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Why does it take so long for human infants to walk when other species can do it in only a few days?	[ "Yo ho ho! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained:\n\n\n1. [ELI5: Why can animals walk the day theyre born, yet it takes humans about a year? ](_URL_7_) ^(_75 comments_)\n1. [ELI5: Why does it take babies such a long time to learn basic motor skills compared to animals that are able to do it clo...
How is exercise so beneficial when you're in pain after and you are exerting your body beyond it's self	[ "Your body adjusts to the fact it's getting over-exerted by increasing its capacity. \n\nYour body wants to be pretty much as weak and fat as it can get away with because large muscles require much more energy to maintain and fat reserves guard you against famine. If you exercise and it hurts you're doing some mino...
How do websites and email bots change their IP addresses?	[ "Changing your IP address can be quite easy if you have a dynamic one, however it's more likely that they use proxies and/or have bots running on multiple machines. \n\nA proxy is basically a machine between the sender and the recipient." ]
Would holding onto 1 million Bitcoins have a negative impact on the rest of the BC market? Value?	[ "If anything, it would have the opposite effect... if values are set by supply and demand, and you're artificially reducing the demand then equal demand would cause prices to rise. Kind of like when the [Hunts tried to corner the silver market](_URL_0_) in the 70's and 80's..." ]
Why are modern superhero comics more darker than the classic ones?	[ "The medium changes to fit the audience. A lot of the main audience were kids/young teens when they first started and now they've grown up and demand more mature content, which usually equals darker and grittier. It also seems to be what the average person wants these days, it's why the Batman movies got a super ...
If google encrypts my e mail in transit and at rest how do thry read it to target ads?	[ "It's like someone is giving you a box with a code lock and you can put something inside and he will deliver it wherever you want. But still.. He knows the code." ]
Why doesn't poor eyesight regenerate like a wound does?	[ "Poor eyesight generally is not because of an injury, but because the eye developed slightly wrong. It won't heal because as far as the body is concerned nothing is wrong." ]
How come my touchscreen responds to only my fingers?	[ "It's not only your fingers, other things work as well. It's because the screen isn't pressure sensitive, it's a capacitive touch screen, your body completes a circuit, which registers as touch, things like water and metal and also register as a touch." ]
How News Corp. isn't in breach of US antitrust law	[ "Antitrust laws are for companies that are monopolies, just like speed limit laws are for people who drive cars. People don't get in trouble for speed limit laws just because they drive cars, do they? They only get in trouble when they drive too fast. So, in the same way, companies don't get in trouble for antitrus...
What would actually happen if the end of "Fight Club" occurred in real life? Would all of the debt really be wiped away? What would happen to daily financial transactions like buying groceries?	[ "Let's say that, in spite of the insurmountable technical challenge it would pose (which others have aplty pointed out), that Tyler Durden did manage to permanently eliminate all records of consumer debt in the U.S. And for the sake of clarity, let's assume that the debt that's wiped away includes credit card de...
why do we refer to the amplitude of sound as it's 'volume'?	[ "While there doesn't seem to be a formal link, it's thought that the term is related to the concept of the volume of air that is displaced by the moving diaphragm of a speaker cone. \n\nIn a professional audio setting the term most commonly used would be gain when talking about the signal level inside the audi...
Why does underarm skin color becomes darker for other people but not for some?	[ "There are multiple reasons, but the most common ones I know of are (1) the buildup of dead skin cells and (2) shaving. \n\n(1) Your underarms are a sweaty body part, and when that sweat comes up, there are bacteria that mix with the sweat and cause a bad smell. All of that can cause a constant buildup of dead skin...
Why head hair continues to grow, while pubic/leg/arm/underarm hair seems to reach a limit growth?	[ "All hair has a limit on how long they can grow. Most people's hair on their head will generally stop growing when it's waist-length. Different hair have different length because they all have different length of life-cycle. Your eyelash has a life of 7-8 weeks, therefore it will only grow to a very short length be...
