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Warning: typos ahead well there are less expensive ways. You could do most of the difficult lab work by hand, as in extract the dna with an enzyme (detergent will work, but you will need to buy proper and specific enzymes for certain sections of dna.) You would want a whole bunch of test tubes, some isopropyl for extracting the dna (there is a specific process for extraction but im just listing materials yoiu ned to get.) After you take DNA out of something, you will want to study it, correct? Well, a VERY USEFUL tool would be an electrophoresis tank. You will also need a micro pipitor, and some fluoresent (if thats how you spell it) dye. After you run the tank, you will need a camera that senses fluorescent light. You coul also hold a black light up to the electrophoresis tank and take a photo from that, but it is of much less quality. If you know how to analyze electrophoresis "runs" as some call them, you will be able to study small parts of DNA. If you would like some more detailed and clear procedures, don't hesitate to ask.

psi, just to point something out, that girl living underground was not physically controling time. She was changing a cycle (or number of cycles) that rely on her awareness of other "constents," by going underground, she did not stop, or mess up time, she just disoriented herself. When one sets a clock diferently, they may change their lifestyle, but the rest of the world revolves. When one puts a sheet over their eyes, everything has not vanished, one has just blocked the energy of everything from reacvhing ones eyes.

so, in other words spinning a small electric motor backwards, say extracted from a remote control toy, would produce electricity from the motor, and I could attach wires to the spinning motor, and light a bulb?

hmmm, I have tried to, but have not been successful in building a small electric generator. I have heard somewhere that if an electric motor is turned backwards, it will produce electricity??? Is this correct, and can someone explain it? If the above method is not correct, in generating electricity, then how does one build a generator, say, that can be activated by wind, or whatever.

it could be anything, but we are trying to narrow it all down. And just to clarify something if it is not clear already; the mineral DID NOT FORM in my closet, it was lying around in a box when I was going through some of my old stuff.

Look at my post #5

If you pus a negetively charged magnet close to the 2nd positively charged one, you ma be able to lure, and attract the ball so it goes on the + magnet, and shoots up. hmmmm, maybe you can make it bounce just for fun. And where can i get one of these magnet spheres?

hmmmmmmmmm, the only problem I see is if the second positively charged magnet will be able to push the ball back up again (hopefully the mmagnets are strong enough), if that works though, it will be cool. Also, it may be difficult to get the sphere to fall in the right place so it goes over the (+) magnet, and shoots up. And where the heck are ya gonna get one of these manet spheres anyway???

Alright, I don't know where I got this mineral, I jus found it in my closet, lol. It seems to consist of pinkish crystals in a light purple background. The purple background has a streak of white, and the pink crystals are very hard, and dont have much of a streak at all.

a magnet will nott work in space, because it depends on earth's field, so according to what I hear, earth will switch it's field, the field also weekens, and your machine gets messed up, but that wont happen for another few 100 years or so.

Anyone know of some good ways to grow HUGE CUBIC halite (NaCl) crystals? Accidentally, as I find many things out by accident... I left a few paper towels in a saturated salt solution. Then, I let it sit for a good three weeks. When the solution was nearly evaporated, I found some nice 1/8 inch cubic crystals of salt growing on the towel. I assume that the capillary action of the towel soaked up the salt water slowely, leaving it to evaporate? Well, does anyone have some ideas to improve the experiment, perhaps making it more practical, ultimately, making huge 1 inch cubes?

Hmm, maybe Ill use a test crystal first. Thanks for the idea, Crash.

well, basically, i want a way to harden them, so they wont crumble when ever I touch them. Could you give me a common example of how to do this, and yes, maybe a coating?

I have grew some huge, but EXTREMELY FRAGILE crystals of baking soda (Sodium bicarbinate). What are some easy methods that I can use to preserve these substences. Any ideas will be appreciated, to help my fragile beuties.

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Alright, this may seem like an odd question... but... Why are most bird's feces (Poops) white in color?

hmmm, could you extract the HCl from the vinegar/ NaCl mix? By the way, I am soon going to try the experiment with a penny wrapped in the towel in water, and the penny alone in SALT water. This will tell me which one of the two (saltwater, or towel) is cleaning the pennies. Although it may be a combo, as the paper towels i buy are soaked in chemicals anyway before i even get my hands on them...

Alright, I was doing an experiment with stelactites. To make this short... I took an old, black penny to weigh down a paper towel in a nearly saturated solution of salt, and water. The penny was wrapped in the paper towel, and then submerged in the salt solutiuon (NaCl and H2O). A day later, when I took the old penny out, it was as good as new! Can someone explain this? Will the penny get more rust after soaking in the solution in the long run, or is it a good cleaning??? Is this cleaning method practical for coins, and does it cause any damage??? Thank You.

why dont ya experiment yourself? Depending on your dye saturation, the type of blood, and many other variables, you may get a pretty pictue or not under the microscope. I simply recomend experimenting, and dont prick yourself too much if youre using your on blood

perhaps a classic electroplating experiment may be performed. I was able to plate w/ zinc and copper (with the help of YT, I must add.) Infact, I did not need to buy any chemicals, I was able to do it mainly with vinegar (whoch was what my electrolyte was based on.) If you are interested, I do have a mini-lab writeup that I can post for you, with procedures, results, etc.

I have to admit ugochukwu, you have to have alot of courage to say what you just did I really mean it. Anyhow... IQ is the measure of the copacity of your mind. How much it can hold. Picture your mind as an empty cup. The IQ text measures the copacity of this cup, how much water and knowledge it can hold. However, if you have a 140 IQ, it does not mean you will get a 100% on every test. Learning disabilities, weaknesses, and other factors can greatly interfere in how well you may learn, and how well you score on any old test. For example, one of my best friends has an IQ of 141, but he has ADD (Attention deficit hyperactivity dissorder.) alond with his personality, he has bad jufdgment, and in school he does poorly. With his terrible jugment, he doesnt take his medication (which is not a golden solution anyhow) and is not in a single AP/ honors course. His grade average is terrable (3.2 out of 4.0) for his IQ. All because of his ADD & personality. IQ does not determine all. In contrast, I only have a 132 IQ, and I have a perfect 4.0 average, and am in every honors course my school has to offer.

well... alot of metals are attracted to a magnet, and my meteorite was attracted to a magnet. This indicates that there is indeed a metal that attracts to a magnet, but I would like soe chemical tests to show me if there is nickel, or iron, or both. I know iron could oxidize red-brown, maybe i could try a streak test?? Any ideas to help me find out if this rock is a meteorite would help.

Hmmm, well, I think you mean they are magnetic? I have already put a magnet next to my "meteorite," and the magnet is attracted to it a little bit. But there are soooooooooooo many magnetic metals that exist on earth, I want to test specifically for one (or both) of these metals (nickel and iron).