query stringlengths 8 249 | answer stringlengths 45 7.8k |
|---|---|
How did ramen noodles become synonymous with the college experience? | They're cheap as *hell,* and even the least-capable chef with what barely counts as a kitchen can cook them. They also don't need to be kept cold. An ideal fit for a dorm room lifestyle. I can't come up with another food that's so insanely cheap and can be sucessfully prepared while blackout drunk. edit: yes im aware t... |
What is "Municipal Waste" and why is it specifically labeled as such? Is it treated differently than other waste? | MSW is municipal solid waste and refers to everyday household garbage. C & D waste is construction & demolitions debris. Sometimes they are separated at smaller landfills as the C & D waste has less stringent regulations for disposalMunicipal Waste is a crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2001. To ... |
Besides his nomination for the Supreme Court, how could the President overturn Roe v. Wade? | He would not be able to. As you stated, he has the power to appoint Supreme Court nominees, but even they must be confirmed by Congress before they take their seats. Even if a given president were somehow able to appoint all nine justices, a case similar to Roe v. Wade would have to be brought before the court for them... |
Why do dogs enjoy sticking their heads out of an open car window? | Probably for the same reason they like being scratched behind the ears, it feels nice. Source: I stuck my head out a car window once, and it felt niceDogs have an amazing sense of smell. Dogs can smell stuff you would never notice. Dogs can also layer the smells they take in. It is almost like how you can hear a friend... |
The gay marriage situation in Britain | Gay couples have been able to enter into \'civil partnerships\' since 2005. This is not a marriage, but the law views them as the same. For example, for the purposes of tax, wills, working out who your \'next of kin\' is, they're the same. When David Cameron's Conservatives campaigned to win office in 2011, they promis... |
Where do the likes of ISIS and Al Qaeda get the ammunition from? | There are still a lot of people making AK-47 derivations, as one of the reasons behind its popularity was ease of manufacture . Additionally, guns don't really have to use branded ammo. Some are in unusual sizes that other guns don't take, but most fall into common intervals. Because of the AK's popularity, there are a... |
Why is it so important to get our wisdom teeth pulled? | Dentist here, pulling wisdom teeth is not necessary. It's usually extracted in the following cases: 1. The tooth is infected 2. The tooth is impacted . Those almost always get infected in the future. 3. The tooth is affecting neighboring teeth If the tooth is normally erupted or completely covered with bone, there is n... |
Why California is flooding their fields for rice during a major drought when it exports 50% of the crop? | Because the price the farmers pay for water doesn't really reflect the total cost incurred from using that water. However, even if farmer's were paying the "social cost" of the water, they would still grow some rice for export. In a global marketplace, even with some inputs being expensive, others are so cheap in calif... |
The difference between an Engineer, an Architect, and a Carpenter. | Architect designs the building - considering what is needed/wanted and considers the functional use of the space, how it appears to the users of the space, and how it will be constructed and maintained. Engineer - for a building will be concerned with whether the design is safe for people to inhabit taking into account... |
Why do carbonated drinks taste significantly worse when eating spicy foods? | Carbonation is bubbles. Bubbles pop. That's why carbonated drinks feel tingly in your mouth. Have you ever blown bubbles outside, and had one pop close to you? Sometimes you get sprayed with the soapy water as the bubble pops. The same thing happens in your mouth. When the bubbles pop, the drink can spray the inside of... |
How many Earth years would it take us in our fastest manned-ship to travel to Tau Ceti? | The Apollo 10 holds the record for the fastest manned spacecraft at 24790 mph. 12 light years= 7.05419978 × 10^13 miles 7.05419978 × 10^13 mi / 24790mph = 2845582808 Hours which equal **324622.813667 YEARS** |
How will increased marijuana production in the US affect the economy of Mexico? | They'll lose a bit of the US market, but that just means they'll have to find somewhere else to export to. I don't think they'll actually lose a lot of business overall, these people are ambitious and adaptive enough to stay in business. Maybe they'll even switch to meth or something, I don't think they care as long as... |
Why is "No." used as an abbreviation for "number"? | "Number" comes from the term "Numero" which is abbreviated to "No." Just like "Mister" becomes "Mr." |
Why do states have different regulations for "open" vs "concealed" carry? | Many generations ago, open carry was culturally seen as less threatening . In that era, laws and regulations were passed that favored open carry of arms. Think of most westerns where almost everyone has a gun in their hip holster, but the bad guy usually has a few concealed weapons. During the 1960s when activists real... |
