Australia bush fires?

It's not just the fire itself that is dangerous but the smoke and what be carried in it and how much of it and how far that would cause alarm.

What two epic similes are used in the sceen used to blind the Cyclops in the Odyssey?

I think they are: "the pike of olive, green though it had been reddened and glowed as if about to catch" but i dont know what the comparison is

What book from childhood do you recommend for a child's library?

Was going through our personal library from when our kids were growing up trying to decide what to keep for the grandson we are raising. We have Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Choose Your own Adventures, Little House on the Prairie. The Great Brain, Ronald Dahl, Ann Martin, and lots of others including factual paperback books. I read to him also.

Dog Book.?

I saw the book "Dogs" by Desmond Morris and i was just wondering (if you have read it) if it was a good book.

How can this be possible?

i read in an article that a spaceship that can travel as fast as light can travel 400 lightyears in just around 4 hours....how is that??

Why does fresh spinach get smaller when you cook it?

When I cook fresh spinach (boil, steam or saute) I can fill a pot/pan to the brim but as soon as it heats up the spinach loses 3/4 of its volume as it wilts. What makes this happen? Is it a chemical reaction within the leaves? Are the leaves themselves getting smaller by removing air or water from them? Or are the leaves keeping their m and just getting less rigid, eliminating the air spaces between them? Maybe a little bit of both?

Freezing milk questions?

You should pump after you nurse the baby, and maybe every 3 hours if you have the time. Once it's thawed you have 3 days to use it and you can freeze it for 6 months.