APS may stand for a number of different things, so it would be easier to give your question an accurate answer if you could explain the context where you heard it. However there are a few possibilities: It could stand for the American Physical Society,... (read more)

Xavi Fernandez speaks Catalan as his first or major language, and also speaks Spanish. Catalan is one of the two official languages of Catalonia, where Xavi Fernandez grew up -... (read more)

It may be more accurate to speak of flu as infectious, since infection includes contagion. Strictly speaking, a contagious disease is one spread only by direct physical contact, while infection can include any means of spreading including through the... (read more)

The line of succession remained more or less unchanged in its rules from 1701 when the Act of Settlement was passed, to 2013 when some of these were changed. The Act of Settlement was originally passed to establish the rules for inheriting the throne... (read more)

For such a small place Gibraltar has a lot of history, and the dispute over sovereignty between Spain and the UK is not the first to take place there. A lot of... (read more)

The first thing if you are looking for information about design schools is to specify what kind of design you are interested in, because it is a very wide field. Are you talking about graphic design, for example, fashion design, interior design, industrial... (read more)

For many film fans, 2012 wasn’t a very good year for Japanese films. There seemed to be a bit of a decline in moviegoing generally – quite a lot of cinemas closed down in that year. It was also a year in which some top film directors started to work... (read more)

There is a allergy called Cold urticaria. With this illness, some people on being exposed to very cold condition develop hives – a big red rash that itches constantly – or welts (a raised rash0 on the skin. Sometimes the hands and feet will also become... (read more)

First of all, it depends on the level to which you have studied these three subjects. If it’s part of or a combined degree course, that means you have many more options. If it’s at for example 6th form or college level, one option of course is to... (read more)

To block Farmville requests is supposed to be very simple. The next time someone sends you a request or invitation to play Farmville, you can look under it and you should see a link with the title ‘Block this application’. If you click the link and... (read more)

Pablo Berger has made three films so far. The first, Mama, was made in 1988 when he was 25 years old. Mama, which is much less well known than his later movies, is a short film, a dark comedy about a family who have survived a disaster – something like... (read more)

Qsponge was set up over two years ago as a question and answer website. There are of course a great many sites and forums on the internet whose main purpose is to exchange information: some are specialist and others aim to answer questions on any topic... (read more)

The majority of people in India are Hindus, with a large number of Muslims, Buddhists and other religions; Christians make up less than 2.5% of the population, so of course for most people Christmas isn’t part of their tradition. However, even this... (read more)

Nelson Mandela was married three times – his wives were called Evelyn, Winnie and Graca. Originally it was expected that Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela would marry young. His family had been a respected one with royal connections, but had become much poorer.... (read more)

To many people the answer would probably be the actual Christmas story itself. Even though it’s heard every year in Christian countries, and performed in schools as a nativity play, people never seem to get tired of it; and in fact you don’t have... (read more)

Nelson Mandela was probably the most important person in the struggle against the apartheid system in South Africa. He was born in 1918 to a Xhosa family with royal connections, and... (read more)

Scientists have been arguing for a long time over how much truth there is in the old beliefs about the full moon and the effect, if any, it has on people. One of the most widespread beliefs is that a full moon disturbs sleep – in everyone, not just... (read more)

There is actually a whole book on this subject, called the History of the Christmas Fairy Doll. The belief in fairies and other spirits is of course much older than Christianity,... (read more)

The word ‘advent’ comes from the Latin word adventus or arrival, which itself originates in the phrase ‘come to’. So the whole idea of advent is based on waiting for the arrival of the birth of Jesus in the Christian calendar. In fact Advent is... (read more)

Real Madrid is one of the most successful football clubs in the world and is also the most valuable – it is worth well over 3 billion euros. Being the world’s richest club it has also been able to buy some of the world’s most highly prized players,... (read more)