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I thought it might of sounded daft when i posted. I know it was done by a mirror. just going to show him the power of the sun. sorry for asking stupid question

The guys have come through my town today with the olympic torch. My nephew asked me if they really did light it from the sun.( with a big wow look on his face) I explained that he could make a flame from the sun also. We went into town to buy a magnifying glass. There are no shops at all...

Top 3 facts that would blow the facebook generation away? Hi guys, i come on here and read every thread and try to undertand some of it. most of it blows my mind! so how about a top 3 facts that'l blow the public away. tx for your time if you participate i am in awe tx

Thank you for your replies. much respect

Hi clever people. much respect. Just wondering, if our closest star went super nova. how would it affect the earth,if at all?

so the superman film is wrong. the bit where he takes the bomb into space and it releases the 3 baddies,with the shockwaves?

ahh.. so taking into account it's the same energy to lower the bar as raise it. we are still going to get just over 1000 reps per bar. excluding all other variables? That seems a lot of energy from a little choclate bar. Good stuff.

Ok. the 2000 doesn't count for the energy used when the weight is on the way down. I'm guessing this would maybe about half as much as on the way up. Is there a way of working the down bit of the rep out also? thanks

Great answers guys. thank you.

Just munching away on my choclate and notice it has energy 1000kj on the packet. To stop me getting fat, how many times would i have to lift 100kg. Bench pressing it. Probably a few more variables needed i guess. Or is there a formula you can start me off with? ta

when you log into google Earth it seems to go generally above where i am. when i press the sky button on it does it show the sky-space directly above me? I'm very new to this as you might tell. very clear skies tonight though so i thought i'd try to get my bearings on a few stars. any tips also? tx

does the Earth gain significant heat from the moon and the suns tidal pull?

so on this balloon thingy. if we start of with 2 galastic clusters next to each other but movin g away at +c how do we see them?

can anybody explain this to joe public?

i'm one of the none lazy people who does bike to work:smile:... people are to lazy and with the uk adult population at 30% obese nowadays i was more thinking of the health issues than the environment. imagine if kids today had to bike for 30 mins to watch tv or play xbox. obesity would be...