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When an object (A) casts a shadow and another object (B) is moved to a position about halfway between A and its shadow, by doppler to Adam, Sheila Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
Was the evidence for cold fusion fabricated or did Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons make mistakes in their by freddie to Adam, Sheila Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Can hiccups be dangerous? by freddie to Adam, Sheila Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Is there a theoretical maximum possible light intensity? Why, or why not? by doppler to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
out of the 15 stats of matter how many can be found on earth and where can the others be found by eevee to Sheila, Suzie, Adam Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
What determines the radius of a rainbow? by freddie to Sheila, Suzie, Adam Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
How are circumzenithal arcs formed (they look like upside-down rainbows)? I actually saw one once, and I know it is to by doppler to Adam, Sheila Category: General. Comments: (so far, 3 comments)
In an electromagnetic wave, are the magnetic and electric components in or out of phase? Why? by doppler to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
Is nuclear power using beta plus decay and therefore electron-positron annihilation feasible? by freddie to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
In your opinion, what is the best ethical framework to use when considering sensitive scientific issues? I think that by freddie to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Why do electrons surround atoms in orbitals? Surely they should all be attracted to the positive nucleus. by freddie to Sheila, Adam, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)
Is the air pressure inside a bubble the same as the air pressure outside the bubble? Does it depend on the volume of by doppler to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)
Why is there an “absolute maximum” temperature, and how did scientists work out what this is? by doppler to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Suppose, I am standing on earth’s equator and jumped vertically up to 500ft. when I arrive back on earth’s surface, by waveicle to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 3 comments)
What is information (in the context of physics)? And why must it be conserved? by freddie to Rob, Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 4 comments)
How many different species of parasitic worm are there in Britain? by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
What is the most efficient colour to paint a bus? by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 4 comments)
A question about the mass of neutrinos: are neutrinos actually mass-less or is that just a simplification? I ask this by rohitmkiller to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
how is dry ice made by eevee to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)
What’s your favourite piece of mathematics? by freddie to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
If you dig a hole right through the earth, and drop a ball through it, what will happen to it? ( I got asked this by ddkcdk to Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 7 comments)
Given that temperature is a measure of kinetic energy and the earth is moving very quickly. How can we get temperatures by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 4 comments)
Did Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems have any implications to practical science? by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)
Is there any use for the antimatter being made at CERN? (Other than positron emission tomography) by freddie and 1 other. to Suzie, Geoff, Adam, Rob, Sheila Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Who first used the word human to describe us? by simmonsy to Rob, Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
How does the digital compass in an iPhone work? by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
What is entropy? Rob says that it’s not simply a measure of disorder. by freddie to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 3 comments)
What do you see as the greatest potential developments in science and technology in the next century? by hannahc to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
if you see things after they happen is there a way to use this to predict the future or see the creation of the by eevee to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Why exactly does light slow down when it travels from a vacuum into (say) glass? I assume that gravitational forces by doppler to Adam, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
Why does a four-man bobsleigh travel faster than a two-man? Is it the extra push at the beginning or the fact that it by freddie to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Does present and future exist? I ask for present because anything I see is not the instantly observed because light by waveicle to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
why all the apes/monkeys evolve into humans by shoaib2011 to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Is thorium nuclear power better than uranium? by freddie to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
I would like to be an author, but I would also love to be a forensic anthropologist or astrophysicist. If my sights by zain97 to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
Are there currently any geophysical models/theories regarding whether one earthquake can effectively cause another to by kraknor to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 3 comments)
If we are all made up of empty space down to the 10^-5 degree ( thats 99.9999%!) why can we not walk straight through by ddkcdk to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 5 comments)
Is their any connection between oxygen density and the \’immense\’ size of creatures in the past before? by kataphractoi12 to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)
what will happen if trees run out ? by sufyantalib to Rob Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
are humans still evolving or has evolution stopped? by torres0sucks to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (So far, one comment)
how does food get digested by shujahat to Suzie, Sheila, Rob, Geoff, Adam Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
If salt is made up of alternating positive and negative ions, why don’t the crystals of salt in a salt shaker all by freddie to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 11 comments)
A lightning strike only takes a few thousandths of a second, why do you hear it as a long rumble? by jimjam to Geoff, Rob, Adam, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
is there a wy we can stop earthquakes by shoaib2011 to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
Should you feed a gremlin after midnight by numberfive to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
what is the meaning of life by apples to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 5 comments)
do you think that the earth is till expanding ? by kataphractoi12 to Suzie, Adam Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
At CERN a beam of neutrinos is fired to a lab in Italy. How can they be so accurately fired over such a long distance? by freddie to Suzie Category: General. Comments: (No comments so far)
When light goes through glass, why are photons re-emitted (from the electrons in the substance) in the same direction by doppler to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 4 comments)
Why is it impossible to get colder than absolute zero – is it because of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle stating we by doppler to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie Category: General. Comments: (so far, 2 comments)

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