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is the U.S actually thinking about taking in Syrian refugees? | Nope they very much are. Back in September Secretary of State John Kerry announced a plan to take about 85k total from around the world in 2016, with another 100k in 2017. _URL_0_ The White House has also come out and said that the Paris attacks will not change the plans. The US has some MAJOR advantages when it comes ... |
In my basement I can hear the squeaky floor from the footsteps above, how can I know that my house wont just collapse? Why are the floors squeaky? | You could [theoretically] remove all the floors in your home and it will not collapse. Over time, nails loosen. They are still in there doing their job, but get a bit of wiggle room over time. It's nothing to be alarmed about.Your upper floors typically have support through the frame of the house. They do not simply st... |
Why is water a liquid at room temperature, yet hydrogen and Oxygen, which are the elements water is made of, a gas at room temperature? | Hydrogen and Oxygen are both positive, but oxygen is more positive. Therefore the oxygen atom in water holds onto the electrons most of the time. Because of this, the water molecule looks little bit like a magnet, with the oxygen side being more negative and the hydrogen side being more positive. Because it is slightly... |
Why, in many/most US states, is the most populous city not the capital? | Why does the largest city have to be the capital? The capital is only the seat of the state government. In many cases, if the capital is located in a smaller city, it's cheaper to run the government is a smaller city than in a big city. The best example here is New York State -- the capital is in Albany. If the capital... |
Why can't you see clearly underwater without goggles? | Our eyes work by bending light so it focuses on our retina. The degree to which light bends is determined by the how fast light travels in both the medium we are looking through and our eyes. The greater the difference between these two numbers, the more the light bends. When we see things normally the light passes fro... |
How bad is Machinima's contract? | The pretty much come to channels that have like 300 subscribers and make them sign a 6 fucking year contract and the contract is pretty much: Hey for the small price of 60% of your revenue we are gonna sit around like you dont even exist.Oh you wanna leave now that you are a popular youtuber and want money?Too bad 4 mo... |
Why does Iceland still use patronymic names (eg Magnus Samuelsson = Magnus son of Samuel)? Does this not cause any bureaucratic difficulties? | If your system is set up to process it that system is no more problematic than any other naming system.Iceland likes it this way--it is actually very restrictive about names, hoping to preserve traditional Icelandic naming customs. For example, it is not allowed to give children names that do not follow the rules of th... |
Why are the Destiny load screens so long even though it's saved to my hard drive? | Some of the loading is also synchronising with the network. Which pulls in the players you have on your team any randomers in the area and any random events that happen on the map. None of that is on the disc or your hard drive :) |
If a space elevator was built, would it get bent or flung out into space because of Earth's rotation? | It can't be done with current materials. There isn't anything strong enough, that is light enough to use. As for the way it works, it would need a "counter weight" in a geosynchronous orbit. Meaning that it would be orbiting the earth in the same direction as the earth is spinning and at the same speed. This is somethi... |
- Inflation. What causes it? How? | Imagine you exchange lemonade in your stand for marbles. You think hard on how many marbles you will ask for a glass and you come up with 5. So any kid in the block can give you 5 marbles for a glass of lemonade. You keep this going for a while but later, you find out that lately, parents are starting to get their kids... |
Why do they ship tagliatelle as birds nests instead of boxed like spaghetti | Its a marketing tactic. The bird nest layout makes it sell a lot more because its visually appealingUsually tagliatelle are a type of "egg-pasta". When they dry they are more brittle than wheat pasta. Traditionally the Tagliatelle were cut and then dried in that shape to store them better.Because they're portioned by h... |
how do they do background checks on refugees? | I saw a special on the issue yesterday. They ask them where they're from, if they have family with them, how much money they have, what was their job and where they plan on going. that's it. They simply don't have the resources to do background checks, too many people. |
How do school grades work in America? Bart Simpson is in fourth grade. What "class" is that? | For most children, first grade starts when you are six years old. You progress one grade per year, graduating at eighteen in twelfth grade-Preschool : 4-5 years old-Kindergarten: 5-6 years old-Elementary school : 5-6 years old to 11-12 years old-Junior high or middle school : 12-13 years old to 13-14 years old-High sch... |
how and why bread and other things go stale. | [The wikipedia article actually explains it really well.] From another perspective though, in regards to food safety, there are six things required for the growth of bacteria, which I learned as 'FATTOM' - Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen, and Moisture. All of these variables in various amounts affect the safet... |
What on Earth is punctuated Equilibrium? How does it work differently from natural selection | Natural selection is a process by which adaptive evolution occurs: traits that increase the likelihood of reproductive success are propagated throughout a population of interbreeding organisms through time. [Punctuated equilibrium] is a theory regarding the tempo of evolution. In short, it states that species are morph... |
What's the difference between wisdom and intelligence? | “Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” ― Miles Kington', "Intelligence is a measure of our ability to learn concepts and make observations about our physical environment. Wisdom is one's capacity to make the right decisions based on past experience. It is more of a l... |
What software do game developers use to put maps together? | They make their own most of the time. There are way too many to list, so I'm going to list the 2 most popular ones :- Radiant: used in every single id Tech 3+ game and games based on that engine - Hammer: originated from an unofficial quake level editor , it is the main level editor for GldSrc and Source engine", 'They... |
Why are sage and salt used to keep "bad spirits" out? | Centuries old connotations derived from folk lore and religion. Salt is used to purify and preserve food, so it is seen to do the same in a spiritual manner. Thus you can purify an area with the ritualistic casting of salt in some belief systems, and impure things cannot cross a boundary line drawn in salt in those bel... |
How does a horror movie scare everyone in general, when each people are afraid of different things? | > Not everyone is scared of ghosts or zombies You're right. And the people who aren't scared of zombies don't feel horror from them as people who are terrified of zombies. But *everyone* is afraid of being eaten alive - or worse, being bitten and then slowly losing control of themselves and *becoming* a zombie - becaus... |
Why do humans float on water? | The amount of water your body displaces weighs more than your body therefor you float. Essentially a human body is less dense than water |
Why is meth commonly portrayed as a white drug, and crack is portrayed as a black drug? Is there any truth to those portrayals? | If you're poor, crack is an alternative to freebase if you're interested in smoking cocaine. It can be purchased cheaply in small quantities and gives an instant and noticeable high. As a cocaine derivative, it is only practical in a drug market that is connected to overseas distribution . So urban rich people freebase... |
So what's actually happening when a body part falls asleep and why can pressure sometimes speed it up? | We learned about thin in my AP Psych class months ago, so I may be able to answer your question to a certain extent. When your leg "falls asleep", what is actually happening is that your brain is losing connection with your leg. The nerves from your leg stop sending signals to your brain. Your brain basically goes,"Whe... |
Why doesnt the glue get stuck in the bottle/gluestick but comes hardens in minutes when it leaves the bottle/stick | Many products actually rely on oxygen to activate. You know how some glues require you to mix two different chemicals? Normal glues actually rely on the oxygen in the air to set off a chemical reaction. Some Glues, like wood glue, actually just work by letting water evaporate. If you soak them in water, they loosen bac... |
If unhealthy food is bad for us, why does it taste so good? | Because it isn't fundamentally bad for you; it isn't poison. You need fats and sugars and so forth to survive. We evolved when such things were scarce and hard to come by, so they taste delicious to encourage us to eat them when we can. Now, though, such things are laughably cheap and abundant, so we gorge ourselves ag... |
How OJ Simpson was able to be proven not guilty | He was not "proven not guilty", he was "not proven guilty". Big difference. Then again, he lost in civil courtOne of the lead detectives on the case said afterward "We framed a guilty man." Police misconduct became the focal point of the proceedings. OJ's defense was able to make the case about an African American rece... |
how do ships "suck" water away from coastlines? | The ship displaces a lot of water. It pushes a lot of water higher in front of it. It has a 'hole' in the water behind it. In this case the ship first pushed a lot of extra water into that cove when it approached, then the water rushed in behind the ship to fill the 'hole'. When the water went to go fill in behind the ... |
How do they actually figure out the nutrition values in food, such as calories, carbs, cholesterol.. Etc? | Nobody has really answered this question yet. I am a food scientist and work at a large food company and we have a certified analytical lab that does testing on food samples.To get the fat% for instance, one popular method is to boil a sample of the food in a non-polar compound like ether. Since fat is also non-polar y... |
Why do some people snort when they laugh? | Tensing the muscles in their throat/nasal cavity and causing them to vibrate as the air tries getting to their lungs. |
Why do anxiety sufferers feel so many physical symptoms? Does anxiety cause them or are our bodies so sensitive we feel every physical sensations "normal people" don't? | Anxiety sufferer here. When I get my episodes I get light headed, I feel very faint, nauseous, trapped, cold sweats and tingling at the tips of my fingers. I think it's my body reacting to something that's not there, it goes into panic mode even when I'm having a great time, it's kind of ruined some portions of my life... |
How does a seemingly unscripted show create cutscenes? | When you say cutscenes, do you mean like how they switch from the action of a guy chopping salad, to the same guy in a chair going "I felt terrible when I messed up the salad"? Those are recorded after actual show's events complete, they sit down and ask the person TONNNNNS of questions, so they have lots of responses,... |
Why can't veterans be automatically enrolled in obamacare and seen at local hospitals? | Obamacare is not a health insurance plan or provider. Obamacare refers to the [Affordable Care Act] and puts forth guidelines by which insurance companies must comply by force of law. Your question therefore makes no sense at all. It would be like asking "Why can't I buy a speed limit to drive around in?" "Obamacare" i... |
How people can be spiritual and not religious. | It's like being able to believe in something bigger than yourself, without all the crazy garbage that comes along with it. A belief in 'god' without necessarily believing in a burning bush or walking on water, being spiritual is having a general faith without having all the craziness about the religion dictated and sho... |
why do you have to jailbreak a smartphone to remove bloatware? | They load it on as part of the OS so it's not removable. It's like how you aren't allowed to uninstall the default keyboard. If they just put on some default apps using the app store they'd be removable the standard way but some organizations go out of their way to be a bother with their bloatware. Someone can make an ... |
What happens when you call the national suicide prevention hotline? | They talk to you, mostly. They’re trained to assess your situation to see if you’re actively suicidal, depressed, or just lonely. Depending on how suicidal they judge you to be, they’re able to contact law enforcement in your area and possibly take you into protective custody . If you’re not actively suicidal, they can... |
Why would paramedics actively try to resuscitate someone who's dead? | Sorry for your loss, mate. Hollywood, as usual, has it wrong when they use a defibrillator on someone who has no pulse. A defibrillator actually resets a heart that is pulsing erratically. If there is no pulse, the defibrillator just damages the heart unnecessarily - it can't restart it. However, hearts can restart the... |
Is fresh water a finite source or is more created everyday somehow? | It depends what you mean, there is definitely a finite supply of water full stop, whether it is fresh or not is a different matter as it can be contaminated and purified many times over by processes like evaporation. The water you're drinking might have been peed out by a dinosaur once! |
How is it possible to cook while camping without being attacked by animals? | Most animals are timid around humans. Even large predators like bears and mountain lions are usually hesitant to approach them. The reason being that any injury could very easily lead to infection or being too injured to catch prey and thus death. This is especially true of the people are in a group. However, bears can... |
What the fuck is wrong with r/The_Donald? | r/News locked a thread/report about the Orlando shooter/shooting and that he was connected to ISIS. r/News locked the thread because there was a lot of people talking 'down' about muslim extremists. Mods on r/News basically didn't want any Muslims, who may be on reddit, to become offended. In addition to that, the r/Ne... |
Why exactly is Twitter considered to be going downhill despite it being in the top 3 of social media? | Basically twitter is having less MAU than they have in the past, they have been on a decline since Q4 2014. The biggest issue is that their MAU numbers are getting inflated from smart phone usage. Do you have a twitter account, have the twitter app installed on your phone even though you NEVER use it? Congrats you make... |
How does the firefighters uniform let him go into burning buildings? | Volunteer firefighter here. The other comments got fairly close. They are fire resistant, but not fire proof. The gear has two layers, separated slightly. The layers create an air pocket between them which protects us. If you are in a very hot environment and compress the layers that allow more freedom for things like ... |
What happens when food goes down the "wrong tube"? | You have a flap in your throat called your epiglottis. When food or drink goes down the wrong way this prevents you from inhaling it. You then cough to try and relocate any food that's down the wrong tube back into your mouth to be swallowed.Well, as a speech therapist I can expand the comments above. /u/Chrismichaels3... |
How do we know that marble is formed from limestone if all of the recognizable features such as fossils, pore spaces, and the distinction between grains have all disappeared? | Firstly, metamorphism does not require original sedimentary fabrics and structures to be destroyed. Metamorphism is simply the alteration or recrystallisation of minerals in a rock in response to temperature and pressure. Marbles that experienced lower grades of metamorphism can still contain recognisable original smal... |
What is WEB-GL and how does it do such sorcery as this? | OpenGL is an API for accessing graphical hardware resources; on consumer systems this is generally a dedicated GPU. Web-GL is a Javascript-accessible API that can leverage OpenGL support in the system. Web-GL support is baked into all major browsers and isn't a separate plugin like Flash is. The reason it runs smoothly... |
Why do businesses often lock one of the front doors to their storefronts? | The doors are designed with only one lock, on the door which is typically open. The other door is held in place by pins at the top and bottom which are retracted with a recessed lever which is on the edge. The next time you pass through take a look, they are fairly obvious. The levers are such that they cannot be opera... |
Why do transplanted organs need a much more specific match than blood does for transfusions? | Most of our tissues have what are called MHC proteins. MHC proteins are complex and are involved with a variety of immune functions, for example in the presentation of virus fragments to immune cells to trigger an immune response. Our blood cells do not have MHC proteins on their surface and our MHC proteins have a hug... |
How is it that deep sea animals aren't crushed by the pressure of the ocean? | Because they're the same pressure inside as the ocean depth is outside. As a human, you're filled with gases at near 14.7psi and fluid in contained pockets. Add 1000psi to the outside of your body and those pockets like your lungs and eyeballs will squish. |
Why did/does the US hate communism so much? | The US was founded on the idea of a Open economy with strong individualism and individual rights. Communism is basicaly the opposide where the economy and industry is state owned and planned and invidiual rights can be negated in favor of group planning. This lead to strong pressure from industry leaders in the US to p... |
How did the Chinese Civil War start? | So in 1911, we had the first Chinese Revolution, it overthrew the last hereditary dynasty that ruled the Chinese Empire for about 300 years. In theory, they established a democratic republic, known as the Republic of China. But the new government was weak, and rich warlords undermined its authority at every step, basic... |
Why do girls generally find it harder to achieve an orgasm despite having way more nerve ending than men in their privates? | It is hard to say exactly. They are still doing research into this. What we can say though, that when it comes to women having orgasms, there is a significant different between women of different orientations that we do not see in men. This seems to indicate to me that while there is probably a biological reason as wel... |
How does an spacecraft engine blast cause movement if there is nothing for the ship to push off from? Like if space is nothing, what is the engine propelling from? | Imagine you are standing on a skateboard carrying a bowling ball. Now, throw the bowling ball away from you with all your strength. What will happen?', "It's from Newton's 3rd law, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So if a spacecraft blasts mass out the back, then it will move forward. It doesn... |
Why is it that in blooming season, bushes tend to grow their leaves and become green before the taller trees around them do? | There's two factors at play. First, it takes taller trees longer to leaf out. Plants that lose their leaves in winter store nutrients in their stems and roots, and then break them down and move them to the tips of their branches in the spring. Naturally, this takes longer for taller plants. Second, bushes have an incen... |
Why are materials like metals cold to the touch, whereas materials like towels never seem cold? | Certain things are good conductors of heat. They're good at pulling heat from your body . Metals are very good at it, whereas cotton is not. |
Why do people on reddit have a need to have multiple accounts? | Some people can't face the reality of their whole personality. Rather than take responsibility for *all* of what they're saying online by presenting and preserving the record of an integrated consciousness, they compartmentalize the different faces they show to different subcultures in real life, and assign each piece ... |
Where does matter go once it goes through a black hole? | The term 'hole' isn't accurate. A black hole isn't a 'hole' in any sense. Basically they're the remains of dead stars, that have collapsed under their own weight. The gravity they exert is strong that light can't move away from it so we can't directly see the object at the center of the Quantum singularity. Everything ... |
Why does my ISP offer high download speeds but such low upload speeds? | Your instincts are correct -- it's demand. Almost all residential Internet customers download far, far more than they upload. So, they could make it equal. But if the capacity of the connection was 20 Mbps, they could make it 10 up and 10 down. But what would happen is that people would very often max out the down spee... |
Why when websites are finished loading, the page scrolls up/down slightly so that you end up clicking on the wrong thing | The last thing that loads on the page changes the location of the rest of the page. For example it might be an image which is of unknown size and the final configuration of the entire page isn't known. Once it loads everything jumps down to accommodate it. |
a recount and how it could uncover discrepancies that were missed the first time? | If you have ever worked in retail and had to close a register you know how this works. Imagine you are closing the register, you count all the money and get $1284.00. But the system tells you you need $1295.00. So you recount. Turns out some ones and a five were stuck together, and there were some quite a few dimes mix... |
How do firefighters know when fires are started by cigarette butts? | Generally, certain areas will have been on fire longer than others. Sometimes that's indicated by the spread of the fire over time, other times that's indicated by which areas are burnt more than others. If they can figure out roughly where the fire started, they can start looking at objects near there that plausibly c... |
When a US governor declares a state of emergency for their respective state what exactly happens? | This allows the release of certain funds in the state budget to assist with recovery, and in some cases may allow for assistance from the federal governmentMostly it relates to emergency funds that the governor gets to tap into. In the case of snow, it means that the state can spend more money on plowing . They can als... |
Why is our saliva disgusting after we spit it out, though we swallow it all day? | It's a natural mechanism. Once you have expelled something from your body you don't want it back in. You spit because you want to get rid of something that's bad for your or causing some discomfort. The same way that you stay away from the smell of feces, saliva, snot and any other excrements are considered not desirab... |
If we somehow managed to cool the Earth's core down to room temperature, what would happen? | the outer core would solidify and earth would lose its magnetic field. we would likely all die if not from the immense amount of solar radiation that would start to hit us in the oncoming years, Then it would be by solar winds stripping away the atmosphere over the next 100 years or so. Basically all life on the planet... |
when a police officer commits a crime why is the police department in charge of the investigation? | there is a division in law enforcement specifically for this. It's called internal affairs.It's not *always* the police who investigate, nor is it always the police department the accused belongs to. It all depends on the nature and severity of the crime. Some crimes automatically get kicked up to another agency, like ... |
How do parabolic maneuvers work to create a zero gravity environment? | It's not actually zero gravity, it's just *free fall* which creates the illusion of gravity -- the parabolic arc of the vehicle is the same as the plummeting path of its occupants, so they all seem to be neutrally floating with respect to one another.The parabolic arc is what an object does when acted upon by a constan... |
If reposts on reddit are not against any rules, and recycling content is a good way to keep the site popular, then why do people always complain about it so much? | Have not been on reddit long but from what I gather is reposts are not a problem. It is when people repost them as their own to reap sweet Reddit karma. |
Unsual family law question for book I'm writing | You probably want to go to a legal subreddit, like legaladvice or something, depending on how realistic you want this to be. And you probably want to mention where this story is set , since that has a huge effect on what laws may apply. If the birth parents' estate is still open they may be able to sue for any civil da... |
Why do some products that are "made with real fruits and vegetables" seem to contain none of the nutrients of the fruit or vegetable according to their nutrition labels? | > Is it because of the processing? Is "real fruit" one of those FDA phrases that doesn't really mean anything? Is a term like that even regulated by the FDA? Both, really. Processing takes some of the nutrients out of some foods. Your yogurt, for instance has blueberry jelly and syrup in it - which was made from bluebe... |
What is an easy way to remember what a pronoun, adverb, compound, etc is + other language & writing tips? | As for the 3 in your title, there are pretty easy language features in the words themselves. Pronoun = Proper + noun. Proper refers to names, places etc. etc. Adverb = Adjective + Verb. Usually 'ly' words like slowly, quickly . Compound = 2, like a compound in chemistry, or compounding in pharmaceuticals. Is like 2 wor... |
Please eli5 why does it take my printer a full 5 minutes to cancel a scan when I push the cancel button? | I'm sure there's a technical answer, but the long and short of it is printer software is terrible and that is because they sell the hardware for nothing and make their money on the ink. |
How does saving the receipts from all of my various transactions help me? | If you do it correctly, you can use a lot of things you buy not just at home but also for your business, making their purchase a deductible business expense. From having a home office, to storing work materials in the garage, to purchasing stuff at Lowe's or Home Depot or Office Depot, to the miles you drive your car, ... |
How do people determine the artist of a song and the featured artist of a song? | If you were making an album and invited me to sing parts of a song on it you'd be the artist and I'd be the featured guest. If it was my album and you came to rap part of a song I'd be the artist and you'd be the feature. It all depends on who is releasing the song as part of their catalog. |
How medieval people were able to translate languages they never came across. For example japanese. | It is more than likely that there was a lot of pointing at things and hoping the word was said, for example; I am one of the first Westerners to come across Japan, I land in a port and meet with a local, I point at a dog and say "dog" the Japanese person may then respond, "Inu" thus the word for dog was shared, then in... |
Technological unemployment and the possible impact on society | The basic idea is that, as machines get better at doing more and more things, they will start to reduce the need for human workers or replace them altogether. For example, if self-driving cars catch on, then we won't need nearly as many truck drivers, taxi drivers, and so on. That will lead to a lot of unemployed truck... |
Why are 'of the year' awards not at the end of the year? | "Of the Year" awards are typically at the end of the year, and are given by a third party This is a case of the publisher/developer giving themselves the title in the game description as a marketing tactic. It's nothing more than their opinion. |
Why is that hot-spicy sensation exists at the anus during diarrhea? | This question concerns one of the more frequently asked topics on ELI5, so it has been removed. Try the searchbar! It's okay to re-post questions, but please indicate that you did a search and that previous questions/answers didn't help you understand.Not everything is digestible in food. What's left in your stool can ... |
How do balding people still manage to have a full beard? | The first law of hairodynamics states that male adult hair can never really be created nor destroyed, only transferred. This is what happens to balding men - they lose hair atop their head, but the hair accumulates in other regions. It could manifest as beard hair, an unruly chest forest, a few curly nostril follicles,... |
Why are the confederate monuments a problem now and not while Obama was in office? | This wasn't something that was decided at the federal level; most of these statues had people voting in local elections or voicing their opinion at things like town hall meetings and saying that they wanted those statues out of their communities; It seems that over the last 8 years, public perception of those statues h... |
if corn just goes straight through you how does it give you any nutritional value along the way | It doesn't go straight through. It's a partial myth. There is a *chance* that the hard cores of the seed pockets don't get digested properly, but especially if you break them by chewing on them or when you use corn meal to bake things your body can easily digest the mass. Also the yellow pockets themselves have nutriti... |
How can charities, like Cancer Fund of America and Kids Wish Network, give less than 5% and still call themselves a charity? | They don't "keep" any of the money, but they sure do have a lot of expenses to pay out. That CEO for example works really hard at collecting donations, and it costs a lot of money to rent space in his posh home. So most of the money goes to "admin" expenses. Many celebrities have this same problem. At one point Kanye's... |
Why do we get restless when excited? | Adrenaline - your brain sends a signal to release the hormone adrenaline from your adrenal glands which in turn speeds up your heart rate and breathing, and prepares your muscles for fight or flight, leaving you feeling restless. |
How can anxiety/depression be passed down from parents? | In order to make that statement, you have to first prove conclusively that we know exactly where depression comes from. We don't. At best, we can say that a constellation of factors determines depression, and genetics are one factor of many. Before people go nuts on genetics, remember that: - "Family" factors like pove... |
Is someone more skilled at something if they learned it during developmental years? | . I would generally say yes the younger you learn a sport the better you will be. A parallel that makes me wonder is a 2nd language. I was just listening to "stuff you should know" podcast and they mentioned how is it much easier to learn another language in grade school rather than high school because the brain is sti... |
How is capital made? | Robinson Crusoe making a stick with a hook to harvest coconuts instead of using the same materials to reinforce his hut is making capital instead of consumer spending. You make capital by deferring resources into the means of production not consumption. The stick with the hook on it took time and wood that could have b... |
What NATO is, who controls it, and why it is in Libyra right now? | NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a very large military alliance. This page lists the members: _URL_0_ Essentially they all agree to defend one another if attacked. They also sometimes take part in more offensive measures against other nations, like currently in Libya. |
The ruling that just happened regarding Fanduel and Draftkings | The New York Attorney General declared it as gambling and doesn't want the two sites taking bets from New York residents. The site has always been a mix of gambling and fantasy. Here's the full article _URL_0_", 'It is illegal to gamble on sports in the United States . There has been for several years an exception to t... |
Why Are There 660 Executive departments In The US Government? | Congress has the power to create executive departments. Over the last 230 years they've created a variety of departments to handle different things. If there's a specific department you think is wasteful, and unnecessary it would be easier to answer your question.There are only 18 executive departments in the US govern... |
What do the Watts and Volts mean in a 12v 5w water pump and a 12v 20w solar panel respectively? | It means if you connect the pump to as 12V source, the pump will draw 5W of power. The solar panel rating means that the panel is capable of delivering 20W of power at 12V. So if you connect the solar panel to the pump, it'll run. Certainly you will want to make sure this stuff is wired to code and has all the appropri... |
I hear a lot of good AND bad things about e-cigs. Can someone just lay down the facts about them? | Here's a list of all the research conducted on ecigs. Take a look and form your own opinion. That article the other redditor posted is sensationalist trash. _URL_0_ |
Can you swim after you eat? | It's perfectly safe. Your body won't go, "Sorry arms and legs, it's digestion time," and redirect blood to your intestines. That's bulldust.If you can already swim, then you will still be able to swim after eating. The issue with swimming after eating are just like doing any physical activity after eating. If you eat a... |
why do us humans swing our arms when we walk? | To maintain balance. EDIT: Swinging arms stabilizes the motions of walking and also actually saves us energy . |
What happens if an undocumented/illegal immigrant/visa overstayer refuses to tell the police/immigration department where they are from? | Once they ran your finger prints you'd be deported with either a ten year or lifetime travel ban to the US. If you didn't say a word and your fingerprints came back inconclusive you'd be incarcerated until they could verify your identity. And they'd be pissed.I know sometimes with Latin American immigrants they will ju... |
Why can't an ostrich fly? | It's GGGGGGGGGrandparent stopped needing to fly. Other body parts changed over time to support running on land rather than flying. Evolution. |
If deserts were former oceans, then what is stopping current oceans from turning into deserts? | The continents consist of less dense minerals. Granite is less dense than basalt. Cool basalt will sink into lava. It is more dense. The continental minerals will stay above lava. When there is not much ice in the world the ocean levels are high producing shallow seas above the continental rocks. When ice sheets form t... |
How did we determine which parts of the brain actually are the areas that deal with certain emotions, or how we think, etc? | In the high and far-off times we waited for someone to have survivable brain damage and found out what they couldn't do after estimating where the [tamping iron] passed clean through their brain. More common these days is a thing called fMRI that uses a very high powered MRI scan to see what areas of the brain have mor... |
why is it brighter out at night with snow on the ground? | The snow scatters light from all kinds of sources better than grass or pavement when there is no snow. This means more light reaches your eyes. |
smoking is uniformly banned on planes, so why do all planes have no smoking lights just like they have seatbelt lights? | Not all aircraft are sold for commercial airline use. Some are used by private companies and they may not ban smoking.Many were probably built before smoking was uniformly banned. But I'm not sure if that explains their presence in new aircraft. |
Photosynthesis (Specifically the calvin Cycle) | Step 1: Carbon enters the cycle as CO2Step 2: An enzyme adds RuBP forming 3 unstable six-carbon moleculesStep 3: The molecules break into six three-carbons molecules Step 4: 6 ATP turn into 6 ADP + 6P You are taking a P out.Step 5: NADPH turns into NADP+ ATP and NADPH from the light reactions provide the energy and ele... |
If the human brain was a hard drive, on average how much usable memory would it have? | Its not something you can accurately measure because of genetically inherited knowledge. But for short term memory its not very much, say maybe 100gb. Long term memory can store maybe 2 - 10 terabytes. Its important to remember that long term memory is highly fragmented. maybe only a few megabytes of its original short... |
why we don't raise more bison instead of cows | Bison are very difficult to corral and domesticate. They're more aggressive and freaking huge. So pretty much, yes to all of those reasons."First off, purchasing buffalo for breeding stock costs a bit more than beef. Second, it does cost more for buffalo fencing and facilities than beef. Thirdly, processing costs for b... |
Why does a dead battery in a car get recharged if you just jump it and leave it running ? | Your car has a system in it called the alternator, which is essentially a generator. It takes some of the energy from your motor and converts it to electrical energy. The alternator, among other things, keeps your battery charged. Your battery runs low when you do things like leaving your headlights on all night - that... |
When someone creates a password on a website, where is that password stored? | Ideally, the password itself is not stored at all - only a hash of it is. But that hash is stored in a file or a database on one of the machines that make up the technical infrastructure for the site you are creating an account on.Short answer: The actual password is not saved . A "scrambled up" version of the password... |
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