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  1. Central Coast? @Chrismurphy101 I had a ball meeting all the nice folks there, while signing books and answering questions.
  2. Lemon Tea and Alzheimer's Disease? @SmugMac Not impossible, but I have never heard of it.
  3. Acid Reflux? @Sal_Jones See your local doctor, who knows you and your body well.
  4. Recycled water? @nicksowden Practically all water we drink is recycled - from dinosaurs, fish, etc.
  5. Transmit power without wires? @WA_side The Sun lands 1 kilowatt of power on each perpendicular square metre of Earth.
  6. Are energy drinks a placebo? @destroy_r0b0ts Yes and no. Caffeine has real effects, BUT the placebo effect is very powerful.
  7. Energy to cool or heat something? @GiantGuineaPig If there are no changes of phase (solid, liquid, gas) the energy is the same.
  8. Latest triple j podcast is online http://bit.ly/K2jjj20091112 Farts in baths and musical heartbeats. Subscribe at http://bit.ly/K2jjj
  9. About to go on-air with Triple J. All answers gratefully accepted.
  10. Social Honeybees and Hornets exploit acoustic resonances in their hives to achieve great accuracy of hexagonal symmetry.
  11. The exact mechanics of how to make a planet, either small or giant...
  12. Radio Tomorrow 1000-1030 (Cairns), 1030-1100 (Brisbane), 1100-1200 (Triple J), 1400-1500 (BBC Radio 5 Live).
  13. Finally re-surface to Our World after Avoidance Behaviour (making Real Things with my hands, rebuilding computers, bending metal, etc)
  14. Drag of Nobbley Tyres? @Epigrammist Absolutely correct. Rolling Resistance Drag would vastly overshadow Air Resistance Drag.
  15. Power to electronics? @VisionWrangler Should be fired up at least once every 3-6 months, to keep the capacitors healthy. Otherwise, off.
  16. Change colour of eyes by concentrating? @bpeanutbutter Haven't heard of it. Colour photography (standard lights, calibrations) prove it?
  17. Soap? @lanceloto It dissolves the grease that holds bacteria onto your skin. It **DOES NOT** kill bacteria (in general).
  18. Air drag from nobbles on mountain bike tyres? @niick Dunno. Might be like golf balls, and actually reduce the drag. Dunno
  19. Thieves use "scanner" to find hidden electronic devices in your car? @taitchau Dunno. Wouldn't it find your car radio, GPS, CD-player, ABS .
  20. Over 30 million years as the Himalayas rose, the bar-headed goose evolved to be able to fly over their height, in the thin air.