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My son has a game in which you hang small plastic monkeys and gorillas from a plastic network of tree branches. The branch network is attached to an overhanging trunk by a magnet. As more monkeys are hooked on, the network becomes more unsteady until the magnet can hold it up no more. The player who breaks the bond is declared the loser.The game depends on a magnet of a clearly defined strength. But how is this strength determined so accurately during manufacture that it can hold almost all the monkeys (but not quite)?Pavel Sypchenko, Kiev, Ukraine

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-06-03 17:48:22

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Categories: Domestic Science, Technology.

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It's his hormones What would happen if a man took the contraceptive pill, either once, accidentally, or daily? Are there any published cases?Arnout Jaspers, Leiden, The Netherlands(Image: thesaint, stock.xchng)
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-05-28 17:24:16

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Categories: Human Body.

Tags: human body, domestic science, weather.

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Bad soap I found this forgotten bar of soap after winter at my home in northern Sardinia. It had grown a coat of mould (pictured). What is the mould and how did it grow on soap, which is supposed to keep your hands clean?Patrizia Figoli Turcheteti, Bellaire, Texas, UK
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-05-20 17:01:00

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Categories: Domestic Science, Plants, Unanswered.

Tags: human body, unanswered, domestic science, plants.

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Jersey of many colours When I look at an electric light bulb through the fabric of my maroon, acrylic school jumper, why does it seem to have a rainbow halo around it?Thomas O'Hare (aged 6), London, UK
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-05-13 17:00:01

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Categories: Domestic Science.

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Super food Is there a single foodstuff that could provide all the nutrients that a human needs to stay reasonably healthy indefinitely?Andy Taplin, Cambridge, UK
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-04-29 17:00:00

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Categories: Domestic Science, Human Body.

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High ball cocktail

When I lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I played badminton and squash. The reduced air resistance at 2600 metres altitude makes a perceptible difference to the flight of a shuttlecock: it travels much further.Should there also be a noticeable difference to the flight of a squash ball? If there is an effect it is less noticeable, but my squash partners and I would like to think that it exists, rather than admit age and a lack of fitness are slowing us down?Mark Harvey, London, UK(Image: a_kartha, stock.xchng)

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-04-15 17:00:00

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Categories: Technology.

Tags: animals, domestic science, technology.

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Down in one Why is it so much easier to drink a whole pint of beer or orange squash, say, in one go than it is to down a pint of water?Geoff Lane, Bury, Lancashire, UK
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-04-09 12:47:13

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Categories: Domestic Science, Human Body.

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Net rage When a thread or topic is started on a user-generated forum on the internet, it isn't long before one of the contributors makes a seemingly unprovoked attack on a total stranger. What is it about non-face-to-face contact of this kind that makes this more common than it would otherwise be?John Anderson, Warsaw, Poland
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-03-26 07:26:28

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Categories: Technology.

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Brolly life

When I took the cover off my picnic table's sun umbrella I found a number of these structures running down one of the folds (see Photo, left).They look like they are made of dried mud and inside each one is a vivid yellow powder and a single thin, curled-up larva. Each structure was about 5 centimetres long.What did it, how did it do it, how long did it take - and should I get rid of them?Ian Gilbert, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, UK

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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2009-03-18 17:01:00

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Categories: Domestic Science, Animals.

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Ride the curves Why are velodromes shaped the way they are? What's the science involved?Specifically, why do they have such high curves, especially as hardly any cyclists seem to venture up there, and why do they have sloping straights? Also, what are the different coloured lines on the track for?Brian Porter, London, UK(Image: Santac, Wikimedia Commons)
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