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| Planetary elongation, declination and effects on earth's orbit | 10/22/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Do other planets' elongation/declination conjunctions to each other cause any changes to or affect ...
A: Over millions and billions of years, Yes, there can be slow, very minor changes, barely measureable. ...
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| question | 10/21/2009 | Spaceman |
Q: identify some characteristics of compounds
A: .. Thanks for your question! Sorry for my late reply, had to swap-out my computer modem! As for ...
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| general science/gravitational pull | 10/18/2009 | Spaceman |
Q: If a book wre resting on a table, what keeps the book from falling off?
A: .. Thanks for your question! The answer is Friction..as a result of gravity. Defined: Physics A ...
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| Can we see atoms? | 10/12/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Can we see atoms? If it is yes. How can we see them?
A: Not with the naked eye of course, but yes, using either a field ion microscope, or a scanning ...
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| Earth science and space | 10/7/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Given that, at the same time, on one side of the planet in country A it’s Summer and on the opposite ...
A: No. On Jan 1st when it's winter in the United Kingdom (and the Northern Hemisphere) then it's ...
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| AC | 9/13/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I believe and have also heard several places recommend that to achieve best energy and cost ...
A: YES, There is a formula. Read the power consumption of the ac in KW written on its manufacturer's ...
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| AC | 9/13/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I believe and have also heard several places recommend that to achieve best energy and cost ...
A: "I also understand that cost saving is directly proportional to every degree temp is raised during ...
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| Is the truth reasonable and understandable? | 9/12/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I am disturb by the truth of human perception of life and world, that is different from what I ...
A: Let me begin by telling a paranle. There was once a caterpillar. He was healtht, and outraced all ...
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| science | 9/3/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: what is the most modern model used to depict an atom
A: The best I can determine is a tiny planet (nucleus) surrounded by an atmosphere, called the electron ...
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| what really happens | 9/2/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: is there any true things on what happens after somone dies?? i dont really beleive the religion ...
A: Kind of an "off topic" question, isn't it? Be that as it may, the honest answer is.... no one ...
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| elements in human body | 9/2/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Whats the amounts (grams, gallons, ect.) of all the elements that make up the human body?
A: Here is the rough proportion of various elements. 1 - Oxygen - 65% 2 - Carbon - 18% 3 - Hydrogen - ...
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| windmills | 8/31/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I am trying to make a windmill. Please look at my sketch. Can you think of an answer to my two ...
A: I think I had asked you once your age. Let me tell you the reason. Please do not be offended, for ...
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| Do we have the same tastebud? | 8/25/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I have a question to ask, when I saw my dog eating my biscuit, I was wondering, do dog have the same ...
A: The answer lies in evolution and genetics. All humans have "almost the same" genetic structure. very ...
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| Research | 8/12/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Hey Jayendra, hopefully you can help me. Your my last hope ;-). For a Stat's and Research Exam (on ...
A: I will try my best. I am busy now, so I will return later and add my reply here by Sunday. regards ...
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| winged evolution. | 8/4/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I have a question about the evolution of wings. If we evolve features to help us survive over ...
A: Of late I have had brushes with quite a few closet fundamentalists, who start thumping the bible the ...
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| winged evolution. | 8/3/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: I have a question about the evolution of wings. If we evolve features to help us survive over ...
A: I hope you are not thinking that "all this evolution thing is bunk". People often forget that simply ...
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| Wardenclyffe, Tunguska | 7/26/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Did Wardenclyffe Cause Tunguska? 7:17 AM on the morning of June 30, 1908, a mysterious explosion ...
A: You are one of a type! you typed... "If you guys are so smart than why can’t you recreate his ...
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| Wardenclyffe, Tunguska | 7/24/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Did Wardenclyffe Cause Tunguska? 7:17 AM on the morning of June 30, 1908, a mysterious explosion ...
A: I NEVER SAID I AM SMART! Period. If you are angry over something, its NOT my problem, get that ...
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| Wardenclyffe, Tunguska | 7/23/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Did Wardenclyffe Cause Tunguska? 7:17 AM on the morning of June 30, 1908, a mysterious explosion ...
A: Why are people so taken in by these "Dr. Solar, Man of Atom" type conspiracy thories nowadays? 1000 ...
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| engine | 7/17/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Will you please help me with some suggestions on how to build my invention, the NoGas Engine? I ...
