Thunderstorm
Science brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Without the aid of anyone or anything, how is it possible to tell how far away a thunderstorm is, from where you stand?
Answer
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second and sound travels about one mile every five seconds. Since the thunder is the product of lightning, when you see the lightning you should begin to count until you hear the thunder. In this way you are able to tell how far the thunder has travelled. Example: If you see lightning and are able to count to ten before you hear the thunder, you know that the storm is about two miles away.
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gakuka 
Mar 27, 2002
| Not to be picky or anything, but then you would need the aid of both the light of lightning and the sound of thunder, not to mention the ability to count, etc.
It's hard to say you do anything without the aid of ANYTHING |
missie
Mar 29, 2002
| Agreeing with gakuka. You could have said "any physical thing". |
rohddawg
Mar 30, 2002
| agreeing with both of them... atleast i'm saying good job... not the hardest ever but it was a good one.. |
comet16
Mar 31, 2002
| agreeing with everyone, should have said any physical thing |
something  
Aug 04, 2002
| agreeing with everyone, spaggetti sometimes has meatballs in it. |
(user deleted)
Aug 19, 2002
| Hate to be picky w/all of you.. but since when were lightening and thunder not physical things? |
(user deleted)
Aug 19, 2002
| lightning ... sorry about the typo.
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something
Apr 11, 2004
| It's so intelligent to use homosexuality as an insult. |
phrebh
May 31, 2005
| I thought he meant it made him happy. |
Hrsemn4
Aug 28, 2007
| I have to add to the nitpickiness. Even if you altered the question to refer to physical things, possibly eliminating thunder and lightning, you are aided by your own eyes and ears, and they are most definitely physical things. A nifty teaser though, good information!!  |
jsdodgers
Oct 08, 2007
| not agreeing with everyone, hearing, seeing, and counting are abilities, not aids.  |
uhhhh
Feb 10, 2008
| sigh... too easy |
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