Self-Service Science has generated an enormous number of questions and answers. At the moment there's no easy way to search for past answers to questions, so with the help of the Avatars we've put together this collection of some of the most-frequently asked questions, together with direct links to the actual discussion threads. This page contains a gold mine of answers.

There is another list of not-so-frequently asked questions below which contains many additional links of interest.



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NOT THE FAQ

Why is North North?, sunburnt through glass?, hot water freeze faster than cold water?, water flow down plugholes in different directions, Lava Lamps, touch lamps, video game guns, a fly in a car doing 100 km/hr, spoon in a champagne bottle, Guinness "widget", petrol pump know when the tank is full?, teflon is non-stick,?, What colour is an orange in the dark?, What is a flame , Absolute Zero, chilli hot?, drinking glass spontaneously explode, 24 hours in a day?, flow of water from a hot water tap slowly reduce to a trickle?, watch a car, bike, the wheels are slowly spinning backwards?,
NOT THE FAQ INDEX

FAQ LINKS AND MORE



YE OLDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
YE OLDE NOT THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Alcohol during pregnancy , Blood alcohol level, are brain cells really killed, Does ecstasy bleach your brain, Alcohol causes hiccups, Ecstasy, Forget things , Heroin , Is alcohol fattening , Long term effects on a human brain , Marijuana and long term effects, Medicinal marijuana, Switzerland found itself with a rapidly increasing heroin problem, Too much alcohol , Urinate a lot more , What causes hangovers, What causes munchies, What is alcohol tolerance
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS FAQ

A plane's wing generate lift, Air pocket" (turbulence) , Airplanes pressurized, Bernoulli effect and is it real, Bird/aircraft collisions depressurisation, Black box , Contrails , Crashed into the WTC , Donut shaped cloud around the centre of the aeroplane. , Ears pop in an aeroplane , Earth's rotation effect flight times, Engine failure , Flight weather, Fly upside down, Helicopters, Helicopters fly upsidedown , Jet engine, Longer to fly from Sydney to Perth , Radar , Sonic booms , Sore eyes on long flights, Sound barrier, Stealth aircraft, Were the Wright brother the first
AVIATION INDEX

All About Black Holes
BLACK HOLE INDEX

The Sex Stuff
BLACK LABEL INDEX

Fart, Burp, Vomit, Urine, Faeces & Hiccup
BODILY NOISES & FLUIDS INDEX

The Universe, Big Bang, Stars & More
COSMOLOGY/ASTRONOMY INDEX

DNA, RNA, Genes, Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Mitochondria
DNA GENES FAQ INDEX

Darwin and the human evolution
EVOLUTION INDEX

Say no more, the odd human questions about that odd twitch, belly button lint, IQ, memory, death but no taxes
HUMANS ARE WEIRD FAQ INDEX

Aged meat?, Colour change in cooked meat, Colour change in frozen meat?, Conversion of muscle to meat , Different meats have different colours?, Discolouration of meat?, Explosives Tenderise Meat !!!!, Hormones in food?, Iridescent/Metallic colour of meat , Iron levels, Lighting displays and meat , Meat tenderiser, Mechanically separated meat? , Resting meat, Safe-handling of meat , SPAM , The colour of meat?, The Domestication of Animals, , The flavour of meat?, The use of nitrite/nitrate in meat , Use of antibiotics in animals , What is freezer burn?, Why does blood leak through a bag containing thawing meat?
MEAT FAQ INDEX

Steel, Iron, Brass, Bronze & Plastics (polymers)
METALS & PLASTICS FAQ

Medical conditions, Prescription Medication, Blood, Vaccination, Childbirth, Is Hospital Birth Better? Breastfeeding vs Bottle
MEDICAL FAQ

Gravity and Relativity, Time, E=mc2, Laws of Physics, Time travel, Light speed, Heisenberg, String Theory, Quantum Gravity & Golf
PHYSICS/RELATIVITY FAQ INDEX

The weird and wacky Miracle cures, Astrology, ESP, and hoaxes
PSEUDOSCIENCE FAQ INDEX

Antimatter , Heisenberg, the double slit experiment and quantum weirdness , John Devers Private Quantum Stash, LIGHT , MISCELLANEOUS , Quantum Computers , Quantum Entanglement , Quantum Mechanics , Quantum Particles , Quantum Physics , Quantum Tunneling , Schroedinger's Cat , Zeno Effect , Zero Point Energy
QUANTUM MECHANICS INDEX

What a geologist does?, Earthquake in Australia., All about Diamonds., Gold-Where does it come from?, Rock from outer space, Where to look for gold, & oil., The age of fossils, How old is the earth?, How were the rocks formed?, Gemstones , Geology of the sea floor, Buckyballs, Mining the moon or meteors., Plate Tectonics, (Where will Australia be in 1M 10M 100M years?), Earthquakes, Volcanoes, What is the moon made of?, Why is Mars like it is? , Volcanic soil fertile
ROCK LEGEND FAQ

What is Science?
SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD FAQ

Philosophy and Religion vs Science
SCIENCE VS. RELIGION FAQ INDEX

Sleeping, Dreaming, Yawning, Snoring
SWEET DREAMS FAQ

Storms, Wind, Rain, Cloud, Thunder & Lightning, Rainbows, Halos, Forecasting, Greenhouse & Ozone
WEATHER FAQ INDEX

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SCRIBBLY GUM FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Quotes, Poetry & Scribbly Bards



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