Why do we have to turn electronic devices off on planes? Many times I've forgotten to and we havent crashed and burnt to death. | The most common reasons provided are: 1) Flyers can't pay attention while using electronics . This is just silly. I am just as distracted reading a paperback as I am reading on my iPad. 2) If there was an accident, the Kindle could be a dangerous projectile.This too is silly. My copy of a "Dance With Dragons" weighing ... |
Why do things turn darker as they burn? | If you're talking about food it's called the maillard reaction, a chemical reaction between sugars and amino acids. |
how do websites check if you have a valid email without you needing to press the submit button first | They check for an @ symbol and a domain extension such as .com or .edu It doesn't normally do any test to check if the address is reachable etc", 'To expand a bit on some of the previous answers, this is why most sites will send you an email asking you to "validate your email address" this is to verify, not only that i... |
Is there a limited amount of key/lock combinations? | > Is it possible that somebody, somewhere on the planet has a key that could open my apartment door? Absolutely, in fact this is guaranteed. But most people don't go around trying hundreds or thousands of doors seeing if their key works. Someone that determined could just break in. Locks are deterrents and delays not s... |
- How come in older cartoons, like Cow and Chicken, the adults are cut off at the waist? | It is a joke about how, in most cartoons focusing on children, the adults are always seen from the waste down, never showing their face in order to show things from the child's perspective. In Cow & Chicken, they made is literal. |
In honor of No-Shave November: Why are beards rough and normal hair is smooth? | Two different types of hair, facial hair is androgenic hair and is associated with puberty. Pubic hair tends to be thicker than your "normal" or vellus hair which is what grows outside the pubic hair regions. Simply put, along with the fact that shaving and keeping it shorter does make it feel stiffer and rougher, it's... |
Why Do Humans Like and Dislike Different Foods? | We are rigged to be trained, this is seen in chimps etc. Our mother/clan feed us stuff that is 'good' and we imprint on it. Unfortunately in our new environment our parents and clan feed us a confusing range of stuff, tell us off for eating stuff that they give us at other times, try to impose healthy rules that they d... |
Why did we get to keep our atmosphere while Mars' was stolen? | Magnetic field. The dynamo generated by the Earth's core would have to stop for us to lose our magnetic field. This field deflects the charged particles of the solar wind, which would scour our atmosphere. This is not something that is likely to occur abruptly. Mars being smaller probably helped it cool and solidify fa... |
How do you remove the fat and calories from whole milk? | Fat is of different density than water and when left alone has a tendency to float to its top. So if you take whole milk that comes right out of a cow and let it sit for a while, the fat in it, which is the source of almost all of its calories, comes to the top and can be skimmed off. This is why they call milk with th... |
Why don't they have height classes in basketball like they have weight classes in wrestling? | basketball is a team sport, the big men aren't the best in every position, usually guards are shorter and more agile, while the big men play forwards and center. a team with a few taller players doesn't necessarily have the clear dominant edge that a wrestler with 50 lbs on his opponent would have. |
What is the difference between a PPO and EPO insurance plan [US] | Managed Care professional and healthcare professor here. I'm not very good at ELI5, and neither is American healthcare. I can go through a litany of "what to care about when selecting a plan" but that's not what you asked EPO is generally the term used when the employer builds their own "exclusive provider network". Th... |
If our body is made up of a new set of cells every 7 years, why do we die of old age? | Eventually those cells can't replicate and repair your body anymore. The Hayflick limit is the maximum number of times a cell can divide before it finally stops. It is likely caused by special strands at the end of DNA called telomeres. These get shorter every time the cell divides until they finally run out. Cancer ce... |
Why are human penises so long compared to most other primate penises? | There's a very interesting theory about this, called the sperm displacement theory. It goes a little something like this. Way back when, humans, and in particular, human males, weren't so much into the pair-bonding thing, and women regularly had sex with multiple men. This meant that the sperm in the woman's vagina was... |
How come when you're upside down the blood rushes to your head, but when you're right side up the blood doesn't rush to your feet? | Because your circulatory system and heart is plumbed with the expectation that generally you remain upright. Gravity, blood vessel constriction, etc are all involved. When you are upside down, your belly organs press on your heart and lungs, which is pressure they are not accustomed to handle. Also, it puts more pressu... |
What made baseball caps so popular around the world? | I'd assume because they are relatively cheap to make, provide good shade, but also western and middle class. |