A: Mike! How old are you? There is a reason why I ask. Do tell. Why are you hellbent on using ...
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| Finding magnetic north | 7/15/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Tom, I would like to know a good method of determining aprox. magnetic north without using a ...
A: Well, then you really want true north, not magnetic north. We only use magnetic north when there is ...
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| Finding magnetic north | 7/14/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Tom, I would like to know a good method of determining aprox. magnetic north without using a ...
A: I guess you could float a magnetized steel needle on a pan of still water (surface tension would ...
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| Ice Engine | 7/11/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Will you please help me with some suggestions on how to build my invention, the ICE ENGINE? Here ...
A: I will give you an allegory. The Buddha was once sitting in a park when an accomplished yogi came to ...
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| Ice Engine | 7/11/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Will you please help me with some suggestions on how to build my invention, the ICE ENGINE? Here ...
A: In theory, a very good idea - A (highest grade in the USA) for your effort. In practice, see #4 ...
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| dark matter | 7/7/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: What is dark matter? How it works? AnotherHow the earth revolve around the sun in an elliptical ...
A: No one knows what dark matter is, as yet. (Even science cannot know the unknown). We only know ...
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| Science | 6/21/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Is it possible to suspend a human between earth and space (if one did not move or do any other body ...
A: Theoretically, and I guess actually, yes. It's possible to place a body (spacecraft) at the correct ...
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| Uncertainity Principal | 6/8/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: According to quantum theory, 'the universe originated as a bubble of false vacuum in quantum ...
A: Yes, well I'm not making anything up...I recently read it somewheredealing with the Casimir Vacuum ...
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| Uncertainity Principal | 6/8/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: According to quantum theory, 'the universe originated as a bubble of false vacuum in quantum ...
A: Brent, Well, we don't know for sure, but...I guess I could ask the reverse, how do we know that it ...
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| auto emissions | 5/24/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: Is it better (ecologically) to leave a car idling for 3 minutes, or to turn it off then back on in 3 ...
A: I believe people overdo this kind of stuff on ecology. 1 - Idling may be eating up fuel needlessly, ...
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| homrwork | 5/19/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: how have people in canada benefited from nuclear energy?
A: Sitting in India, I simply cannot tell! What with governmental cover ups and the like? Specially ...
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| passive solar energy and the impact of solar flares | 5/15/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Can you entertain a particular question regarding the affect of solar flares on passive solar energy ...
A: Solar flares and other solar surface activity like CME's (Coronal Mass Ejections) which happen to ...
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| electricity/steam pressure | 4/26/2009 | Jayendra Upadhye |
Q: For a science project I am trying to generate electricity using a fresnel lens to boil water and ...
A: Sorry, You have taken on more than you can bite. making a turbine to work on steam is quite a task, ...
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| Theories | 4/24/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Why is it important to continue to test the existing theories in science [mainly on the solar system ...
A: Well, I sort of thought that it was a school question...sorry your teacher, or textbook, was so ...
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| Theories | 4/23/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Why is it important to continue to test the existing theories in science [mainly on the solar system ...
A: Specifically, what theories are you thinking about? I think we've pretty much proven that the sun is ...
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| space | 4/9/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: Is there any way that prevent black hole forming
A: For size differential, our sun contains 99.86% of the mass in the Solar System, and we can fit about ...
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| what seperates us from the other animals | 3/30/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: by saying that the empty void have energy and since we have infinite empty void do we have infinite ...
A: Well, as I said earlier, who says that other animals on the planet WANT to create stuff like that? ...
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| what seperates us from the other animals | 3/30/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: by saying that the empty void have energy and since we have infinite empty void do we have infinite ...
A: Well, we're kind of getting out of my field of expertise here.... I'm not real strong on biology or ...
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| negative energy of the nothing | 3/29/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: by saying that the empty void have energy and since we have infinite empty void do we have infinite ...
A: Yes, that is quite possible and has been already mentioned and thought of, that there are other "Big ...
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| amore complex question | 3/28/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: while you were answering my questions more than one time you referred to the big bang theory which ...
A: So, what theory do you recommend? (Without invoking a theological event).....which is what a layman ...
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| maximum height from earth, at which baloon went | 3/28/2009 | Tom Whiting |
Q: tom whitting, i am munsif ali from pakistan. today, a question came to my mind, i.e. upto what ...
A: On the internet, I found this article at ...
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