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Do all known planets rotate anticlockwise?1 comment

Beki wrote 1 month ago: The earth rotates anticlockwise. Do all known planets (and suns?) rotate anticlockwise? Derek Goulds … more →

Tags: Astronomy Big Questions, Cosmology Big Questions, Planetary Science Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

Are photons visible or do they have a 'random' trajectory?

Beki wrote 3 months ago: Say if you have one atom which is made to emit a photon which could be detected somehow. 1) Is the p … more →

Tags: Particle Physics Big Questions

Why can't we see galaxies moving away from us?1 comment

Beki wrote 4 months ago: How are galaxies speeding away from earth at 1 million meters per second? Why dont they look like th … more →

Tags: Planetary Science Big Questions, Astronomy Big Questions, Cosmology Big Questions, Astrophysics Big Questions, Science Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

GAS FROM WASTE MATERIAL...1 comment

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: GAS FROM WASTE MATERIAL I have been running an experiment during the burning of private sensitive pa … more →

Tags: Energy Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

Is it possible that all present time is almost instantlly converted into light energy which is what we label as the past?3 comments

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: After pondering about time travel, I concluded that maybe we are not aware of anyone from the future … more →

Tags: Time Travel Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

Why are there different times on the earth?3 comments

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: Why are there different times on the earth? Laura … more →

Tags: Biology Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

Please help me...1 comment

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: I have to work out a project to test various soaps we use at home ,carry out chemical reactions on s … more →

Tags: Biology Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

What is it like being a scientist?1 comment

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: What is it like being a scientist? What expiriments have you recently done? Have you worked in a lab … more →

Tags: Biology Big Questions, Planetary Science Big Questions, Humanity Big Questions, Environment & Natural World Big Qs, Astronomy Big Questions, Chemistry Big Questions, Engineering and Technology Big Qs, Mathematics Big Questions, Answered Big Questions

Could the big bang not have been an explosion?

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: The Big Bang. Please help me rid my mind of a recurrent idea which surfaces every time I read the Ne … more →

Tags: Astronomy Big Questions, Big Bang Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions, Age Unknown

How large is the universe?3 comments

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: How large is the universe? Collin … more →

Tags: Astronomy Big Questions, Astrophysics Big Questions, Theoretical Physics Big Questions, Answered Big Questions, Rockno3's Big Answers

Can you store the energy released from bolts of lightning?1 comment

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: Is there any way of storing the energy released form bolts of lightning? If so why has no one tried … more →

Tags: Environment & Natural World Big Qs, Engineering and Technology Big Qs, Energy Big Questions, Answered Big Questions, Energy Generation Big Questions, Age Unknown

Are all self-portraits painted before the invention of photography, mirror images?1 comment

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: Are all self-portraits painted before the invention of photography, mirror images? Martin Grundy fro … more →

Tags: age 45-54, Biology Big Questions, Energy Big Questions, Rainbow and Light Big Questions, Answered Big Questions, Rockno3's Big Answers

When a parachute opens does the sky diver go up?4 comments

jennybeard wrote 1 year ago: When a parachute opens does the sky diver go up? Rob from Gloucestershire (age 5-14) … more →

Tags: age 5-14, Gravity Big Questions, Answered Big Questions, Peter Halford's Big Answers, Others Big Questions, C Lloyd-Jones' Big Answers

What is there between electrons and the nucleus of an atom?

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: What, if anything, is there between the electrons and the nucleus of an atom? What is there between … more →

Tags: age 55+, Unanswered Big Questions

Why do birds not get electrocuted when they sit on pylons?1 comment

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: I am a year 5 and 6 teacher in Daventry, and my class have a question that they would like to ask yo … more →

Tags: age 15-24, Answered Big Questions, Schrodinger’s Kitten's Big Answers

Why do worlds and atoms spin?

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: Why do worlds and atoms spin? M Hutchinson from Lincolnshire (Age: 45-54) Why does the earth spin ar … more →

Tags: age 45-54, Theoretical Physics Big Questions, Unanswered Big Questions

Why are the primary colours in art different to the primary colours in Science?1 comment

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: Why are the primary colours in art different to the primary colours in Science? Rebecca Charlton fro … more →

Tags: age 5-14, Answered Big Questions, Peter Naish's Big Answers

What would happen if you fell into a shaft through the earth?1 comment

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: If a shaft was possible from the surface of the Earth, through the centre, and re-emerged on the oth … more →

Tags: age 35-44, Answered Big Questions, Ruth Oulton's Big Answers

Why does the water hit the spoon?1 comment

Administrator wrote 1 year ago: Why almost always when I turn a kitchen tap on the water hits the bowl of a spoon sending water spla … more →

Tags: age 55+, Answered Big Questions


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