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The Environment / what books should i read to have more insight on using geothermal energy?

« on: 10/05/2013 00:28:59 »

this is more for using it to create elecricty, rather anything else.

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Physiology & Medicine / a new mytocondria

« on: 20/02/2013 04:54:13 »

is it possible, an energy boosting virus, mergining with our own to create energy. just out of my own head i warrent you, ut is it possible, for suce a virus to homogenise with us and create a new speises ?

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / When was a day 22 hours?

« on: 20/02/2013 04:44:56 »

when was it that the earth had a rotational sequnce of 22 Hours and is it possible, and i would like the equasion, fir an earth of a 26 hour day.

for all my posts i apoligise for being a disrexic

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What are the seasons on Mars?

« on: 20/02/2013 04:41:26 »

ok it been a wile.......... so i have been relly busy, and dont really have a lot of time to scroll through loads of books.

what is the timing of mars's seasons and how many are there

how long do they take, and what would it take to slow it down

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Where does Helium come from?

« on: 20/02/2013 04:38:27 »

having a brain storm..... where is He normaly found, and can it be extracted from organic matter.

Changed Subject to a question.

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Does the nucleus weigh less than the sum of its constituent particles?

« on: 22/08/2011 18:04:32 »

reading through a book the other day i can across this, and i just dont understand it , why is the mass of the nucleus less than that of its parts?

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / How many oxygen atoms in the quartz formula?

« on: 18/11/2010 22:41:24 »

just been reading a book.....

it said the chemical compound of quartz was SiO₂ the it said that it was one silicon atom surrounded by 4 oxygen atoms.... errrrrr
is the book just doing this to confuse me ort is there lots i dont understand

i vouch for the latter

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Physiology & Medicine / Can smoke be blown out of the ears?

« on: 09/11/2010 22:24:12 »

can it be done, and how, i have listened to some anecdotal remarks about perferated ear drums but and would like to believe them but..... i would have a hard time convincing anybody if i did not know how,

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Do continental plates move?

« on: 04/11/2010 03:21:45 »

I was trying to explane Continental drift and came into an inbuggerance, do the plates move or is it the land mass that moves and the plates stay put? Or is it both ? []

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Just Chat! / am i in trouble?

« on: 18/06/2010 15:01:22 »

My daughter, only 3 years old, refuses to come out of the shower, she wants to stay in there for ever it seems.  and bribery just does not work!

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The Environment / Car, or motorbike - which is more eco-friendly?

« on: 08/06/2010 02:27:40 »

Bikes or cars

now cars use more petrol/diesel then motorbikes. However i have to change the tires on my bike every 15k kilomerters, change the oil every 6k kilometers not to mention the break pads and all the servicing.

all in all it hits my pocket, but does it hit the enviroment as much?

oh and on my motor bike i avrage 6.5L of petrol per 100K no matter how i ride, that meen town motorway and the occasional 230 kph, pinning the exelorater on fast for long amounts of time.

i know the answer that i want but.....  i dont mind paying more if i can beat cars, and have the adrenlin rush

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Just Chat! / need books to listen to?

« on: 05/06/2010 22:18:16 »

now i have a vast amount off time......  to spend at work, with my currently ill daughter, and, if i can fit her in my wife.

so i dont really get a chance to read, what i do try to do, is listen.

non fiction for preference, but engaging enough to not send me to sleep when im going or coming back from work.  im running out of material,

done bill bryson and richard dawkins have you guys got any suggestions?

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / my aquarium, and a mirror?

« on: 25/05/2010 13:00:25 »

right then guys help me brain out,

my aquarium, a wonderful thing, i can see the fish inside.  when i look through it i can see the wall and my hand at the back of the aquarium, when i look into the aquarium but towards the side glass it turns into a mirror.  why is this?

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Physiology & Medicine / what is a hangover?

« on: 29/04/2010 17:08:36 »

its probably been done to death, however my guts are rotten and my head really fugs. errrrrr and i diddnt drink that much last night..... suppose i was a cheep date

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / easy books on stone breaking?

« on: 12/04/2010 22:31:12 »

having the brain of a sardine on acid i find it hard to follow long complicated words.. like the for e.g

lol

anyone know any good books on geology? just so i dont feel like a half wit wile reading you guys

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / how to take the strain from my wrist's?

« on: 19/03/2010 14:52:52 »

as a biker i like going really fast, however riding through town puts most of my weight on my wrists, the faster i go the more air pushing against me the less wrist strain i feel.

go too fast, and there is too much wind against me and my arms start hurting because im holding on for dear life.

how can i work out the perfect speed to go at, when there is the perfect equilibrium between the air cushion and my weight?

oh and im 85 kg and 6ft

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Physiology & Medicine / wee racing, do men have larger bladders?

« on: 10/03/2010 21:40:29 »

ok a few tipsy nights got me and me mates thinking.

men have less bladder control as they can pee any where they like.  there for go more often

woman go less often yet still manage the piss quicker then blokes

10s average piss time to 35s blokes

why is this, have a race the next time your in the pub.  men go more often spend longer there annd most fail to wash there hands after.  why is this

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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / how do virus's spread?

« on: 03/03/2010 12:57:37 »

just curious, but if a virus is a bag of dna that hijacks a cell to reproduce its self, then when a virus spreads is it just the "virus" or is the infected cell that gets transmitted ?

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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Is the Moon slowly drifting away from Earth?

« on: 18/02/2010 02:34:20 »

the moon makes the tides, do tides have a effect on the rotation of the earth? if so as the moon is drifting away eventually would the earth speed up, or slow down, and would we have a load of stagnant water about the place?

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Just Chat! / what can you guys remeber learning in history

« on: 16/02/2010 03:48:53 »

ive just posted this in another section, and i was wondering what can you remember learning in history and what was true.  correction is teh path too intanglemant
 
i remember wordsworths mum using newspaper to insulate her sons room, and in the second world war, children in london had a layer of newspaper and goose grease across there chests too keep the cold out.  when they went to the country this had too be cut off and some "nice" people used to give them proper cloths, however when they went back to london there parents sold there clothes and gave them a fresh "coat" of goose greese and newspaper.  it horrified the country folk