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11 March 2007

Would it be practical to build a large vacuum chamber, put the clothes inside, pump the air out and therefore lower the...

18 February 2007

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so how much force is produced by urination? Could it knock someone...

18 February 2007

Why is it that, even though I have light brown hair, when I get into the shower or hot spring my hair turns darker?

18 February 2007

My girlfriend and I were talking about flying in a plane and the fact that the higher you go, the colder it gets. How...

18 February 2007

If water freezes at zero, we get frost at three degrees C?

11 February 2007

Why is it that car front windscreens appear more prone to icing than the sides and the rear? This is even when the car...

28 January 2007

Why does 27 degree air feel hot but water of the same temperature feels cold?

14 January 2007

Mirrors reflect visible light. But how effective are they at reflecting other electromagnetic waves like x-rays and...

14 January 2007

Is it dangerous to live 500 metres away from a mobile phone mast?

17 December 2006

If you could drill a hole from the North Pole to the South Pole, and it was big enough to drop a stone through, would...