Why do (a lot of) cars get optimal fuel efficiency at 55-60 mph/88-95 kph?? | Because that's when they are most efficient. It's more about the RPM count, at those speeds most cars are around 1750-2500RPM, which is usually where they get the best MPG. By going say 80MPH, while you are traveling 1/3 faster than 60MPH, the MPG degrades by more than 1/3, due to air resistance and the fact that you a... |
Why are sign languages different when they are based off of the same spoken language? (American Sign Language and British sign language.) | It helps if you think about sign language as less a translation of language and more as a separate language. Sign language doesn't use the same grammar as English at all, and there's nothing about the hand motions that directly translate to English either. In other words, American sign language and British sign languag... |
Why does the loss of range of motion occur after a surgery, and why is it not always 100% reversible? | I can relate to this in some way. Once when I had an operation on my knee, for about a week afterwards I struggled to bend it inwards due to the pain caused and a feeling like you're squeezing a ballon and you know it's gonna pop but you stop yourself from doing it before sht hits the fan. All I did was keep at it and ... |
Why are some days hotter than others? | The planet's weather is guided by air and water currents. Day to day changes in temperature are caused primarily by the air currents, such as the Jet Stream in North America.This current of air which runs from West to East across the continent brings in low pressure systems that originated over the Pacific ocean. As we... |
it is quoted to cost $11 million a year to host a death row prisoner. Why? | That figure seems to be twisted to sound as high as possible. Also, death row inmates are extremely expensive to the system as a WHOLE, not necessarily just to the prison paying for their food, housing, etc. Death row inmates get automatic appeals all the way up the appeal chain. If the state's going to end someone's l... |
Why do moths leave that weird dusty stuff when they are squished? | Moth wings are made up of tiny feathery scales. These scales make up that weird dusty stuff. It's a simple answer, really. |
If inflation is the norm, will all countries eventually need a new currency? | There would be no need for a new currency. Although there would be a need for a shift in the denominations of currency available . The official Japanese currency, the yen, is worth about 1 cent each and they get by just fine. The actual number on the bills/products doesn't really matter because prices will reflect the ... |
Aren't women-only companies against the law? | Refusing to hire men because they are men is illegal discrimination. Jessica Chastain's company is not a "women only" company. As [this] article makes clear, it's a company designed to make products that cater to women - films about women, starring high-profile female actresses. That's totally legal.Her production comp... |
How the ban of americans on Iran will affect american fight attendants and pilots that fly there? | That will be a problem. It is possible to visit a country without a visa as long as you keep to the international zones and not go though immigration. It is not so uncommon for ship crew to do this but flight crew may have problems finding a place to sleep on the wrong side of the airportThere are no direct flights fro... |
Why timeshares are seen as a bad thing? | Generally, they are *grossly* overpriced; they're not a good value in terms of what you pay for what you get. |
Why do reporters still use overly large hand-held microphones instead of headsets or a boom mic off screen? | Hard to interview people with a headset mic and news crews usually consist only of the camera person and the reporter, which leaves no one to hold a boom mic overhead. |
Why can't we try and make solar powered commercial airplanes? | Solar panels aren't very efficient, yet. Batteries, too, are very inefficient, and very heavy. It would make much more sense to use solar power to produce a non-petroleum liquid/gas fuel that can power the commercial airplane. |
How do barcodes work? Are they all different? | The combination of all bar widths correspond to a string of numbers there is simply a set prefix/suffix system set up to identify the different categories The reason the bar code layout is used is because is it really easy to scan, as opposed to digits. The code you will often see printed underneath the barcode usually... |
Does nitrogen in your tires actually help keep the pressure consistent when changing elevation? | No water vapor - that's the main reason to fill tires with nitrogen. When you fill tires with air from a regular air compressor, that regular air is filled with water vapor. Lots of it in fact. Compressed air tends to be very wet - guys that paint with compressed air spend lots of money on filters and dryers to get thi... |
How are child actors exempt from child labor laws? | They are not exempt. Child labor laws don't mean that kids can never work. It just restricts hours and types of jobs. Typically, the parents control the finances of their children. However, due to past events of parents spending all of their children's earning, a percent of a child actor's earnings is put into a trust ... |
If a criminal receives the death penalty, why do they often put them in prison for many years before killing them? What's the point of waiting so long? | Because the death penalty cannot be undone once it has been carried out, people convicted to the death penalty undergo a process of appeals just to make sure there were no miscarriages of justice and that no later found evidence proves their innocence. There have been plenty of people on death row who later turned out ... |