China vs Porcelain vs Ceramic vs Earthenware	[ "All of these are examples of Ceramics, which covers the entire set of the other items you are asking about. Ceramics are typically any sort of hard shaped material formed at least partly out of Kaolinite Clay.\n\nThe main differences between the types of ceramics are:\n\n * Earthenware, fired at lower temperatur...
What causes muscles to twitch or vibrate randomly and uncontrollably?	[ "Several things. It could be siezures, but since you are writing about it instead of being rushed to the hospital, that seems unlikely. Sometimes, the brain can randomly misfire and send a pulse to a muscle, but that doesn't happen too often. The third reason is that, when your brain hasn't recieved any messages fr...
what is the difference between hand cream, body cream and face cream?	[ "It's basically a question of skin sensitivity, same reason why you shouldn't use certain shaving products (you know, this ones that like chemically burn them hairs) in certain parts of your body (like face or scrotum). \nEdit: I meant depilatory gels", "Hi, there! Lotion tester here! Companies give me lotion, I ...
Why is thirst instantly relieved as soon as you drink but hunger is delayed for several minutes?	[ "If you become full on the first bite, you wouldn't eat anymore - drinking a single gulp of water gives you a much higher % of how much you need than a single bite of food. Brain just knows the difference. Plus liquids are absorbed much more quickly than solids, so that's another factor." ]
How do they flavor potato chips and other snacks?	[ "They literally have a lab, where people mix different ingredients, experimenting with flavor combinations. They then find a way to get that mix into a powdery form, and dust the intended chips during production. Artificial flavoring could be anything \"food stuffs\" as it's called. Stevia, Fructose, sour powder,...
How to properly jump onto a stunt airbag. Is there any specific way?	[ "Yes. You want to maximize your surface area. Diving head first will get you killed as the bag will do next to nothing.\n\nIf you land on your face, it'll suck. So you want to land on your back. I'm not sure if the pros would extend their arms and legs, but I'd try to land like a starfish, with my arms and legs...
How do audio wires work? How does a unit send something through metal wires that comes out of a speaker as a song/voice/etc?	[ "Ever shaken a large sheet of paper back and forth and listened to the wobbling sound it makes? It's from the air being pushed back and forth. In other words a very primitive speaker.\n\nNext, take 2 magnets, in one position, the attract each other, in a different position they repel each other. Now what if we can ...
How do some countries have nuclear weapons without nuclear power, but everybody argues that Iran can only get nuclear weapons with nuclear power?	[ "There's a difference between a nuclear power plant, and a nuclear reactor. Both Israel and North Korea have nuclear reactors, though those do not provide power, and are primarily intended for weapons production and/or research.\n\nThere are 2 ways to create an atomic bomb. Either you enrich nuclear material until ...
what if someone got to the moon,and started committing crimes....What could the government do about that?	[ "Not a lot as long as he stays on the moon, since there's a shortage of police and courts there. If he returns to Earth, he could potentially be prosecuted by the country that launched the spacecraft, his home country, or the the home country of any victims, depending on how those countries feel about extra-territo...
when muscles get stronger they grow. How do our lungs get stronger if you go for a long run?	[ "Your lungs aren't actually a muscle. They themselves can't get stronger, because they're not the thing providing the power to breathe.\n\nYou breathe with a muscle called your diaphragm. It's a sheet of muscle that separates your chest from your belly. When it contracts, it moves downwards. This increases th...
How do filmmakers find a job after graduating from a university and getting their degree?	[ "I'm a DP and have been working as such for the past 16 years. When you're a director, it's all gotta come from you at first. You'll need to most likely be the producer and often the writer as well. Stick with your classmates, continue to collaborate after university as they'll be some of your best allies in you...
When companies get called to Capital Hill, to explain a fuck up or price hike, what actually gets accomplished?	[ "In theory, Congress is having a hearing so they can better understand what is going on, so that they can consider passing a law to improve the situation.\n\nIn the real world, they are mostly just putting on a show to impress the voters back home." ]
What is the difference between a Shia muslim and a Sunni muslim?	[ "Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental Islamic beliefs and articles of faith. The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the centuries, however, these political differences have spawned a number of varyin...
