are as many stars in the universe as there are grains of sand on the earth ?
Also how do they know that the milky way is a spiral galaxy ?...
I have no formula for this; I'm working off prior knowledge and general intuition. So far I have: 9.8 m/s^2 (acceleration in free fall)/2 = 4.9 m/s (average speed over 1 second). So in one second the...
When an object with an elliptical orbit is at its nearest to the Sun it must be experiencing a certain force of gravity. As it moves away from the Sun it must reach a point when the gravity that once...
When; Tonight Where; Cambridge Union; 'To be filmed and made available on line.' In round 1 Prof. Dawkins admitted that there was a (remote) possibility that God existed. Will he acquiesce further...
Am trying to help with my grandson’s homework. Part of one question requires him to solve the equation 2x - 2x² = 0.24 By trial and error I have calculated that x = 0.139 but could some kind person...
Could anybody familiar with printing terminology help me with this abstruse question? What is the name of the print symbol used throughout the 1662 Book of Common Prayer to indicate an italicised...
According to modern science, all domesticated dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are genetically related to grey wolves (Canis lupus). If this is correct, how can the sizes of dogs be so diverse? From...
What I know (in an idiots fashion.) The moon takes 28 days to orbit the Earth and 28 days to do one Moon rotation. The moon can always be seen somewhere from Earth. weather permitting. I see how it...
Is a non-provable 'untruth' that makes a person happy, and gives a sense of well-being, not better than a non-provable 'truth' that makes a person feel unhappily jejune? (please note the words untruth...
If there is a Heaven, do you think you are good enough to go there? To answer this question, try taking this test to see if you are a good person: (I know that I'm not.) 1. Have you ever told a...
Can anyone tell me the Limiting Oxygen Concentration figure (also known as Maximum Oxygen Concentration or MOC) for Methane at 200 degrees Centigrade ?
truthabounds . it seen as to me, they(nonbelievers) saying we are brainwashed ,with our faith and without thinking ability., this is not true. I wish to cleanse my mind with clean water and then see...
Right or wrong? Whilst the school’s website states that it will “respect the religious beliefs and practice of all staff, pupils and parents”, the covering of a child’s head is not a religious...
Don't English teachers teach it anymore? 'Haitch' is creeping into TV and radio (think Dominic Littlewood and his perpetual bleating about the "Haitch M R C"). There is no such word as Haitch. The...
Dont know how to type the correct symbols on here( all help gladly received!). But what is the easiest way to find the square root of a number? I know for example that 8 squared is 64, but how say do...
