asks Jayne b-t:A. It's true that the numerals used in Europe, America and much of the world are called Arabic numerals, but that's not where they come from originally. According to tradition, the
01:00 Mon 18th Mar 2002What is the square root of -1 It can't be 1 as 1 x 1 = 1, and it's not -1 because -1 x -1 = 1 too. Enter it into a calculator and it will come up as error. Conundrums such as this and others have been
17:08 Fri 07th Mar 2008Q. Sounds fascinating - hmmm. Go on then, what are they A. Have a look on the back cover and/or the imprint page (usually page 4) of any book published in the West - and increasingly elsewhere - in
01:00 Sun 10th Mar 2002There has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of drivers without motor insurance in London in just two years, the London Liberal Democrats have announced.
Nationally, the numbers caught without motor insurance have increased by around 20 per cent. The Liberal Democrats described the increase as a "major soc...
16:36 Mon 24th May 2010Q. An obvious place to start, but what exactly is a billion these days A. That depends where you're from. In the UK a billion was traditionally 1 million million, but in recent years it has been
01:00 Thu 24th Jan 2002Asks mollyprixe A. There are several lottery or bingo type games on the Internet that are free to play and offer cash prizes. Q. Can you recommend any A. The most popular Internet lottery game
01:00 Mon 09th Jul 2001Q. So what's triskaidekaphobia, then A. Quite simply, triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number thirteen. Triskaideka is the Classical Greek for thirteen, plus -phobia. As we all know, thirteen is
01:00 Thu 31st Jan 2002A. There are several theories as to why these two systems that share the same ten digits in three rows with the zero on a row by itself have developed with the opposite configuration to each other.
01:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001A. Various web monitoring organisations, including ABC Electric and The Internet Advertising Bureau, have called for stricter rules governing the audit of visitor figures after many websites have
01:00 Fri 23rd Mar 2001By Lisa Cardy SOME OF Britain's best loved birds are dwindling in numbers, government statistics reveal. The kestrel, skylark and grey partridge are among those breeds in decline. Even the common
01:00 Thu 21st Dec 2000A. The British Tourist Authority (BTA) has this month published an updated Movie Map of the UK, available on their website at www.visitbritain.com/moviemap. The map was first published in 1996, but
01:00 Mon 03rd Dec 2001The process of book-keeping is essential for any business because it allows the owner or manager to make sound decisions. Many people find book-keeping a daunting task and try to avoid it because it involves numbers, and numbers are naturally complicated. In reality, the book-keeping process is easily learned. What Is...
13:45 Thu 16th Jan 2014It's the knock that every car-buyer dreads; the news that the dream car that you have just bought from that nice man was not actually ever his to sell. And it belongs to the debt collection agency that was pursuing assets.Or, it belongs to someone who recently had their keys robbed from their home. Worst of all, it can...
17:08 Fri 16th Jul 2010It seems that going on holiday can often bring about stress and anger rather than alleviate it, a poll has suggested.
The poll taken at the end of summer this year reported that 56% of those asked said that they felt "more stressed" organising and going on holiday than they have done before, mainly due to co...
16:37 Mon 24th May 2010 Rosier asked: How many people have Internet in the US This Internet thingy they're all talking about: it looks like it's here to stay. In fact - and this will come as no surprise to you, dear
01:00 Wed 12th Jun 2002 A. His name was Joseph Jaggers - although the vaudeville song probably pre-dates his achievement at the casino in Monte Carlo in 1873. Q. Who was he A. A cotton mill engineer from Yorkshire,
01:00 Mon 15th Apr 2002Q. Is it too early to see any insects A. No both the Orange-tip butterfly and oil beetle are busy at this time of year. The Orange-tip butterfly hatches in April, after its long winter. Look out
01:00 Mon 08th Apr 2002A. Well, to answer Isaacr's question, the oceans do appear to be badly managed and over fished: there are 20 varieties of fish that conservationists want shoppers to avoid buying because of the
01:00 Mon 04th Mar 2002A. This problem certainly isn't a minor one. The average pet cat can kill around 40 wild animals a year and given that there are around 9 million of them in the UK, this means that we're loosing 300
01:00 Mon 03rd Dec 2001A. Some scientists have called for the reintroduction of wolves to Scotland as a means of curbing the spiralling population of red deer. The deer, which since the disappearance of the wolf have no
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