The word 'Meta'.	[ "The term \"meta\" has also become a slang term recently, as an expression of something in some way referential to it's own contents. \n\nFor example, a painting of someone painting might be called \"meta\" ... or a play about making a play.", "There are generally 2 uses these days. The original use of Meta meant...
Why does different USB cables, connected to the same power source, charge my phone faster or slower?	[ "The resistance of the cable affects how fast electricity flows through it. Longer cables, and cables with thinner wires have higher resistance. [Here's an article that goes really in depth on the subject.](_URL_1_)\n\nIn a lot of ways, [electricity moves like water](_URL_0_). In this case, it's like hooking up a...
What the hell is going on when I rotate my eyes to my extreme periphery and experience a sort of electric jolting?	[ "Can you describe what you mean by \"electrical jolting\"? Where is it located?" ]
Why does my stomach hurt when I take certain pills on an empty stomach?	[ "the medicine can irritate the inning of your stomach based on how concentrated it is in the cavity. i f you take it with food or water this will dilute the medicine as it dissolves and reacts with the acid in your tummy." ]
what is happening to our eyes when we "defocus" our vision on purpose?	[ "You have small muscles that warp the lens in your eye, to change whether you focus on nearby or distant objects. \n\nWhen you are focusing on a nearby object, distant objects are blurry and out of focus. You usually don't notice, because you aren't paying attention to them. \n\nSo when you use those muscles to f...
Why are there so many toll roads in the USA?	[ "You can pretty much drive across the US without hitting a toll road, its just that some of the most convenient routes in the north east have toll roads. There are usually alternate routes that avoid tolls, but are much slower. There are also toll roads in Canada around Toronto, like the 407.", "How else would ...
The process of music recording, mixing, and production and the difference between low quality and high quality recordings.	[ "Basically, the process goes like this;\n\nRecording - you set up microphones and instruments (or use direct inputs into the computer) and get the raw sound. This tends to be the simple part, although there's a saying in music production that \"you can polish a turd as much as you like; it'll still be a turd\"...
Why is cigar smoke so much more odorous/long lasting compared to cigarette smoke? Aren't they both tobacco?	[ "Cigar is pure tobacco, when cigarette is chopped up leaves with a lot of other stuff. Also size. If you take just 2 puffs from cigar it will go away just as fast as cigarette. But if you spend 30min chain smoking cigarettes it be pretty long lasting." ]
What is happening inside my brain when a song is stuck in my head? and how do I MAKE IT GO AWAY??	[ "Getting music stuck in your head is an emergent reaction/behavior of the evolution of our auditory cortex. Human brains have evolved to excel at certain things: learned behavior, mimicry, social abstractions, etc. The catchy songs you get \"stuck\" in your head are due to a side effect of a few of the various am...
How is it possible for 2 quarks to cause the universe to collapse?	[ "There are two types of matter particles, hadrons and leptons. Leptons (like the electron) are themselves fundamental...they can't be subdivided. Hadrons (like protons and neutrons) are not fundamental. They are made up of three quarks, bound together by the strong nuclear force. Quarks are fundamental. \n \nI ...
How can corn go through your digestive system and come out whole on the other side?	[ "It doesn't. Only the outer shell does. The \"skin\" on a corn kernel is made of cellulose, which cannot be digested by humans. The inside is made of starches and proteins, and they are properly broken down. So, you're not actually seeing whole kernels on \"the other side\", you're just seeing the shells." ]
Can someone ELI5 what humidity is?	[ "Humidity is the amount of water in the air. Your body uses sweat to cool off. The sweat evaporates into the air, taking heat away with it. When there's a lot of water already in the air (that is, when the humidity is high), it's harder for sweat to evaporate off your skin.\n\nSo the same temperature can feel a lot...
Is it illegal/unconstitutional to communicate with foreign officials during a presidential campaign?	[ "No, not in and of itself. And that's not really the reason Flynn was pushed out. \n\nAs the other posters mentioned, the Logan Act prohibits anyone from negotiating with a foreign government on behalf of the United States without explicit authority to do so. There has also long been an informal \"one president\"...
