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2009-10-22 Popular Science - Planetary elongation, declination and effects on earth's orbit:

Hi Amir, Over millions and billions of years, Yes, there can be slow, very minor changes, barely measureable. But over our day to day lives, and in thousands of years (very short time frame), No

2009-10-21 Popular Science - question:

Hello Chucho... Thanks for your question! Sorry for my late reply, had to swap-out my computer modem! As for Compounds: From Ask.com "1. A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting

2009-10-18 Popular Science - general science/gravitational pull:

Hello Renee... Thanks for your question! The answer is Friction..as a result of gravity. Defined: Physics A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies or

2009-10-12 Popular Science - Can we see atoms?:

Hi Luz, Not with the naked eye of course, but yes, using either a field ion microscope, or a scanning eletron microscope, see http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev28-4/text/atoms.htm Just google

2009-10-07 Popular Science - Earth science and space:

Hi Duncan, No. On Jan 1st when it's winter in the United Kingdom (and the Northern Hemisphere) then it's summertime in South Africa (and the southern hemisphere, by definition. That takes care of the