Why has airline service gotten so much worse over the years when more and more people are paying to fly? | Airlines were deregulated in 1978. Before that, the government was heavily involved in setting the prices for tickets. For that reason, airlines couldn't lower their prices to compete with each other. Since the airlines charged basically the same prices, they competed on service and amenities to win customers. After de... |
What an isotope is and how it differs from an ion. | Atoms are defined by the number of protons in the nucleus. Carbon has 6, and always 6 protons. However, Carbon also has neutrons in the nucelus . Carbon exists in two **isotopes**, Carbon 12 and Carbon 14 . Neutrons help to stabilize the nucleus, and so isotopes have different **nuclear** properties. The number of prot... |
Why do I feel like I need to take a nap after I eat pizza? | It depends on how much you eat. But typically, after eating high calorie foods high in carbs at once, a large amount of blood has to go down into the stomach area causing less blood to be in the head, promoting exhaustion. That's another reason why they recommend small frequent meals over eating a lot at once. |
Why does something travelling at supersonic speeds make a loud bang? | When things fly through the air, they produce sound waves. As long as the thing is flying slower than the speed of sound, the sound waves can propagate in front of the object and the waves don't really overlap very much. However, when an object breaks the speed of sound, sound waves created by the object can no longer ... |
Why does cigarette smoke stink and pipe smoke smell good? | With pipe tobacco there are many different types of tobaccos that are blended together to make a pleasant taste. On top of that many pipe tobaccos are called aromatic because they have additional flavoring added like cherry and vanilla. With cigarette tobacco they basically use all the left over trimming and scraps fro... |
Why is it safe to eat moldy cheese but not okay to eat moldy bread or fruit? | Moldy like bleu cheese, or moldy because it's gone off? Only one of those is okay to eat. Bleu and other veined cheeses are specifically inoculated with the good kind of mold. Because it's the good kind, it won't make you sick. |
After the outcry of MH14's shootdown, has anything been done besides countries expressing threats and condolences? | Not really. Russia has made it clear that they don't care about the opinion of the international community. Western Europe is too dependent on Russian energy exports to seriously challenge Russia economically and European NATO members have let their militaries atrophy so badly that NATO is a paper tiger without extensi... |
What is a Jewellers tool more like, a 'Magnifying glass' or a 'mini telescope'? Please Help. | It's called a [Jeweler's Loupe], and it does NOT telescope, so it is a magnifying glass. |
The US laws of sugar imports/production. | Basically, in order to protect the US sugar industry, the US has a 2 tiered tariff on sugar. Sugar tariffs start very low, but beyond a certain amount of imported sugar in a year, the tariff goes up for the remainder of that year. This puts a soft cap on the amount of sugar we import. |
Why is it hard to breath when the water temperature is ice-cold in the shower? | Because your muscles and organs go into a quick state of shock. It's why sports athletes always take an ice bath. That quick shock they get stops their muscles from stiffening and helps prevent injuries. It's also your body reacting to the sudden change of temperature. |
Can you listen to the radio using garden weeds and a high powered radio antenna? And how? | An analog signal is basically sound vibrations converted into electromagnetic frequencies. The frequencies are picked up by antennas and converted back into vibrations by speakers. But a high powered frequency can cause objects to resonate and produce the same sound vibrations, for example the WLW once broadcast with e... |
How do Adjustable Rate Mortages (ARMs) work and why did people think they were a good idea? | It's about who takes the risk. In an ARM, you're taking the risk that the cost of money won't change much -- as a reward, you get a lower rate in the beginning. In a FRM, the bank is taking the risk that the cost of money won't change much. If you can absorb the risk, or expect you won't keep the property for very long... |
While watching any movie, I see various company logos/small animations like XYZ pictures, ABC Films, etc. Why are there so many and what are roles of each of those companies? | At a minimum, you'll see two logos: one for the production company and one for the distribution company/rightsholder. The first logo is usually that of the rights holder--that's the company that paid to have the movie made. The second logo will be that of the production company--the company that actually made the movie... |
What time do astronauts have on their watch? | UTC. This is mainly because this sleep schedule is convenient for most parties involves . Its a compromise between American and Russian timezones, and fits fairly well for everyone else given that the exact opposite timezones are mostly found in the Pacific Ocean. Everyone should use the same timezone on the ISS of cou... |