What a functional programming language is and what they are good for?	[ "Functional programming languages are based around functions, usually the mathematical sense of functions. just as OO languages are based around objects. Functional programming languages generally try to avoid state and mutable variables and usual feature functions as first class entities, meaning that functions ca...
How are different types of cancer (ex. skin, brain, breast cancers) different/similar to one another? If you cured one type could that same solution cure another?	[ "The short answer to the second part of your question is no. There might be similar treatment/cures for similar cancers, but YOUR left thumb tumor is not necessarily the same as the other guy's left thumb tumor. There's no universal cure since we're all unique snowflakes." ]
Muslim Brotherhood	[ "The Muslim Brotherhood is a political organization, but also a religious and social movement. They want conservative rule by Islamic law, which is known as Sharia. For any non-Muslim man, woman or child, as well as any Muslim woman, this means the oppressive rule of nonsecular law, instituted through force by wh...
How is it that my mobile 4G data can be faster and cheaper than my at home, broadband internet?	[ "Your ISP is massively fucking you over quite simply" ]
DNA Transcription and the roles of mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA	[ "So in the nucleus of all our cells, we have strands of DNA, which provides a code for the creation of proteins out of little building blocks called amino acids. There has to be a method for the code in the DNA to be interpreted to turn into proteins. This is where we have mRNA (messenger), tRNA (transfer), and r...
What is a "choke" in electronics	[ "A choke is an inductor, which at its most basic is a coil of copper wire. It has the effect of limiting high frequency from passing through it. The limiting is based on the Henry rating (units of inductance; higher H blocks frequencies to a lower Hertz). It is seen in crossovers to send lower frequencies to the ...
in the shell sort algorithm, why are the numbers 1,4,10,23,57,132,301,701,1750 used? They seem to be ambiguous and are really confusing me...	[ "Shell sort partitions the data. The exact partition is not that important, but the properties of the partition (i.e. \"gap sequence\") do affect the runtime.\n\n\"Gonnet and Baeza-Yates observed that Shellsort makes the fewest comparisons on average when the ratios of successive gaps are roughly equal to 2.2.\"\n...
Why is ignorance of the law not an excuse if you have to go to school for years just to understand the law?	[ "If ignorance of the law was a defense, it would mean that a prosecutor would not only have to prove a criminal violation but also prove the suspect knew it was a criminal violation. Everyone should know that murder is illegal, but imagine trying to prove that someone knew murder is illegal. Barring getting t...
What are the rules/gameplay of Craps?	[ "1. New player rolls two dice. The sum of their two dice is taken. \n2. If the result is a 7 or 11, the player wins immediately. If it's a 2, 3, or 12 the player loses immediately. \n3. For all other rolls the player establishes a \"point\" and rolls again. \n4. From this point forward the player continues...
Why does 'Latin' mean Hispanic?	[ "Likewise, Hispanic means you're from Hispania, or Spain. It doesn't really make sense to call someone from say, Venezula an Hispanic, even if they speak Spanish. That's like saying someone from Minnesota is English.\n\nRegardless, Hispanic is still used that way.", "Latin does not mean Hispanic. At least not out...
why lightning is rare during snowstorms.	[ "Ok, everybody has at least a piece of the puzzle here, but let me see if I can hash this out before my nyquil kicks in. If this turns into a pile of mush toward the end, I'll fix it in the morning, I promise.\n\nHelix400 has the best info so far. Thunder-snow is uncommon, but exactly how uncommon varies widely bas...
Why do East Africans have Caucasian features?	[ "East Africans, especially around the Horn, have significant amounts of Eurasian ancestry (up to 25%) from back-migration into Africa thousands of years ago. This ancestry is also present in a lesser degree all the way down East Africa, and is least present in West Africa." ]
How to write a symphony?	[ "The basic structure of a symphony is that it has four movements.\n\nThe first movement is typically in sonata form, which is a pretty highly structured way of building a piece of music based on a few musical ideas. It's usually quite fast. I can try to explain Sonata Form like you're five if you really want...\n\n...
