Science & Mathematics - 3 July 2006

Last night i went to a party and there were these little insects kindda like grasshoppers but much smaller and much skinnier, If I had a website i could post a picture as well, They had 3 pairs of small legs and a pair of really long ones.

I caught one of the long legs and it jumped away and it was left with just 1 long leg but it jumped normally just a bit lopsided, then when i caught the other long leg that too broke with a snap and still it moved a round like nothing happened just now it wasn't jumping like usual.

So do u think he even noticed that a pair of his legs were missing??

2006-07-03 20:55:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

Is anybody else in North Carolina having really bad weather?

2006-07-03 20:45:21 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5 in Weather

why is liquid oxygen used as shuttle fuel and why do they use supercold coolants and stuff?

2006-07-03 20:42:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

this is a question which has tricked even scientists but now i found the answer.
question: how can we make a piece of iron rustless for centuries without painting or galvanizing it.if you try yo answer this i would send the answer to your email add.
eg. of such iron pole is in india. made centuries ago.

2006-07-03 20:36:51 · 13 answers · asked by sunny 2 in Chemistry

2006-07-03 20:34:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

My friends in Hollister California found what we think are two meteor fragments in their backyard in the year 2000. They seem large to me, about 4.5 and 5.5 inches across. The reason we think they are meteors are:

1. My friends witnessed them falling
2. They reported finding them hot or glowing.
3. They are heavier than most rocks (for their volume)
4. They are blackened
5. They are rounded, not quite smooth just rounded into a nice ellipsoidal shape.

Some of these observations might NOT be indiicative of meteors.

The specific question I have are:
1. Would any scientist or astronomy buff be interested in these rocks?
2. Is there any value in identifiying the rocks and, if so, how might it be done?

See photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/76749534@N00/?saved=1

Thanks,

Ron

2006-07-03 20:27:36 · 18 answers · asked by Ron G 2 in Astronomy & Space

Tell me if i am stupid or not, but i don't know which continent is the biggest? Can it be Antarctica? Thanks~

2006-07-03 20:27:01 · 16 answers · asked by stupid me 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

I once had a dream that I fell off a cliff and when I woke up, I had fallen off my bed in "midair" and my heart rate was very high. Was this the same as my heart rate would've been if I had really been falling?

2006-07-03 20:15:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

= ( It's glowing when it's dark

2006-07-03 20:15:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Science

2006-07-03 20:09:11 · 22 answers · asked by stewart s 1 in Mathematics

Like Constuients Of the Solar System are = Sun,Planets,Moons,Asteroids,Comets,Meteors.

2006-07-03 20:05:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

2006-07-03 19:54:19 · 12 answers · asked by KeenaUsas 1 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-03 19:50:32 · 13 answers · asked by blondie 2 in Other - Science

is the formation of potassium chromate from chromium sulphate oxidation or reduction?

2006-07-03 19:48:44 · 2 answers · asked by Amon R 2 in Chemistry

Consider this:
There are billions of other stars and solar systems just like our own, and it is very presumptuous of us to think that we are the center of the universe. Even if you believe in a higher power (I do), it seems very unlikely that God would have based the entire universe around earth and humans. I mean, why stop with us?

2006-07-03 19:41:59 · 26 answers · asked by the answerer 1 in Astronomy & Space

2006-07-03 19:40:49 · 16 answers · asked by blondie 2 in Other - Science

What is the generic formula for %volume of fuel remaining. This particular tank is 24" diameter, contains 90 galons, and i need to know how much i have left by the depth of fuel

2006-07-03 19:39:16 · 2 answers · asked by mr.phattphatt 5 in Mathematics

2006-07-03 19:35:40 · 12 answers · asked by tanzad 1 in Physics

my prof asked us why does a fly stick to something and not move even if there is a fast motion going on.... i don't know why so i'm asking it to you guys....

2006-07-03 19:31:28 · 2 answers · asked by naynie 2 in Physics

seriously, and if you have what did it look like?

2006-07-03 19:30:36 · 9 answers · asked by mrs_herman452 2 in Zoology

i am 19year old boy
since my childhood time travel is my dream
and if all goes right may be by the end of 2020 my Time machine will be ready.
so it's my request to all of u
if u know anything abt
it just
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2006-07-03 19:26:04 · 13 answers · asked by mavi part III 1 in Astronomy & Space

ABCDE is a convex pentagon in the plane. Through each vertex draw a straight line which cuts the pentagon into two parts of the same area. Prove that for some vertex, the line through it must intersect the "opposite side" of the pentagon. (Here the opposite side to vertex A is the CD, the opposite side to B is DE, and so on).

2006-07-03 19:22:27 · 12 answers · asked by Ajmal 1 in Mathematics

is it possible to do:

A^2 + 3B^2 + 3C^2 + 5D^5 = 1002
??????

2006-07-03 19:15:53 · 5 answers · asked by cool_person 2 in Mathematics

What area named spelled begin with S or C in LA?

(Could you please answer in list?)

2006-07-03 19:15:29 · 4 answers · asked by jessie 3 in Geography

My physics teacher told us that in theory it is highly unlikely but possible for someone to someday walk through a wall, or fall through the floor. What do you think?

2006-07-03 19:15:25 · 14 answers · asked by woolybugger 1 in Physics

How does the force of gravity between 2 bodies change when the distance between them is doubled?

2006-07-03 19:12:52 · 8 answers · asked by mrfr0ggiedudex 1 in Physics

Integration.
2nd fundamental theorem of calculus.

2006-07-03 19:12:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

a. synthetic means
b. a fungus
c. an algae
d. bacterium

2006-07-03 19:09:07 · 19 answers · asked by Rekha S 1 in Biology

how do you successfully divide lucky bamboo? I cut it above the first knuckle above the roots (it had a lot of roots) and it looks like it's dying even though it is sitting in water. I also cut off the sprout which has leaves and that part survived (from a different cutting). What is the best way?

2006-07-03 18:59:09 · 3 answers · asked by tsol13 1 in Botany

Just to clarify...what I mean is I have noticed that very very few people get as excited as I do when I see a Hawk or a Wildflower I havent seen before and I have to find out about it and I mean I have to find out EVERYTHING about it. I often point out things like neat looking bugs to someone near and all I get is oh yeah anyway my boyfriend and I....etc, etc. Why is it that no one questions anymore? Why is it that only very few people are interested in the world around them and learning everything they can about it? I am interested in all your opinions on this.......

2006-07-03 18:58:37 · 17 answers · asked by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 in Zoology