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    High School Help in Understanding Black Holes

    Can someone please explain what a black hole is? I hear everyone speaking about it but have no idea what it is. Is it something where even speed of light becomes 0? How?
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    Rh Sensitization: Mother Rh+ve & Child Rh-ve

    Rh antibodies don't get transmitted from the mother to the baby through placenta if what I feel.. You are welcome :smile:
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    Understanding Bombay Blood Group and its Compatibility for Blood Donation

    you have some interesting Bio questions :)
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    Understanding Bombay Blood Group and its Compatibility for Blood Donation

    For your first question, yes, it is Bombay blood group since O has H not h. There are anti-H antibodies according to my teacher who swears by Wikipedia :P
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    Can HIV+ Father Have a Healthy Baby?

    ICSI is practiced in cases where the male is HIV positive and the female isn't. So, no, baby won't get infected. My brother is HIV positive and his baby and wife aren't (thanks to ICSI and something called sperm washing) The semen contains HIV but the sperm doesn't (there's a debate going on...
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    Rh Sensitization: Mother Rh+ve & Child Rh-ve

    Rh antibodies, once produced last forever. A baby only has access to the mom through placenta, so, there is no risk because the placenta only has baby's blood. The only minute circumstance that it could happen is if the baby is injured during the birth process and has an open wound that could...
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    Why is red color dominant in 4o'clock plant?

    Mirabilis Jalapa exhibits incomplete dominance. So, if we cross Red and White colored plants (Parental Gen), we get, pink flowers (Filial I Gen). When these are selfed, we get red, pink, white in ratio 1:2:1 So, how do you determine that Red is dominant, because, we are dealing with incomplete...
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    What is the stiffness of the spring in a child's pogo stick?

    The units do work. T = 2π√(m/k) substituting value of T as 2s, 2 = 2π√(m/k) 1 = π√(m/k) √(k/m) = π now, squaring on both the sides, k/m = π^2 k =mπ^2
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    How do people from different cultures perceive physics?

    Hey! I'm from India.. I'd love to get to know how people from all over the world view Physics