How come Britain is on the same latitude as Canada but comparatively so much warmer?	[ "The [gulf stream](_URL_1_) is an ocean current that carries warm water up from the tropics and to Great Britain, among other places.\n\n[You can read more on the gulf stream here](_URL_0_).", "Canada is a huge country. I live in the southernmost part and our weather is definitely warmer than most of the UK. A/...
Why is it considered respectful to take your hat off in some situations?	[ "Wearing a hat can obscure your face which is rude when greeting people and its normally considered outdoor wear so wearing it inside can be rude and wearing at at the dinner table can be very rude like leaving a coat on, it implies you are not planning on staying very long.", "In medieval Europe, knights would t...
Wine and food pairings.	[ "Keeping it simple:\n\n- light wine for light food, strong and heavy wine for hearty meals\n\n- the sweeter the food, the sweeter the wine\n\nIn practice, white wines go well with soup, risotto, fish, asparagus, and other \"white\" dishes, while dark meat, hearty cheese and anything with dark gravy should be matche...
(for my son): why does keeping food cold make it last longer?	[ "Basically, bacteria don't do their decomposition thing as well when it's so cold. Not to mention, all the water is trapped in ice if you completely freeze it.", "The simplest reason would be that keeping food at cold temperatures creates a somewhat inhabitable environment for germs and bacteria to grow. Microorg...
Why are fraternities/sororities named with greek letters?	[ "This particular story may be apocryphal but they were predated by Latin letter organizations. One guy was denied entry into one so he started a Greek letter organization. \n\nThe Greek letters are initialisms of their mottos i.e. Phi Beta Kappa = Philosophia Bios Kybernethes which is \"Philosophy is the guide to l...
How is a nation's economy affected when its biggest export is an illegal good, a la cocaine via Pablo Escobar?	[ "My understanding is that the value of the dollar is dependant on the number of dollars in circulation that represent the effective total 'worth' of a country. By printing money, more dollars represent the same amount of 'worth', meaning that each dollar is effectively worth less and less, and this is how countries...
imgur	[ "Reddit user MrGrim can answer that best:\n\n_URL_0_", "* imgur does not require registration for uploading images - easy and fast upload\n* In the beginning it did not look like a commercial website at all (now you have some traffic exchange links and ads, but these are unobtrusive)\n* imgur allows direct linkin...
Why does our tongue have a "life of its own"	[ "If it moves out of your control you might have a parasite that latches into your tongue and slowly dissolves it. Eventually it complely replaces your tongue. It's more common in fish. [the tongue-eating louse](_URL_1_), is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite enters fish through the gills, a...
Let’s say that you have a tube with a cap on either side. If you pull on both the caps at the same time, why does only one cap come of will the other one stays attached to the tube?	[ "There’s another fun trick similar to this that you can do with any rod like object (broomstick, cane, etc.) hold it up with your index fingers on opposite sides of the stick now begin to slide them smoothly towards each other (but don’t force it) let your finger ‘stick’ and just keep going until your fingers touc...
Why do video games have load screen when simple 32GB games that people adore rarely did?	[ "Because modern games have models, meshes, textures, particle effects, sound effects, shaders, and a million other things that are part of a data density in some cases exponentially higher than that of older, more simple games. That data can't just magically move from storage to RAM. It has to be processed. That ta...
Why are some people affected so strongly by certain sounds, such as squeaking Styrofoam?	[ "There is a condition called [Misophonia](_URL_0_) that causes extreme negative responses (such as rage or flight) in response to certain sounds. Mouth smacking noises drive my husband pretty nuts; for others it could be the proverbial chalkboard or styrofoam or whatever. It's a neurological condition, and as such,...
