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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2008, 09:17:46 AM »
Do wasps make honey?
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2008, 09:18:20 AM »
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If heat cannot travel through a vacumm why does the sun warm the earth?


Why can't an English Teacher and MA spell vacuum?

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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2008, 09:18:31 AM »
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If heat cannot travel through a vacumm why does the sun warm the earth?


Why can't an English Teacher and MA spell vacuum?

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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2008, 09:19:26 AM »
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If heat cannot travel through a vacumm why does the sun warm the earth?


Why can't an English Teacher and MA spell vacuum?

The boy has been swapping his keys around again.  whistle:

Because some bugger is just googling difficult questions and copying and pasting them in here.

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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #20 on: September 10, 2008, 09:22:15 AM »
No, these questions are allmyown werk!

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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #21 on: September 10, 2008, 09:23:32 AM »
No, these questions are allmyown werk!

Do wasps make honey, I said.

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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #22 on: September 10, 2008, 09:24:38 AM »
I don't recall it. It's been worrying me for years.

Cloning people.Why the fuss?
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
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« Reply #24 on: September 10, 2008, 09:26:32 AM »
What is the degree of genetic difference between different breeds of dogs?
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #25 on: September 10, 2008, 09:29:03 AM »
Cloning people.Why the fuss?

Because Nick is probably of the genus 'people'  scared2:
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #26 on: September 10, 2008, 09:30:29 AM »
What is the degree of genetic difference between different breeds of dogs?

Have you been watching that Martin Clunes?  I needed to identify a dog breed the other day... how do I do that?
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2008, 09:30:52 AM »
What is the degree of genetic difference between different breeds of dogs?

0.8%, the same degree of genetic difference between humans and primates if I remember by old biology proffessor correctly.
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2008, 09:31:22 AM »
What is the degree of genetic difference between different breeds of dogs?

Have you been watching that Martin Clunes?  I needed to identify a dog breed the other day... how do I do that?

Contact the Kennel Club.
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Re: Professor Wench's all new scientific advice thread
« Reply #29 on: September 10, 2008, 09:33:09 AM »
What is the degree of genetic difference between different breeds of dogs?

Have you been watching that Martin Clunes?  I needed to identify a dog breed the other day... how do I do that?

Contact the Kennel Club.

I tried doing it online via multiple choice type elimination... useless  ::)
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