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Physiology & Medicine / Re: How dangerous is Gluten in my food?

« on: 12/12/2018 08:07:41 »

Unless you have coeliac disease gluten is completely safe. On the whole 'gluten free' is just another fad diet. You can buy gluten to add when making bread to improve the texture. It is a natural part of grain. As with all fads it is just another way of gouging more money out of consumers. The main side effect is gluten free breads often can taste pretty disgusting.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Is the barycenter of the Earth Moon system shifting as the Moons orbit increases

« on: 18/09/2018 21:55:44 »

With the Moon increasing its orbit by what to me is a startling rapid rate of 38 mm a year will the barycenter of the Earth moon system move? If it does and seeing that it is already 4671km from the Earths centre then in a relatively short time could it leave the earths surface?

My thinking here is if that was to happen the Earth would become a binary planet with the Moon. So 9 planets become 7 (no Pluto and Neptune is not a planet as it also has not cleared its orbit) then back to 8 when the Moon becomes a planet. The new planetary definition is a mess.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: Are there metals that shift from soft to hard?

« on: 18/09/2018 21:41:39 »

I would say copper fits the bill. It will work harden if hammered or a rod is bent back and forwards. At the point where it hardens it gets brittle. Heat, I believe, will make it permanently softer again but no where near the melting point.