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Cooking Time

If it takes 30mins to cook 500grams how long will it take to cook 615 grams ?...

I watched a documentary last night offering some compelling evidence that he did not. However, it occurred to me that the Americans claimed not one manned mission to the moon, but six, so if the first...

Khandro

Leonardo Notebooks (Again),impressive Entrance Anyone?

Having moved on from 'The Nature of Water' I find in 'Experiments' the following, would anyone care to try; 'If you wish to make a fire which shall set a large room ablaze without doing any harm you...

mibn2cweus

Heads Up

For those fortunate enough to have a clear view of the western horison, just after sunset over the next few evenings, look for a close grouping of Venus, Mercury and Jupiter as they soon follow the...

modeller

Are Galaxies Independent ?

Do any galaxies touch or overlap each other ?

Bazile

An Expanding Universe

If space is expanding ( as we are told ) shouldn't the distance between the planets in our solar system , and the distances between the sun and the planets ; be getting increasilgly larger from each...

JustNotCricket

How Big Is The Solar System?

I have made a small model of the solar system 10cm across with the sun in the middle and Neptune furthest away. Now I want to put it in a box to show how far away the next stars will be. How big...

charliesteve

New Plaster

Hi Everyone, I have just had walls re-plastered and wish to paint them with Silk Emulsion. On the tin it says I have to seal new plaster with watered down matt emulsion. Could I just water down a bit...

Khandro

Compression Of Water

I'm reading Leonardo's notebooks, and in "The Nature of Water" he writes, "........., seeing that water cannot be compressed within itself like air." No pun intended, but does this assertion from the...

Segilla

Mitsubishi Mirage

The manual says that the car is not to be allowed to coast. Coasting (yes I know it's illegal), has been a way of life for many years now. Just as changing gears is done often unconsciously, so...

modeller

Are There Dead Spots ?

We always think of the movement in space of objects , usually as being in orbit around something but there must be points where all forces cancel each other out and an object would/could remain...

bednobs

Space Ships

could you make them any shape - after all aerodynamics don't matter in space do they?

4legsgood

Received Sound Of Radial Aircraft Engines In Flight

When I was a boy, I often listened to the sound of 40+ German bombers with radial engines passing overhead. The received sound to the ear of all these engines gave a synchronized two tone high and low...

beso

First Results From Planck Observatory Released

According to the results the CMB is definitely not uniform and there is a cold spot. The "Axis of Evil" happens to be aligned with the ecliptic. Is the Axis an observational artifact or a remarkable...

methyl

Razor Strop

Does a razor strop sharpen a cut-throat razor or just clean the blade?

bobthebandit

Do Stars Actually Still Exist?

If it is true that light from stars has taken millions of years to reach us, than how do we know that these stars are still in existence? Which raises a further question that the Universe may now no...