Home The origins of ACTION Reviews Guest reviewer Beer Science topic of the month Shenanigans Restaurant Details Links Contact us For some inexplicable reason (well, we could try but it would take a while), the boys usually get to talking about some obscure and scientifically complex issue over Action curries. These include: What makes stickytape stick? Argument: Friction, not chemistry Can you travel through time? Argument: if you had two trains, each travelling at half the speed of light... How much does energy weigh? Argument: does a battery weigh less when it is flat? Other topics that are discussed from time to time are: Environmentally sustainable living: solar and wind energy, straw bale building How much toilet paper is really necessary? Why don't we put all this on the internet? We could call it actioncurry.com... Stay tuned for details of these fascinating investigations into life, the universe and everything... Science topic of the month Our most recent science discussions were mainly biology related: Banana: fruit or herb? I'm not entirely sure how this one started, or what the results were. Update: apparently it is both or neither, depending on how you look at it. I wish someone had known this at dinner, we could have argued about it for hours. Who knew that "although referred to as banana trees, they are not trees at all but a perennial herb"? Or that the banana itself is sterile (those little seeds inside do nothing), and that "the banana... is botanically classified as a berry"? Check out the article Bananas are a giant mutant herb Lettuce: Living or non-living? This dilemma was faced by a Grade 3 teacher who attended our recent curry night at ANII. The answer is simple, right? Not so, according to a whole bunch of 7 year olds. Argument: salads. (Bet they would've gone nuts over the banana issue) Contact us to contribute expert information or useful links about these topics www.actioncurry.com This page last updated 19th January 2006 *Please note that none of the restaurants or organisations mentioned on this site have any affilliation with www.actioncurry.com, have not authorised any of the comments or details listed on this website, nor have they paid us or given us any free food (although we wish they would!) All information is given in good faith in the hope that it might inspire someone else to take up the Action challenge.