Then why not the Daily Mail?

Yes, Sol was the name I was after. His system is the Solar System. And the result that this system has produced that non other is known to have produced is life.

The sun is an average, middle aged star. And my last clue I got from here.

The first populated land where the Sun will rise on a new day is the Chatham Islands.I thought this was funny. Of the last two words in that phrase, it was the second to the last that was to be taken literally. You were just one word off.

Thanks for playing,
Carl

Is this the next riddle? Or a question about my riddle?

Carl

No, I was just teasing Gus that the sun should begin with a small s, otherwise it's the title of a newspaper.

But, if Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Moon (Luna) then why not Sun?

Because Earth, Mars and Jupiter are proper names, like Sol and Luna, but unlike the sun and moon.

Ah, but it is a sun but the Sun? And a moon but the Moon?

Not according to Oxford English Dictionary (and yes, I checked).

Anyway, it's your turn for the next riddle...

OED - how last century! Pah! I trump your dead tree remnants with my Wiki

Anyway, here is my effort. When I get big I am hard, but I can also be hard when I am small and soft. What am I?

The moderators will be after you for this!

Only if their minds are as twisted as yours!

I was thinking of Rox in particular, so yes.

A hard wood tree?

Nope. But it is as common as trees.

Books - hardback/softback, etc.

I like your thinking. But no.

HINT: It's one thing which can change size i.e. get bigger and smaller.

A rubber band?

No.

HINT: But it is natural like rubber. And when I say hard it is really hard. And really really soft

Water: hard/soft water and ice.

Correct When water freezes it expands and gets "big" and hard. When it is liquid, it is really soft unless you hit it at speed when it is like hitting concrete. Your turn.

What can get bigger when it gets smaller, and smaller when it gets bigger?

Something like a torus, if the "it" refers to the hole in the middle?

Good thinking, but no: the thing that gets bigger is the same thing that gets smaller, and vice versa.

So I can rephrase my question: What gets bigger and smaller at the same time?

Long shot here but air/ gas density?

Nope. There is no play on words here, so bigger means bigger, and smaller means smaller, in terms of physical scale.

Money in coins ?

No, not sure how that even fits.

Well if you have smaller coins, you have a bigger heap of money.

That doesn't fit with what I said about the same thing getting bigger and smaller (in terms of physical scale) at the same time: a heap of money doesn't get bigger and smaller at the same time.

Does the volume of the 'thing' change ?

Yes, it can do.

Ha, does the volume change by heat or cold ?

No, and no more clues: this isn't a game of 20 questions.

Sigged! Well, with a little bit of formatting to fit the requirements

-Doug

And you know me oh so well! That is EXACTLY what came to mind when I read this.

So... what gets bigger and smaller at the same time?

HINT: Defined by a mathematical construct.

Could it just be negative numbers?

Nice idea, but not right: I understand the value gets bigger as the absolute number gets smaller, and vice versa, but the value and absolute number are not the same thing; so the value (or absolute number) gets either bigger or smaller, but not both at the same time.

I'm sorry I can not see how every one does not see this. It's the word small.

Nope, but I like your thinking. This could even be a better answer (more like a proper riddle).

However my answer is not a play on words, but something where bigger and smaller forms are truly identical to each other, and yet distinguishable from the original size.

Puzzles ?

Nope, but one of Oskar's puzzles provides a big clue. Or maybe a big and small clue both at the same time.

Gears ?

Nope, now you're just guessing.

Another guess : sand in an egg-timer ?

Nope.

HINT: Twisty Tree

Fractals !

Finally!

My next hint was going to be: starts with 'f' and rhymes with 'practals'!

New riddle :
I am running much faster than my small brother. Who or what am I ?

The minute hand on a clock which is long and thin, it runs faster than the hour hand which is short and thick.

Skarabajo.