Why can sites like 9GAG take/use my content without any credit to me and without me posting it myself?	[ "Because you haven't sued them. It's not allowed, but what are you going to do about it? You could start with filing a DMCA take-down notice, and perhaps that would work quickly and cheaply. Otherwise you would have to hire lawyers, sue them, pay court fees, and see where it goes. Is your photo worth a few thou...
Why are diseases such as chickenpox deadly to adults, but practically harmless to children?	[ "You seem to have your facts wrong.\n\nChickenpox is not deadly to adults. \n\nMumps poses a great risk to post-pubertal males, because it can render them sterile once the testes have fully developed. However, it won't kill them. \n\nRubella poses a great risk in pregnancy, as it causes birth defects. \n\nMeasles i...
Why aren't there any successful third party candidates in major United States Elections?	[ "First Past the Post voting, which is the system we have, encourages strategic voting, which discourages diversity. Basically if a simple plurality wins, then everyone is encouraged to pool together and vote together, and it always devolves into a 2 party system, even in mathematical models. CGP Grey has some reall...
Why is the cost of college increasing so much in the U.S.?	[ "This is an extremely complicated question, but I'll do my best to make it as simple as possible. \n\nSome over simplified reasons.\n\n* [It's worth it](_URL_1_). College graduates on average earn approximately $800,000 more in their lifetime than non-college graduates even when you adjust for lost income by goin...
Why wasn't Hitler seen as a hypocrite when advocating for Aryan supremacy, when he himself did not fit the stereotypical "blue eye, blond hair" physical description?	[ "People misunderstand what the Nazi's meant exactly when they talked about the \"Aryan race\". What the Nazi's were talking about were the [Indo-European peoples](_URL_0_). \n\nBasically, when scholars in the late 19th century started comparing Sanskrit (the clasical language of India) with Latin and Greek, they we...
what do motion detectors actually detect?	[ "There's a few types of motion detector, but the most common is the Passive Infra-Red sensor (PIR).\n\nThey spot sudden changes in the amount of infrared (heat) radiation in front of it - if a person suddenly appears in front of it, then things will suddenly get warmer, and that'll trigger the sensor." ]
Why causes long wait times in the ER? What can be done to shorten wait times? Is this bad for patients?	[ "It's called triage. As each person arrives they are assessed and then put into the queue. Just because they arrived last doesn't mean they get seen last. If they're the next worst off person they'll go in next. \n\nA few years ago I was in an ER here in Australia. A guy was yelling at a nurse because he'd been...
Why are the letter arrangements on keyboards are designed like that?	[ "Has to do with type writers. They are arranged strategically to avoid as often as possible having to press two keys that are next to each other to avoid jamming. Also for efficiency of motion, though some people prefer another layout called dvorak which is actually much more efficient.", "\"The type bars connect...
Science models. What program or software do they use to "run" climate and other science models?	[ "Models are usually run on computing clusters with a large amount of memory and CPU power. It's often a custom program, written by research meteorologists and programmers that they work with." ]
How can life start from non-organic matter? You mean we came from tiny non-living particles in the big-bang?	[ "real answer: at this time, we dont really know, we only have speculative theories.", "Imagine you (the universe) have a chemistry set with an infinite number of chemicals/elements and any tools you need to combine them any way you can. Now imagine that you have an infinite amount of time to create, test, and lea...
What is 'Old Style' and 'New Style' dates	[ "The Gregorian calendar we use today wasn't adopted by all European countries at the same time. Britain and its territories didn't adopt it until the 18th century, for instance. Russia didn't until the 20th. This means that there are a bunch of historical events that took place on a given day, but were 12 days lat...
What is special about a Mersenne prime number compared to a regular prime, and do Mersenne primes have any application in the real world (ie, computing, encryption, technology, etc.)?	[ "A Mersenne prime is in the form of 2^P - 1 where P is also a prime number. Mersenne primes aren't terribly special in and of themselves, but they do have a nice property: it is very easy to check if a Mersenne number is prime. When looking for prime numbers you quickly run up against a wall--it takes a lot of w...
