Other - Science - August 2007

There is a jar full of nails, i have 50 nails at my disposal, there is no other jar that i can weigh or use. The jar is oddly-shaped, not perfectly symmetrical, it is smaller at the top of the jar and it gets bigger going down... is there any way of using graphs maybe?

2007-08-22 13:10:49 · 6 answers · asked by Alex T 2

Is this an urban legend?
Truth?
Criminal mischeif?
waste of 5 points?

2007-08-22 13:02:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi,

What makes us alive?
We eat, breath and do other things to keep ourselves alive but how did we become alive in the first place?
Can it be some kind of energy which works that?

I am not looking forward to an answer like spirit or God :)

PLEASE DO NOT ANSWER WITH LINKS.

Thanks

2007-08-22 11:53:46 · 4 answers · asked by survey taker 2

Theoretically, it sounds so simple, but in reality, it is increasingly difficult. Why? And why is creating a "close-to-perpetual-motion" machine so damn easy?

2007-08-22 10:41:04 · 8 answers · asked by ineedanswers 3

like, the focal point or whatever.

[in other words, if the earth was flat we would see farther across the ocean because it wouldnt bend down, right?]

?

2007-08-22 09:48:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just curious.

2007-08-22 07:55:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are the most accurate values for the saturation current in various diodes (Silicon, Germanium, etc...)? I realize that the values are not exact for all diodes of a particular type, but what are the best, most accurate approximations? And what degree of error is usually allowable for these values?

2007-08-22 06:27:55 · 2 answers · asked by Not Eddie Money 3

I have been checking their website, and it is a nice museum, but I would like to see more exhibits , especially prehistoric skeletons. I want to see it expand and be more prosperious in the future.

2007-08-22 03:58:27 · 1 answers · asked by grasshopper_60619 2

Nature, Science, Cell etc
should they publish versions for non scientists
thereby increasing the general publics understanding of science

2007-08-22 02:28:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are the procedures to make a plant water filter?
It's for our science investigative project
our aim is to find out which plants are more effective in filtrating water.

2007-08-22 02:23:32 · 3 answers · asked by Regina 2

2007-08-22 01:50:11 · 3 answers · asked by sci_voir 1

Is there anything that you can add to water that when you freeze it the resulting ice will melt slower?

2007-08-21 22:36:05 · 8 answers · asked by ericbryce2 7

2007-08-21 21:23:36 · 3 answers · asked by prettypearl2005 1

Is it possible to fry bacon, an egg, or meat product on a human's back, if exposed to sunlight long enough.

We would like to know that if said product was left upon a person's back for long enough, if the sun would produce enough heat to cook said product enough to make it edible, not considering sanitation issues.

2007-08-21 20:35:59 · 12 answers · asked by runningtoouden 1

2007-08-21 20:23:25 · 5 answers · asked by Diamonds 1

Science investigates, examines, and classifies for the purpose of understanding things. But does it have some mission statement on what it's supposed to do with the info it discovers?

2007-08-21 15:55:33 · 7 answers · asked by Greywolf 6

Please provide a link to read more about it, if any.

2007-08-21 15:04:11 · 3 answers · asked by jeet 1

2007-08-21 09:26:17 · 6 answers · asked by ineedanswers 3

enough to be very accurate enough and better than deduction. I find, for instance, if I know I'm going to California tomorrow, that gives me a big enough picture to answer large questions like should I by a house here tomorrow and small decisions, like, I will need a toothbrush. What I mean is are we putting too much emphasis on deduction and missing the world view, considering that atoms aren't having a problem, people are. And shouldn't induction be used more in science instead of getting more and more isolated from the real world and other disciplines.

2007-08-21 08:14:06 · 3 answers · asked by hb12 7

to continue the question i started number 2, sorry folks but i have been for years now trying to get to the bottom of this.
anyhow to go on.... after i told my dad about the fight he said he is not fighting and that he loves my mom very much and he could never hurts her feelings. I walk out of the room back where seconds later on i hear the fight, where again seconds later on they both entered the room and asked me how did i know they will fight? and was i eves droping on them in the past , i just told them the truth, they looked at me as if i was lying but i cried and told them i saw it happening, i even told mom of her conversation about my dad, which suddenly to her amzing it was her thoughts about my dad at this moment before she started the fight but she denied that she has spoken it loud it was her thoughts.. any how that is all and some how i do believe that something happened doesnt makes me an alien but some scientific explanation did occure and i need explanation?

2007-08-21 07:33:23 · 3 answers · asked by MichaelRazor 1

still till today i can't forget this as if it was carved into my brain, it is some kind of memory i canot escape and keep seeing it all the time.
When i was 6 years old, my father had a tough fight with mom, and he went into the bedroom and started crying, i remember he was talking while crying to my older brother, i stood without they notice me in the corner of th room which was dim lights almost dark, and i started crying, suddenly i wanted to screem as a sympathy to my dad's tears, but all of a sudden i see everything like a video recorder rewinds all events infront of me, for a short of time, untill i was still standing in the room but my dad was asking me why i am standing here in the corner alone and why i am tearing. when i asked him you were fighting with mom, he doesn't recall such an incident, untill it happened and it opened a hell lot of questions, from both mom and dad as to how i knew about the fight?
Please help, does any one has a scientific explanation to this?

2007-08-21 06:51:50 · 6 answers · asked by MichaelRazor 1

2007-08-21 06:18:07 · 3 answers · asked by Miss Anthrope 6

2007-08-21 00:27:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why everything in the Universe tends towards complexity ? Do you thing the Universe- I mean everything that exists - possesses some kind of intrinsic "conciousness"? By that I don't mean that sort of brain-dependent conciousness similar to human beings, but rather a consciousness far beyond that of human beings, one defined in terms of natural laws ?

2007-08-20 21:44:18 · 4 answers · asked by ?? 5

plz give me the best answer,if your answer right.u have prize.surely!merC.

2007-08-20 20:19:39 · 10 answers · asked by ali_tulip67 1

i'll give 5 pts. to the person with the correct answer and another 5 pts if he/she can tell me the meaning of the word

2007-08-20 17:41:58 · 7 answers · asked by skeptic 6

2007-08-20 14:17:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

science:86.342 millimeter =______dkm

2007-08-20 13:54:51 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some wire to use and a battery if it'll help. I just need to make a spark. I've heard I can charge it by placing it next to a CRT tv, but I'm not sure on the specifics.

2007-08-20 13:36:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous 2

will you please name 2 science theories??
or even three

2007-08-20 10:51:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous