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Where does ISIS get those orange jumpsuits for its hostages from? Is it manufactured within ISIS territory? | There have probably been hundreds of millions of orange jumpsuits manufactured over the past few decades. I'm sure it's not hard for anyone to find a few for sale. Try the internet. |
Why does bond buying by the US Federal Reserve keep interest rates from going up (and why does that surge stocks and gold prices)? | Imagine a bond as a promise to pay a fixed amount. To simplify, let's say any borrower just auctions off slips of paper that say "I will pay you $100, 1 year from today." If the auction sells the slips of paper at $50 apiece, then the interest rate is 100% -- the borrower will have to repay twice what they got. If the ... |
Can space debris shadow stars? | If the debris was large enough, sure it could momentarily block the light of a star. However, there are two reasons why we would never expect it to be completely blocking out our view of a star system. 1) We look at space from many different places, both on earth and in space, like the Hubble telescope. It would have t... |
Why is AWD better than FWD and FWD better than RWD driving on snow? | There is a video going around that shows a RWD car will do better with good tires than an AWD car will do with shit all seasons. Basically, it boils down to traction. Rear wheel drive powers only the rear wheels. This works amazing on dry pavement where the weight transfers to the rear. Whenever the pavement is wet or ... |
Mosquitos are key vectors in the spread of many (malaria, West Nile virus, dengue, etc.). How would wiping them off the face of the earth negatively affect various ecosystems? | The biggest change will be allowing people to live longer and healthier lives. Problems like malaria, dengue and now zika virus are a major reason why many tropical areas are third world countries. There are probably other species whose numbers are kept in check by mosquito-born diseases. As for environment, not much. ... |
Why do masses attract? | The more dense an object is, the more it indents in space-time. Think of it like placing a bowling ball on a trampoline, and then throwing marbles on the trampoline and watch them be 'attracted' to the bowling ball. When things exist they take up space they do not add space, therefore they will always indent and attrac... |
Why is road kill most always off to the side of the road when it usually is hit within the middle of the road? | Typically the animal is hit with the front/ side of the vehicle. Where it is knocked back to the side of the road. If hit dead on 99% of the time somone will drag the animal to the side of the road so it isnt a danger to others.The smaller animals that tend to get completely squished and killed instantly, at least in m... |
What is telemetry in computer security? And why is it in the headlines in regards to Windows 10? | Telemetry in Windows 10 allows Microsoft to access the metadata of your machine and what you do. It's an attempt to more effectively combat the bugs and glitches of the new OS, and optimize it for general user's needs. For example, Windows 10 telemetry in the technical preview will collect snippets of your voice inputs... |
how cancer starts and why it spreads at different speeds through different body parts | Cancer is essentially a partially damaged cell that can replicate. Normally, tumor cells are removed via the lymphatic system. Some areas of the body don't have easy access to the lymphatic system, so they can't be removed. For example, brain tumors are inside the blood brain barrier and prostate tumors are deep inside... |
Why do Actors get paid so much? How is their pay structured? | It depends on the money which can be generated. With shows the money comes from advertising. If the show producers know they can earn advertising dollars then they are willing to pay big bucks.Rates are negotiated by the actor's agent. . They would have a contract for this many episodes for the price, but it expires. O... |
if a person were to live in an environment with more intense gravity would they become stronger? | Yes, you are correct. Since we aren't going to be traveling to a place with higher gravity any time soon , a common way of replicating this phenomenon is to put on a weight vest. Now you suddenly have to move extra weight and thus would get stronger. Obviously with higher gravity the force is more distributed so everyt... |
Quintuplets, how does a woman hold that many babies all the way to term? | They don't. Twins are usually born prematurely - the more twins, the earlier. The average pregnancy length for quintuplets is around 29 weeks, as opposed to the normal 40 weeks. Additionally, the last few weeks are when the fetus gains the most weight, so a fetus at week 29 only weighs about a third of what it will wei... |
Why do pills come in different shapes? | First of all, there are different kinds of pills. * There are pills containing mostly calcium - these doesn't taste bad, and are therefore uncovered.* Other pills are covered in a sugar to eliminate the bad flavor.* Some drugs need to work fast, and are therefore in powder shape, sealed in a thin shell that rapidly dis... |
What does an orchestra conductor do, and how is one better than another? | There is a lot more to it. Orchestras play music written for large groups of acoustic instruments. Most of this music was written long before recordings could be made. So the speed of the music is indicated by word phrases. The conductor provides the timing so all play together. Orchestra members have their music in fr... |
Why do objects that are far away appear to move slowly? | Because the distance they need to travel in order to move to a different point on your visual arc is much larger. Your hand moving in front of your face very quickly will move from the right side of your vision to the left side, even if you move the hand itself slowly. But a car going by at a racetrack might takie some... |
How come glass can be a window, a mirror, or even one way mirror? | The glass is not responsible for reflection in a mirror. Instead, there is a thin, metallic sheet backing the glass which reflects nearly all light. The glass just overlays the reflective sheet, keeping it flat and probably helping it's reflectivity in ways that I don't understand. |
What happens in my mouth while sleeping to get that gross smell, taste and feel? | The bacteria that normally cycle through your mouth when you spit, swallow, etc. are instead basically allowed to sit and spread. If you have ever gotten dry mouth, you will notice your mouth feels gross and your breath smells horrible. Same idea, no saliva circulating to clear out bacteria.Your salivary glands that no... |
What has Benjamin Netanyahu actually accomplished? | Well, he's done a marvelous job of increasing tension in the region and fanning the flames of an already bad situation. However, chicken hawk is not an apt designation. Unlike his ideological counterparts in the US, like Cheney and Rumsfeld, Netanyahu *did* enlist and fight in combat in the Israeli defense forces. A ch... |
Why are suicide rates so high wealthy western countries, but in places like Africa, where people are starving and live in terrible conditions, the rates are low? | The suicide rate is not accurate in most developing countries so it's hard to know. Some countries also deliberately understate the numbers. Also there are forms of disguised suicide where a person will take extreme risks that may lead to fatal injury - for example a teen who join an armed militia, it may be driven by ... |
The Rwanda genocide how did it happen and why? | Im not going the five year old route since it really isn't that complicated: There were two different cultural groups living in one country, the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu were in the majority, but generally poorer, farmers, while the Tutsi minority were wealthy business owners. Before the 1950s, the country was a co... |
Why do a dog's foot pads smell like popcorn? | > This corn chips smell is usually caused by some bacteria that are completely natural yet give off a kind of yeasty odor, particularly the bacteria Proteus or Pseudomonas. Many pet owners say they actually ENJOY this smell, so you can relax. _URL_0_', "A better question: Why does popcorn smell like a dog's foot? |
How does my body know when it should wake up when I'm on the bus/train? | Most times it doesn't. I've seen people sleep through the regular stops heaps of times.Your body is very good at detecting a change in your environment. Thus, when you are on a train for a long time, you get used to the constant speed you are traveling at. When the train slows down to stop, your body recognizes the cha... |
Why is the Wounded Warrio Project needed, does our government not take care of these soldiers after sending them to war to get maimed? | Not sufficiently. They get medical care, but help readjusting to life after severe injuries isn't covered by the Veterans Affairs office. Counseling, therapy, and advice on how to return to normal aren't given by the government. There's a reason why many veterans end up homeless. The government does the bare minimum to... |
How does the Moviepass business model work? How do they make money off of $10 a month when it's more than $10 a movie in some places? | How do they make money? **They don't**. The company is subsidizing tickets using venture capital money. [They're hoping that if they get popular enough, theater owners will give them some money]: > Lowe acknowledges that his company is subsidizing ticket buyers and will lose money in the process. However, he believes t... |
Who came up with the idea that dying in battle led to afterlife rewards? | a crafty warlord that needed to rouse troops in order to fight under false pretenses in order to promote his sole agendaI doubt that cynical warlords invented this belief so as to get people to die for them; rather, I imagine it was a tribal belief from times immemorial, since tribes have apparently been prone to war s... |
Why can we easily distinguish between faces in photorealistic games and real faces? | > Many photorealistic games are indistinguishable from actual photos, except when human faces are there. What exactly is the difference? The difference is *you*. Humans are highly adapted to recognize slight differences in human faces because it is very useful for humans to tell humans apart. Crows for example might lo... |
Why do our eyes get more dull as we age? | Your body can not replace lost cells exactly the same every time. Over the years, our body's ability to replace cells is diminished, so our eyes will progressively get worse and worse. this process can be slowed through being healthy and providing the proper nutrients your eyes need, but given enough time, they will de... |
Why haven’t we begun colonizing the moon? | Cost > Benefit Or as per the conspiracy theory there is an alien observation post and we have a pact not to go thereit's just a cost thing. functionally it's the same as a cold rocky desert. the excitement of Mars is a bigger draw for funds than an outpost on the moon "for the hell of it". we're unlikely to learn much ... |
does gum (like orbit advertises) actually clean our teeth? | Gum that has sugar in it does not. Otherwise it can yes by removing crap off your teeths and also chewing makes your blood go to your teeth feeding them and making them strongerThe production of saliva is what protects and cleans your teeth not entirely the actual gum. Although the gum DOES have the ability to break up... |
What do I need to be looking at when switching Broadband packages/providers (ISP) | Hmm, judging by your use of "pounds" you're probably in the UK, so I can't advise you on any specifics. But with Broadband, there's really only three things to look for: 1. Cost2. Speed 3. Company reliability and service Anything else is really just marketing addons, and can typically be ignored. |
Why is "drinking alone" stigmatized? | I often drink, to get drunk, alone ,and don't care if it's stigmatized or celebrated. I would prefer to be drunk in my own home, with my own soundtrack, my own volume, and the comfort of my own couch. There's no risk of running into an asshole looking for trouble, there's no risk of getting bored of the people I'm with... |
When we sing, why do our voices sound so much better to ourselves than when others hear them or we hear them on a recording? | Read this to my 5 year old, he didnt understand a word of it. You have let my son down now he will never be presidentIt's the same reason that your voice sounds different on a recording; because you don't actually hear your own voice as it is. You hear it only partly through your ears, but the tone of your voice gets c... |
Is the ending scene in Rush Hour, where Carter saves Lee from falling to his death by turning a giant curtain into a slide, actually possible? | According to the description, "Jackie Chan -- performing his own stunts as per his earlier films.", and other sources back that up. So, I 'd say it's possible but it would depend on the material and the thickness of the fabric. I'm not 100% sure on the physics of it but since he's falling at more of a vertical angle wh... |
Why do many websites not allow me to access them until I accept one or multiple cookies? | In some countries/regions it's a law that users give permission for the site to use cookies. [Link Explanation] In addition, like @StrangelyTypes mentioned, a lot of sites won't function perfectly without the use of cookies, so it's best to ask the user/inform them to turn them on for the best experience. |
Why does fuel efficiency decline so quickly the faster you go? | Because air resistance increases with the *square* of your vehicle speed. If you double your speed, you quadruple the wind force fighting you. That means your motor has to work four times as hard to keep you at that speed. So you have to burn a lot of fuel to keep it up. |
How come a mother's mother is called a grandmother, but a mother's aunt is called a great aunt and not a grand aunt? | according to [this source] Grand aunt is also acceptable. In this case grand and great are synonymous but grand is derived from French where great is derived from Old English |
How is music imprinted onto a vinyl record? | They make a master first. It's usually coated metal. I think acetate on aluminum is the current favorite. It has all of the grooves on it. But you don't want to ruin this by mashing it into vinyl over and over, so they make a "mold" from this master. I use quotes because mold sounds like something you do with plastic o... |
What's that (monster) thing in American sinks? | A grinder that chews up stuff to flush down the drain. So you can get rid of veggie peels and misc food garbage |
What is hard-drive fragmentation and how do programs like defraggler work? | Your hard drive is a disc divided into sectors that data can be written to. The segments are numbered. If you're on a windows machine, when your computer needs to write something, it counts up until it finds a sector with enough space to hold the data that needs to be written, fills that space, and then moves on to wri... |
How is Friend of the Court, not considered a conflict of interest? | I have seen lawyers act as a "friend of the court". From my experience it happens when a defendant does not have a lawyer present and the court needs a lawyer to explain a matter of law to the defendant or to stand in while the court address some sort of administrative issue, such as changing a court date or scheduling... |
The answer to the math problem about the game show where there's three doors with either goats or a car behind them. (Variable change) | This is called the Monty Hall problem, and [it's a favorite of this subreddit]. A key element to the problem is that Monty knows where the car is and deliberately reveals a goat, which he's always able to do no matter which door you chose first. By doing so, he's giving you some information, which changes the odds. The... |
How do speed detectors work? | There are multiple different types of speed detectors. The three common ones are Radar, LIDAR and cameras. Radar works by sending out radio waves at fixed intervals that hit a car, and the difference in time taken to get to the car and back can calculate the speed of the car. It also takes advantage of something called... |
Why more recently than ever do webpages refresh and not actually go back when you hit the back button? | It is more and more common mispractice to include a 0 second redirect in a site, which as soon as you load a page, redirects you to a slightly different page they actually want you to see. So far, this isn't a bad thing, it helps site design. The problem is, if you hit the back button on most browsers, it will take you... |
What Would Happen if the US stopped printing bills altogether? | Existing bills would slowly degrade to shit as they are used. Printing more money isn't just the government covering its ass for the amount of spending they do . They do also take up old, tattered bills from banks and replace them with fresh, clean ones. You do in the end have to print money one way or another. |
Why do cigarette companies like Marlboro don't make cigarettes healthier? And wouldn't it be better profitwise since costumers live longer? | I'm not an expert by any means, but maybe I can help a little here.Tobacco is inherently unhealthy. People aren't fond of blanket statements, but it's true. Marlboro isn't out there slathering tobacco leaves with tar before rolling them up; tar is found naturally in tobacco. Also nicotine is terrible for your vascular ... |
How is bubble wrap made? | well i would expect they mold a plastic with bubble, then attach another plastic layer on top of it._URL_0_ yeah, they just roll two peaces of plastic together. one has the bubbles on the roller. |
The fundamental theory of algebra | Every non-linear complex polynomial factors. For example, if you try to factor x^2 + 1 you cannot do it using only real numbers, but if you use complex numbers you get . The fundamental theorem of algebra says you can always factor when you use complex numbers. |
Why do airline pilots print off large piles of paper on a dot matrix printer at the gate? | Airline pilot here. TLDR - this is the simple way to produce documents that have to be signed and then copies go to various different places. Often when we get to the gate we collect the flight plan, weather charts and briefing information. This is mostly laser printed and is a backup to the same content on our company... |
How much of a person's personality is shaped by environment and how much is purely influenced by genetics? | TL;DR: It depends. Every person is different. A person who has more traumatic experiences is obviously going to be affected by the environment more than a person who didn't. That said, some people have genetic traits that make dealing with stressful situations easier, so they're affected *less* than others. This is one... |
If I own a great deal of stock shares in a company, does my selling them all at once have any economic impact on that company? | Yes, if you own a large amount of a company and then try to sell all of your shares at once it will most likely cause the price to decline significantly. It's basic supply and demand, when you sell your shares you are increasing the supply and not changing the demand so the price will go down. |
What exactly is the Commonwealth? What purpose does the association have? | It's basically the continuation/what's left of the British Empire. It's more of a mutual relationship/organization now, rather than the British controlling everyone, and lots of countries have opted out. But just about everyone in it used to be owned by the British and probably speaks English as a first or second langu... |
Why is the atom considered to be the smallest unit of matter if there are things smaller such as quarks? | Because it's not a type of matter until it's an atom. You can't build a table out of leptons. You don't have a hydrogen quark, or a gold electron. We call things smaller than atoms particles - building pieces of matter. That said, that's a bit of a revisionist narrative. When we named the atom we didn't know there were... |
why I go to bed after eating a good meal and wake up with a growling stomach, but when I go to bed after having not eaten I wake up not feeling hunger. | If hunger is a conscious experience, it might be because your consciousness only notices the difference between 'just a minute ago' , because you weren't conscious during your sleep. So that, by contrast, it seems you are getting a lot hungrier in a small amount of time. Just a guess though. I do get the feeling that m... |
WHERE DO BIRDS GO AT NIGHT | They go back to their little birdy husbands, Their little birdy wives. Their little birdy children. Their little birdy lives. Nestled close together, They sleep beneath the starry skies.Depends on the bird. Some go sleep in their nests; others come out and hunt. > What about migrating flocks of birds? Where the hell do... |
Why do people wake up when they are about to die in a dream? | I don't wake up. Throughout my life I've always had a few reoccurring nightmares that even when in them I know how it's going to go some how. For whatever reason in one of them I die and I don't wake up, it just carries on. --- Edit. Wow, I never expected so many replies! Nice to know I'm not the only odd one out there... |
What causes us to randomly stare off into space? | Look up the word for this , called "daydreaming"Human curiosity? We can't help but look up and think "What's out there? Who's looking back at me?" That's that feeling of \'fazing out\'? That's how it feels for me at least :p', "Well, if your eyes are open but you're not focusing on anything, you really have no other op... |
why does a video game character always look at his hands | Because, in reality, when something like an explosion happens, you normally check yourself for damage if you are nearby. You block your face with your arms and hands and then it is natural instinct to check yourself for harm or shrapnel, so you check your hands because they are typically the only part of your body that... |
Why do I always have to pee right after I fap? | It's natures way of cleaning the pipes. EDIT: I think it's the prostate gland who gives the "order"Your urethra runs over your prostate and your bladder sits on top of them both. When you fap you stimulate your prostate and urethra and in turn your bladder. Bad news guys. As we get older if you get bladder problems it ... |
What does single payer health care mean? How is it different from any other kind of health care? | I'm going to explain assuming you're referring to the US healthcare system In our system, as you probably know, employers offer their employees healthcare insurance, through a company like Aetna, Blue Cross, Cigna, Humana, or dozens of others of varying sizes. These organizations are the payer - when you go to the hosp... |
What happened to the Occupy movement? Are people still "occupying"? | The Occupy Wall Street movement itself is no longer taking place. However, many would point to the strong support of people like Trump and Sanders instead of the normal institutional candidates as indicators that the unrest which caused that movement is still alive and well. Income inequality is still an issue that is ... |
the chemicals in cigarettes. | There is a [list of cigarette additives], all of them are FDA approved food ingredients, but the FDA doesn't test for saftey when burnt. Obviously that list includes everyone's addatives, so no cigarette has all 599 addatives . The issue is when the tobacco leaf is cured, it's kept in a smoke house which deposits lots ... |
How can stores like Menard's give away products (after rebate)? | Two things: * Many people don't follow through with the rebate process . That's why the rebate process exists - why not just make it an instant discount? Because if there's a process, many won't go through with it. That way on average, they can still make a profit on the item, even though on some consumers they lose mo... |
How did the Ozone layer first form, and if there's is a hole, can it reform, and if not why? | The ozone in the upper atmosphere is created by high energy interplanetary particles hitting oxygen molecules causing it to split into individual oxygen atoms. When a free oxygen atom hits an oxygen molecule it forms ozone. This ozone is constantly being broken down by the ozone molecules hitting each other forming thr... |
How do engineers calculate the maximum weight a bridge can support? | The structural strengths of all common building materials are well-studied and well-known. The actual practice is more complex than this, but the basic idea is you say "This pillar is 1000 square inches of steel in cross-section, a square inch of steel can support a ton, so this pillar can support 1000 tons". Then you ... |
Why do small phantom files appear whenever I copy folders from a Mac to a PC? | The phantom files are bits of information made by OS X during the copying process to help Windows track bits of information about those files that its filesystem isn't able to support by default. .ds_store files tell the Mac how to display a particular folder. For example, if you drag the icons around to be arranged in... |
The formation of the moon (The Ejected Ring Theory) | The capture theory doesn't work because the mass of the moon vs the earth make it unlikely; the moon is just too massive to be captured by the earth. The Ejected Ring is basically: a large body crashed into the earth, a bunch of rock was ejected into orbit , it collected around the earth into the moon. This is bolstere... |
How Pilots and Trucks driver communicate over the radio ? | YouTube has interesting conversations between tower and planes. Search for "ATC recordings." A guy named \'Kennedy Steve\' is famous because of his delivery/humor. You could just search for that as wellPilots are advised by air traffic control which channels to use. Truck drivers use the same CB channels, and there are... |
Why are brass, copper, and bronze used in pluming? | They're very corrosion resistant, considering the constant exposure to water. They're also very malleable and not toxic, plus it is easy enough to be bent by hand rather than having to fabricate exact curves and lengths. In addition, the three metals are also resistant to the growth of bacteria and other microbes. Bras... |
Why are my income tax rates going up this year? What's included in the increase? | That isn't your income tax rate. That's FICA, which goes to pay towards Social security. it's a tax on your income but not THE "income tax", which is the same for most americans except the rich. That clarified A few years ago congress passed a bill which temporarily lowered the amount you have to contribute to Social s... |
Do animals have the capability to remember or even understand that they were rescued from terrible conditions in the immediate and distant future? | Most animals dont remember anything very well, but they get habits ingrained in them. For example, i have a rescue cat who still eats every meal like its her last and that she has to scrape up every last bit . so in that sense they "remember" So with all that in mind, I don't think they can comprehend the concept of be... |
Is India better or worse after colonialism? | Definitely worse: their reserves and resources were taken away from them from British imperialism. They were left with a divided government and divided country. Did you know there was no such thing as India, Pakistan, or Afghanistan? The partition of Hindustan was caused by colonial disruption. As usual, there was the ... |
What is reification in C# and how does it work? | In some languages, like C++, all template classes are compiled ahead of time. In other languages, like C#, new template classes can be created on the fly, while your program is running. This is an important advantage for library code, so that additional data types can be added *after* the library is distributed, withou... |
What makes a man a grower vs a shower? | A grower is referring to a penis that is larger erect than it is flaccid. A shower is a penis that's pretty much the same size flaccid or erect. With female genitals, there's something kinda similar, innies and outies. Innies being where the labia minora are hidden or very minimal when viewing a vagina. Outies are wher... |
Why is it when a skunk is killed or run over everything for miles is saturated with the stench. How can it cling to so much air in so much space? | It's s powerful chemical called thiols, sulfur based. Extremely concentrated, even bears run from it. It's like the stuff put in natural gas so you know a leak. A very little goes a long way |
Most of my friends have iPhones or Macs, and the insulation on their chargers always seems to disappear. Where does it go? | Well, onto the floor. If the floor is carpeted, it will be very difficult to find. Then, whenever the floor is vacuumed, it gets picked up. The reason it brakes off in the first place is because the owners aren't carful with it, most likely having bend it at either/both ends, [like this] I don't think I've ever had a c... |
Why does our body produce lactic acid when we exercise? | Not enough oxygen to go around. Normally, any of our cells with mitochondria would prefer to undergo aerobic respiration. It's very efficient, allowing you to get a buttload of ATP out of each molecule of glucose. The thing is, you need oxygen to do it. At rest, that's fine. During intense exercise, however, cells are ... |
If Trump gets elected as president how exactly will he get Mexico to pay for this wall that has proposed? | I think he was going to sanction mexico until they built it but thats not how this works that not how any of this works.I believe he said he'll implement a tariff on Mexican goods, so Mexican trades people will have to pay more to have their goods brought over and sold in the States. |
Why would the Turkish military attempt a coup against the Turkish government? | The Turkish military has a long standing history of being the liberal safeguard against conservative leaders or groups. Erdogan, who is the current President and leader of the Turkish political party AKP, has taken many steps in a very conservative, Islamic direction. Along with the worsening security situation , some ... |
How do they measure the distance players run/cover in a soccer/football game? | They basically film the field and use computer software to track each player and calculate how far theyve traveled. Basically if you know the scale of the field in the camera its easy. |
When performing live, why do the artists alter the melody of their well known songs so often? | If a band or solo performer is on tour, it's likely they are playing that same song over and over and over again. If it's currently a hit on the radio, not only are they playing it nearly every night, but they are also using it as their sound check song because they want to make sure it sounds perfect since the that's ... |
When driving, is it more fuel efficient to put more pressure on the gas in a lower gear, or less in a higher one? | Generally speaking, while driving at a constant speed, it's more efficient to have the engine spin slower in a higher gear with less throttle applied . For each revolution of the motor, you're travelling further due to the higher gear. Thanks to less throttle being used, less gas is used per revolution, a double whammy... |
Why is Java popular and why did Google write Android OS in java? | I won't comment on why Java is popular. I don't know . As for Android: Java code has the distinct advantage that it isn't written specifically for any one processor architecture. Like Android, the choice of going with Java/Dalvik for apps allowed Google to switch to another platform such as x86 with *relative* ease fro... |
BIOLOGY] Is there a limit to how much a person can be massaged? | Massaging is essentially just providing external stimulation to the skin/muscles. If you keep massaging a single muscle/muscle group, after sometime, you'll start feeling numb as the brain just starts ignoring the massage stimulation coming from the nerves of that area. On the other handd , If you are giving a full bod... |
how can a layer of metamorphic rocks be on top of a layer of sedimentary rocks? Shouldn't the deepest layer have higher pressure and temperature? | You are absolutely right, the deeper a layer gets buried, the higher pressure and temperature it is subjected to. However, there are two ways to explain your question. Compressive tectonic forces can fold or fault rock layers which would place metamorphic rocks above sedimentary rocks. A thrust fault is a type of fault... |
What exactly is the role of a movie producer? | Producers make the movie happen. They find a script, they get it rewritten, they get funding, they approve the casting, they approve the locations, they hire the director, they make sure it doesn't go over budget, and they sign it off when it's complete. It's the non-arty side of movie making. Executive producers are g... |
Why are so many intelligent, gifted individuals so frequently unable to find happiness for themselves? | The saying is "Ignorance is bliss" so the less intelligent you are, the less stressful your life is in a sort. You don't have to worry about a lot of responsibilities and issues Edit: this was so hard to write without offending anyone xD', "High intelligence is strongly correlated to the following psychological conditi... |
why is it so hard to breath when you fall on your back or get punched in the stomach. | You take a hit to a nerve that controls the diaphragm, the muscle that controls most of your breathing. When it takes a hit it turns off for a short period of time and so you can only take short breaths by using your ribsIt is your diaphragm, the muscles that control your breathing, that gets hit. This makes them seize... |
