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Sep 1, 2006

Ask Jeeves about science

Posted in Geek, Science at 3:28 pm by David Bradley -- 7 Comments; add your comment

Here’s a top listing of questions that bring readers to sciencebase from the Ask Jeeves search engine. We cannot promise to answer them all here, but search the site and you may find enlightenment or at the very least some factlets of even more interest.

How old was Einstein when he wrote his papers on relativity?
When were the largest glaciers in history?
Where can I find some wow facts about sodium?
When Mars will look as large as the full Moon to the naked eye?
How much does the Japanese government spend on computers?
What planet is most like Earth?
How many barrels of oil do Americans use every day?
What is the width of a dime?
Why can’t frogs smoke?
How far is Sedna from the sun?
How do humans recognize faces?
What killed Otzi the iceman?
Where is the Earth’s crust thickest?

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7 Comments »

  1. sciencebase said,

    September 1, 2006 at 3:41 pm

    26
    millions of years ago
    webelements.com
    quite some time to go yet
    millions of yen
    venus (in terms of size and composition, but not atmosphere)
    millions
    less than a quarter (of an inch)
    because they keep getting their matches wet
    it was discovered at a distance 90 times greater than that from the sun to the earth (about 3 times further away than Pluto)
    usually by looking at them
    nobody knows for certain how he died (murdered or hypothermia)
    below the continents


  2. star said,

    January 19, 2007 at 1:59 am

    i have no earthly idea ….duh i realy dont try on that because it just DUMB !!! hahaha hehe ya i dont like to rasie my hand so if i rasie it at all ill very low so the teacher dont have to see it alot ya so if you are like me DO IT !!!!!!! so easy!!!


  3. David Bradley said,

    January 19, 2007 at 10:04 am

    Star,

    You couldn’t perhaps repeat that comment in English could you?


  4. Sara said,

    November 4, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    A mole of marbles would cover the continental U.S. to a depth of how much?


  5. David Bradley said,

    November 4, 2007 at 8:57 pm

    Sara - interesting question. To find an answer you need to know the area of the US mainland, the diameter of the marbles you want to work with, the value of Avogadro’s constant, and an idea of how spherical objects can pack together. That will give you the information you need to answer your question.


  6. souljagirlx00x said,

    April 8, 2008 at 7:40 am

    hiya,
    could you please tell me what a pancreas is and dose exactley.also ow it helps digest our food.
    i no what it is but still need this information confirmed.( a body part just under your stomach)
    because every website i go on just tells me facts and about pancreas cancers.
    this is for a science project at school and i need to know alot of information before tomorrow.

    thankyou


  7. David Bradley said,

    April 8, 2008 at 7:45 am

    Try here

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas

    db


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