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How's a rainbow made in the sky?	What is the best way to burn fat from the abdominal area, or in other words, a beer belly?! And why does it collect there?
When you snap a glow stick, what makes it glow?	How can I stay in one room and study and read and relax all day long and nothing seems funny. But my bedroom always smells in the morning after spending the same amount of time in there. It's that funny sleep smell. Is there some sort of chemical thing that takes place while I sleep or do I emit an aroma while I sleep that's different from my normal daily scent?
We'd like to thank James Smith, who got in touch via email and thinks he has the answer to the 'red sky at night, shepherd's delight' question we had the other week (is there any truth in the saying 'red sky at night, shepherd's delight?)	You talked in the past about dropping an object down a tunnel that's been drilled right through the earth. I've been in all night debates about this. What would happen if a person jumped into the hole? Also, what would happen when you got to the middle? Would gravity be different, because the world is all around you, rather than you being on top of it. Also, would the air pressure in the tube be so great that you'd be squashed flat?
Here in the Philippines we have a delicacy called a balot. This is a half incubated duck chick. The fully shelled chick is cooked in boiling water, cracked open and eaten with vinegar and salt. It's really tasty. What concerns me is the rising incidence of bird flu. Is there a chance that my balots might be infected too, or are they sterile?	How do butterfly wings get all their colours?
Where do people get all the information for the movies, and how do you know that aliens are really real?	In 1993 or 1994 during the darkest part of winter, I went outside and looked up. The sky was quite clear and there was a silver cigar shaped object that flew overhead at the level of a reasonably low flying aircraft. A few days later there was an article in the paper saying police had also seen a UFO.
I've seen a UFO. It was 1959 from a block of flats in Hoburn. It was solid and looked like chrome and was 100 foot long. There were two windows and two space men in it.	On the day of the Rendlesham incident, I was in Beeston and it was a terrible snowy day. I took my dogs for a walk and saw a strange light move across the sky. It then stopped not very much higher than the roofs of the houses, swayed a bit, and then zoomed off.
I've had two sightings. The first one was big like an orange, and it was moving very sharply. It kept moving around for about 8 minutes. On another occasion I saw what looked like two car headlights through fog. There was no sound and they were approximately 750 feet up in the air. They were about 30 or 40 feet apart, and as one went on, the other went off.	Is it true that talking to plants helps them grow better?
Many years ago I was told that six foot fluorescent strip lights are more efficient and need less energy than tungsten lighting to run. Is this true? If so, how long do they have to be left on before they use less energy overall, so if you flicked on a light for a couple of seconds, would it be better to use the tungsten light bulb or the fluorescent light?	What's the difference between fuel sold in the winter and in the summer?
If I cut off my finger, why don't cells keep on dividing and give me a new finger? They gave me a finger when I was a baby!	Although saliva is used to start the process of breaking down food, I was wondering if saliva has any healing properties. Cats lick their wounds, and often people instinctively suck small cuts on the backs of their hands. So does saliva keep wounds germ free and help them heal up quicker?
Why does the flu jab only last one year?	Why do insects have more legs than humans?

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