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The factory, in Xapuri, a remote province in the north-western state of Acre, aims to produce 100 million condoms a year by 2005, and 200 million by 2006. As well as helping to... |
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Superglue inspired by seashells could lead to new surgical adhesives and could help to stop barnacles growing on boats. Chemists have unravelled the secret of how mussels glue ... |
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R esearchers in America have discovered that the unborn baby can probably hear a lot more of what we say than we thought previously. Ken Gerhardt and Robert Abrams, from the Un... |
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Japanese telecom carriers, pioneers of Internet-capable and picture-snapping handsets, have now come up with the world's first mobile phone that enables users to listen to call... |
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Researchers have discovered how female mosquitoes home in on us for a meal. The scientists from Yale University, led by John Carlson, have found that the antennae of Anopheles ... |
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Beetles on the look out for a hot love nest have everything they need in the flowers of a tropical plant found in South America called Philodendron solimeosense. It's nice and ... |
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In the first case of its kind, police have convicted a killer using his dog's DNA fingerprint. Samples of Bull Mastiff Sasha's hair and DNA were found on the murder victim, and... |
| Fact or Fiction
A kettle full of hot water weighs more than a kettle containing
the same amount of cold water
 
![]() It's True – Einstein's
famous equation E=mc squared, stands for energy=mass (or weight) x speed
of light squared. Since the speed of light never changes, if the energy,
or temperature, of the water in the kettle goes up, then so must the weight
to keep the equation balanced.
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In an equilateral triangle, all of the sides are different lengths
![]() It's False – they are all the same length that's why
it's called an equilateral.
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The drug morphine comes from a tree
![]() It's False –
Morphine comes from the opium poppy.
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A Kimodo Dragon is a kind of fish
![]() It's False –
It's a huge and dangerous reptile from Indonesia that lives on land, measures
several metres in length and likes eating corpses.
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A jug of hot water placed in the freezer turns to ice more quickly
than an identical jug of cold water
![]() It's False – a common
fallacy, the hot water will lose more heat initially than the cold water,
but it will also be slightly hotter than the jug of cold water and hence
will always freeze after the cold water.
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The IQ of the average person in the UK is 95
![]() It's False
– the average IQ is centred on 100. People with an IQ below 100
are said to have below average intelligence, and those with an IQ above
100 are said to be of above average intelligence.
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Whales and dolphins produce tears that help to stop their eyes
stinging in salty seawater?
![]() It's True . It's not just humans who get
stinging eyes if they're splashed with seawater, but the greasy tears
of whales and dolphins help to stop it!
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England and America are moving away from each other by about
30 centimetres a year
![]() It's False – The are moving apart,
but only by about 10 mm a year – or by about the same rate that
your fingernails grow in a year !
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