THE SCIENCE TIMES

Read these exciting TRUE science stories! They'll thrill and amaze you! If you think you can prove us wrong, have a go at it!

THE ALIEN ENCOUNTER

Richard Diputsosm'i was stranded in space. Fortunately for him, he still had a 2 hour supply of oxygen. Suddenly he heard a woman's scream. Richard headed towards the sound and was extremely shocked to find a woman bound in ropes.

He started to free her, but suddenly two creatures appeared in front of him. They had grey skin and bony bodies.

Richard almost screamed. But he was a brave astronaut, and he held it back.

The aliens muttered something in an unknown language. One of them pushed him hard, and he felt himself floating back to the spacecraft. He quickly launched his spacecraft and headed back to Earth.

"It was an extraordinary adventure," says Richard. "Luckily I had my mini-camera, I managed to snap a few shots of them."

Another story will be posted shortly, so STAY TUNED!

Answers to "Not-so quick Brainteasers"

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1. There are no sums at all in this simple lateral thinking puzzle! The drivers will step on their brakes when they see the other train coming, so they won't collide at all!

2. The sign says:

NO PHOTOGRAPHY

FINE: $900

3. 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 ... , if continued infinitely, approaches 2.

4. 2 hrs 8 mins = 128 mins, so the answer is 32 frogs (not 128!).

Answers to "Quick Brainteasers"

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1. An animal.

2. The gas is oxygen!

3. Read the question carefully (Note the bold points):

Two people are wrestling in a wrestling match. One is big and strong, but the other is nimble. It seems that no one will win. So each person would deliver one punch to the other and the one who died was the loser. The nimble one punches the big one, to no effect. When the big one punches, his punches kill the nimble one. Yet the nimble one still wins. Why?

The rule was: only one punch was allowed. Yet the big one punched more than once (punches). So he broke the rules and was disqualified. The nimble one won! (Even though he died)

4. 1/2 x 2/3 x 3/4 x 4/5 x 5/1 = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 /2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 1 = 120/120 = 1

5. Let's substitute 19023648! with x (We'll use · for multiplication). 56 + 34= 90, and by the trigonometric formula sinx = cos(90 - x), sin56 = cos34. As anything minus itself is 0, sin56-cos34 = 0. Now if (sin56-cos34)=0, x · (sin56-cos34) = 0. (As anything · 0 = 0)