With the earth running out of drinking water, and over 70% of the earths body being covered in sea water. Why can’t we just convert sea water to drinking water?	[ "Short answer: we can.\n\nLong answer: it's expensive in terms of both money and energy. There are a few methods, but the ones I'm familiar with boil down to either a filter or boiling the water and condensing the steam. The boiling method requires a huge amount of energy to do on a large scale. The filter method i...
What happened on WWE and why is /r/SquaredCircle so mad about it?	[ "(Copy-pasted from another thread here that asked this question.)\n\nOkay, I'm going to try to summarize this as best as possible assuming that you know almost nothing about the WWE.\n\nLast night, there was a pay per view show called Royal Rumble. In the Royal Rumble match that the show is named for, 30 entrants c...
How are rocks older than each other?	[ "Rocks come in 3 types:\n\nIgneous Rock: Formed out of lava.\n\nSedimentary rock: Formed out of stuff on the Earth's surface.\n\nMetamorphic rock: One of the other two types, whose structure was changed by heat and pressure.\n\nRocks are dated from when they formed. So you could have a sample of basalt that formed...
If I am charging my laptop at the same time I am using it to charge my phone (via USB) should the charge on the laptop remain steady?	[ "No. The laptop takes a larger charge than the phone so more juice is going in to the battery than is coming out into the phone." ]
How and why did “male pattern baldness” come about?	[ "We have 23 pairs of chromosomes (so 46). 23 come from your mother, 23 come from your father. While what is on each chromosome in a pair may have a different value, the members of the pair correspond to each other. So if eye color is on 12, your mother's eyes are on one of the #12 pair and your father's eyes are...
Why does water taste sweet when you first wake up?	[ "The same thing happens to me: I absolutely cannot stand water in the morning, to the point that it makes me gag. Nobody in my family has this and whenever I mention it they look at me as if I was off my rocker. Problem is, I can't actually describe the taste, because nothing I know of tastes like it. It's definite...
Why's there still a "share" button for internet porn videos despite there being zero demand for it?	[ "Three possibilities:\n\n1) Someone out there actually uses the porn sharing function, so websites continue to use it.\n\n2) Its a default option in the web video program that porn sites use, and removing it would cause some issues with the playback.\n\n3) Web developers have a weird sense of humor, and have progra...
Why does tilt-shift make everything look like toys/models?	[ "I'm assuming you mean the \"tilt-shift effect\". Basically, because it mimics how we see miniature models. There are 3 things the photos have: \n \n1. The photo is taken from a higher vantage point (mimicking us looking down at a table or something). \n \n2. A shallow depth-of-field, mimicking our natural DOP ...
If the music industry wants to discourage piracy,why do they release songs/albums digitally?	[ "Because people want digital copies of their music. The music industry tried to fight digital downloads for a while, but ultimately there's too much money to be made from giving your customers what they want." ]
Why do we need water to survive? What happens on a microscopic/cellular(?) level when we're dehydrated?	[ "> Why do we need water to survive?\n\nHumans need water for circulation, respiration, and converting food to energy. After oxygen, water is the body's most important nutrient. ... Your body loses water constantly through sweat, urine, and even breathing. You must replace the water your body loses for your organs ...
Why are the Japanese not having children?	[ "So it's a pretty common phenomenon that [as wealth rises fertility rates fall](_URL_0_). Lot's of rich countries have low fertility rates in the same neighborhood as Japan. \n\nThe overarching theory behind this relationship between wealth and fertility is that richer countries have more educated women with more e...
Explain what he means when Wittgenstein says "if suicide is allowed, everything is allowed."	[ "Truth is, that paragraph gets quoted a lot more than it deserves. It wasn't a fully developed idea that Wittgenstein was expressing; it was literally just a thought he jotted down in one of his notebooks but which he never really fleshed out.\n\nThe basic idea he was getting at was that suicide is the purest exp...
Why is it legal to fire missiles against uncertain targets with a drone?	[ "This doesn't seem like a very ELI5 kind of question. There's no simple way to explain an answer to really any of your questions, and you'd be even less likely to get an unbiased one. I mean, look at the comments so far.", "The drones are amazing for a few reasons: they are cost efficient, fuel efficient, accurat...