Why is it so hard to permanently cure allergies such as nut and shellfish? | Not likely. Allergies aren't like most diseases. Most diseases are caused by something acting weird, or something extra growing somewhere, and are easily treated and cured. Allergies though, are the body attacking things that it shouldn't. Instead of knowing that it should attack bacteria, and leave that peanut oil alo... |
why is it possible for sprinters to get faster times.through the decades? | There's some difference between what athletes of today can accomplish with better sports science and nutrition and athletes in prior times. Also, there are a lot more people alive today than there were even two generations ago, so there's a greater chance that the fastest person ever is alive today than two generations... |
how did different races evolve? | Not only are we all from a single "herd" of humans, but we all share a single common ancestor, [Mitochondrial Eve] |
Why do metaphors move us in a way that plain, literal writing cannot? | The brain works in a categorical way in order to simplify. Auto-associative memory is the saturating of neural pathways with many connected reference points to consolidate the idea/experience into memory . You can recall a big piece of data from a tiny sample, like unpacking a compressed computer file. Its an extension... |
What would it take to get a third party into the debates and why can't they just be included automatically? | The Commission on Presidential Debates requires that a candidate be polling at at least 15% to be included in the debates. the reason third parties can't be included automatically is because dozens of people run for President in every state. If you didn't establish a cutoff somewhere, you would have a stage with litera... |
Why is fish not considered "meat" by those who want to avoid eating meat for certain religious beliefs? | Early Christianity's official language was Latin, and in that language there are distinct words for the flesh of land animals and the flesh of water-dwelling animals. So in early proclamations about fasts in which one refrains from eating what **we would call "meat"**, the Latin word "carnis" would have been used, whic... |
Do tax refunds affect the economy? | On a long term basis, no. Tax refunds come from money that has been taken out of your paycheck by the company that you work for. The company sends that money to the government and 'pays the taxes for you'. If you didn't have the money taken out of your paycheck, you would 'get your refund' right away, in small amounts ... |
Why does almost everybody seem to have one or more words they can't pronounce correctly? | I THINK it is because people actually have different pronunciation because how they think it is supposed to be pronounced based on the context of what they word actually means. for example - for me the word Aquarium is two latin words joined together, Aqua for water in latin and rium for room in london. so in my head i... |
Why do cockroachs can survive after a nuclear attack? | This is a ELI5 explanation, it's more technical, but contains the good bits. Radiation damages your DNA . Most of the time, this just kills the cell. If it happens while the cells are dividing, this is really bad, because your new cells will be damaged and always produce damaged cells. Human cells are dividing all the ... |
How there can be so many Pizza Shops in such a close proximity, yet they all seem to stay afloat? | Yea, upstate NY here.We have 2 Chinese shops and 3 pizza shops in a small 5k town with nearby towns. In the evening there is enough demand. Its cheap, tasty food you call in an order and pickup your meal. Not much hassle and you dont have to prepare your own food and not to be too judgmental but the class isnt high eno... |
The controversy with Supermax prisons | 1) Human rights mostly, though not many people care about the prisoners that are sent to a supermax. These prisons tend to be the most inhumane and secretive about their practices. It is also very expensive to house prisoners there . 2) "Supermaxes\' average cost to taxpayers is about $50,000 per inmate per year-compar... |
why does cheese stretch when you heat it? | Let's think back to Chemistry lessons from school. In a solid, the particles are all bunched together with no room to move. In a liquid, the particles have more room to move, and roll about all over eachother. In a gas, the particles are spread out and can do what they like. So when you heat cheese , it melts , therefo... |
Where does burned fat go? | if you mean when we lose weight, mostly into carbon that is exhaled. we breathe in O2 and breathe out CO2, a product of metabolism.It's broken down mostly into gas and energy. The energy radiates from our body in the form of heat. The gas is exhaled from our body. The rest is pooped out. The water is sweated/peed/poope... |
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