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Bubbles
What is the largest bubble ever blown (volume)? Theoretically, given atmospheric pressure, surface tension, etc, what would be the largest size that a bubble could be blown to?

Steve_ref
20/07/08
13:08

2 answers (last answered: 22/07/08 23:27)

earth and space
what is an epoch?

Style021
20/07/08
08:42

2 answers (last answered: 23/07/08 04:15)

Certain thoughts creating sensations in your body
When I think certain things or have some kind of revelation I feel tingling in my body sometimes. What is this? Is it a freeing up of some unresolved tension or something? Hopefully someone can explain whats g... [more]

Tha-Flash
20/07/08
01:00

22 answers (last answered: 21/07/08 11:55)

Saturday Telegraph GK Crossword
one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades

dinsdale123
19/07/08
18:30

3 answers (last answered: 19/07/08 18:35)

Nullius in verba
I had a question banned from the How it Works section. Im pretty certain theres no reasonable explaination for this, only an unreasonable one. Also, Ive just received an email which defines science as: (knowledge ob... [more]

Houdi
19/07/08
12:18

6 answers (last answered: 21/07/08 12:20)

Chemistry question
Im studying towards a degree in Science and have just asked a question relating to CO that, surprisingly, has flummoxed some of my tutors. Can anyone guess why it was banned from answerbank? Are we restricted in whi... [more]

Houdi
19/07/08
11:50

2 answers (last answered: 19/07/08 23:33)

Mechanics of refraction
I know light refracts because of changes in speed at media boundaries, but what is the actual mechanism that makes the path change? Why does a photon slowing down make a turn in towards the more-dense medium? ... [more]

Narbadingi
18/07/08
23:33

4 answers (last answered: 30/07/08 15:24)

science
hotest part of the rainbow? answer is a colour

rosemary11
18/07/08
18:06

3 answers (last answered: 21/07/08 10:06)

Traces of Civilisation
Thinking types, I have a question. While trying to sleep last night I was pondering how long it would take for all traces of humanity to disappear from the planet if mankind were to be rendered extinct?

WeAreBongo
18/07/08
07:57

10 answers (last answered: 18/07/08 20:06)

rainbows
what is the hotest part of the rainbow

rosemary11
17/07/08
16:09

10 answers (last answered: 23/07/08 07:34)

Measuring weather temperature
On saturday I put my thermometer in the garden to see how warm it was. I left it in the sun for 5 mins and when I checked it, it was on the maximum - about 48C!!! Now, I know it wasnt that warm so why did my therm... [more]

matt_london1
16/07/08
13:31

7 answers (last answered: 17/07/08 17:29)

are all these freshwater fish?
salmon rainbow trout brown trout zander sea trout carp roach dace chub pike bream perch shad gudgeon rudd catfish eel grayling tench char ?? thanks x

lulu_bucket
14/07/08
22:33

4 answers (last answered: 18/07/08 20:58)

Broken Vertebrae
My dad broke his vertebrae a year ago, and the pain doesnt seem to be getting any better. despite medical advice that it will improve. He can walk but some days are very much worse than others. Were wondering if th... [more]

Janer1
13/07/08
00:40

3 answers (last answered: 17/07/08 00:52)

Statins
Ive been reading on the net about people who are taking one the cholesterol lowering statin , drugs suffering symptoms of severe muscle leg pains , which they attribute to said drug . There are also some med... [more]

Bazile
12/07/08
21:46

11 answers (last answered: 18/07/08 21:39)

Large Hadron Collider
Im interested to hear peoples opinions on the soon to be switched on Large Hadron Collider. The LHC is a particle accelerator located on the FranceSwitzerland border; it has been dubbed the largest, most expens... [more]

1960darrenh
12/07/08
14:06

10 answers (last answered: 18/07/08 23:25)

Sulphuric Acid
How much Suphuric acid would one ton of Sulfur make?

bluebuster
12/07/08
11:10

2 answers (last answered: 13/07/08 01:44)

Why does
the general feel of July resemble September. I feel like we have bypassed summer completely. Have you ever woken up in the morning and the feel of the moment is like 6 in the evening and not 6 in the morning? ... [more]

tigerlily11
12/07/08
09:58

Natural Log
Can somebody tell me please why the 'Natural Log' button on my calculator is marked LN and not NL? Is it perhaps French as in 'Logarithm Naturelle' or somesuch?

Catron
11/07/08
20:15

2 answers (last answered: 11/07/08 22:09)

Gamma rays and nuclear fission
I understood that gamma rays are the product of energy changes of particles within a nucleus, much like light photons get emitted by electrons changing orbits. My question is what happens in a fission react... [more]

Narbadingi
11/07/08
15:50

3 answers (last answered: 17/07/08 18:12)

polyproplene yarn
how is polyproplene spun into a yarn (as used in base layer garments)?

snowboarder
10/07/08
22:14

2 answers (last answered: 17/07/08 13:58)