How does compressing a video file work?	[ "The most common type of compression is lossy compression. Think of a video file as a series of jpeg files, which is a type of lossy compression for still images.\n\nWhen you want to compress a still image using JPEG compression, the computer is looking for parts of the image that look similar to each other and gro...
How is vodka made?	[ "Depends on the type of vodka. Generally you take a lot of wheat or potato, some sugar, water, and yeast and let it ferment together. Then you heat the hell out of it and it evaporates and goes through a series of condensers." ]
When earthquake / tsunami hits a region, how are inmates / patients handled in prisons / mental institutions?	[ "Involuntary commitment facilities should have disaster preparedness plans already in place, so it's not like they'll just be winging it.\n\nThere are two kinds of natural disasters, relative to your question: sudden and unpredictable ones, and ones you can see coming.\n\nIf it's something you can see coming (like ...
What’s the difference between Suntan lotion and Sunscreen lotion	[ "Old \"suntan\" lotions - most of which don't call themselves that anymore - are sunscreens with a lower SPF (typically below 15SPF). The idea being that they would keep you from burning as quickly, whilst still allowing you to tan relatively naturally. They don't provide enough protection, however, to keep one fro...
What gives organizations the authority to charge fines or fees to people or other organizations?	[ "I'm not sure what fees you're talking about but the authority can come from:\n\n1. Common law contract. Implied contracts can form in the ordinary course of business. For example, if you walk into a barbershop, say not a single word, but sit down and get your hair cut, you have formed a legally-enforceable contrac...
What is dharma	[ "_URL_0_\n\nRight and proper, the natural order of things.", "I'm fairly certain it literally translates to \"duty\" where as karma is \"action.\" You have a duty to lead your life a certain way. You have a dharma to do right. Especially based on your class in life. If you were a warrior, it would be your dharma ...
How do we build stamina over a period of time of doing something like playing a sport or running? What is going on "behind the scene"?	[ "The answer by /u/thedylanackerman of \"muscular efficiency\" is partially correct. While participating in endurance training (running, swimming) your muscles will in fact become stronger, but that is only a small part of the story (and they will not get that much stronger).\n\nThe larger part, your muscle fibers...
What engineering/design feature prevents every car from allowing air to flow from the front defrosters and forward(face) vents at the same time?	[ "Pretty much a shared duct between the front vents and the defroster, and a flap that redirects air depending on its' angle.\n\nIn some cars, there are options to enable all three, but for a lot of people this isn't desirable; for some dry hot air in the face causes drowsiness and dry eyes, so even if my windows ar...
What does the keyword 'static' in java programming mean?	[ "'static' means that something is associated with the class as a whole, and not an instance of the class. \n\nFor instance, if you have this declaration:\n\n static int count = 0;\n\nAnd you have 100 instances of your class which run this line of code:\n\n count++;\n\nAt the end, this line:\n\n System.out...
(Q,r) Inventory Model. What is it, and is it relevant to online businesses like Amazon?	[ "Say you're selling cheese. If you use the (Q,r) inventory model, you pick two numbers of cheese wheels, Q and r. Whenever you have r or fewer wheels remaining on your shelves, you immediately place an order for Q more cheese wheels.\n\nThe hard part is determining what numbers are best to use for Q and r." ]
Why does water evaporate all the time on a normal day when it's boiling point is 100°C?	[ "Evaporation of liquids into the atmosphere is a normal process that slowly takes place at any temperature. Individual molecules near the surface will occasionally escape away into the atmosphere, but below the liquid's boiling point, air pushes down on the liquid harder than the liquid pushes back, so evaporation ...
What is actually happening when your body builds up a tolerance for something? (e.g. alcohol, caffeine, etc.)	[ "drugs affect the amount of available neurotransmitters, which get picked up by corresponding receptors. like a lot of physiological processes, the body self-regulates in an attempt to maintain balance. if you continually flood neurotransmitters, the body will increase the number of receptors, which means overall...

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