Why is 15.6" such a common screen size for laptops? | Well I think if 13.3" or 14" was the industry standard you 'd be asking the same thing, no? Perhaps a great deal it all boils down to standards within an industry dominated by consumer needs and pricepoint. Usability studies and best practices lead the various manufacturing companies to come up with a few standard lapt... |
Why is the TV light appearing to be blue when looking at it from a distance/through a window? | It's to do with the eye's sensitivity to light at different brightness levels. Generally speaking the situation you're describing happens at night, in duller lighting. The type of cells most responsible for your eyesight at night are the rod cells as opposed to the cone cells, and these happen to have a sensitivity pea... |
How does sweat actually cool us off? | Alright sonny. You know how if you leave ice on the counter, it melts into water, and if you leave that water on the counter long enough it will disappear ? Well, those are called phase changes, and in order to go from solid to liquid, or liquid to gas, you need to add heat. Well, when liquid water sits on your skin, i... |
Why does AM radio sound so inferior to FM? | AM means amplitude modulation is used. That means the sound is coded onto the electro magnetic wave by changing the amplitude. And FM is frequency modulation, the information is coded onto the wave by changing the frequency of it . The problem with amplitude is, that it changes a lot. The amplitude falls with distance ... |
Why is 'hate-crime' a required designation of a crime. What does it offer that criminal justice hasn't offered before? | It's based on the idea that an act can be worse, or the perpetrator more culpable, based on the motivation behind it. Think of an assault committed because the victim stole something from the perpetrator, or deeply insulted him or threatened him. Compare to an assault committed simply because the victim was gay, and th... |
Explain iambic pentameter to me | Let's talk about the literal meaning of the words first: "Iambic" means to \'have feet\' . "Pentameter" means \'in measures of 5\'. So put them together and you get: "Measures with 5 feet". You can think of a \'foot\' a bit like a heartbeat: ba-BOM, ba-BOM, ba-BOM, etc. There's a small off-beat, and then the main on-be... |
If mosquitos died out, how would it affect the world - do they serve a purpose in the food chain? | They serve a purpose in the food chain, but not one that isn't replaceable by something else and not anything you should be willing to give up your own blood and risk disease for. Unfortunately, if they could have been eradicated, they already would be. |
Why are almost all ancient people in movies depicted as white British speaking people? | The British PR accent is considered sophisticated while foreign yet understandable to the american public so is perfect for representing ancient cultures like the Greeks and Romans in movies.Well, they didn't speak English either. It's just theater tradition. English-language theater has its origins in Britain. |
Why is there a difference between watching a TV on the other side of the room and watching a video on your phone in front of your face? | The OP is wondering why the phone screen looks 'smaller', even though it is right next to his face and in fact fills more of his visual field than a TV that is across the room. I don't enjoy watching movies on my phone, for exactly this reason. Ok I 'know' the screen is smaller. But is my brain really just a scumbag ? ... |
Why is gas heating so much cheaper than electric heating? | no, there are numerous losses in electricity production and transmission. all along the way heat is slowly lost to the atmosphere. While we need electricity, because its a convenient form of potential energy to do all kinds of work. But if your ultimate goal is just to burn it as heat, we can do that ourselves on a sma... |
How much money does the USA goverment have? | I don't know quite what you're asking here. Like how much money does the Treasury have in reserves? They currently have about $120 billion. How much money does the government take in taxes? In the 2014 fiscal year, they took in about $3 trillion. How much money is the government capable of printing? Technically none si... |
Why did the plague doctors have masks that resembled crows? | It allowed them to place herbs and flowers in the beak. At this time it was thought that disease was cause by bad, foul air and that flowers and other nice smelling things would prevent them from catching the diseaseBecause they stuffed the nose of the mask with sweet smelling herbs to mask the smell. Like a coroner us... |
What made dinosaurs so large? | Evolution. Being large is a survival strategy. If you're bigger, you're harder for a predator to kill and eat. If you're a predator, if you're bigger, you can eat bigger prey. It can make for an 'arms race' in size, and both cases grant a survival benefit that naturally selects for more size. But being big has disadvan... |
Why doesn't it feel the same as a professional massage when you massage your own muscles? | Touch your hand. Which do you feel more? Your hand or the sensation of the act of touching your own hand?', "Consider how you have to contract your own muscles to massage your own muscles. Also, you're not a professional masseuse and you don't have the professional training or know their techniques. |
Why are your kneecaps hairless/ have much less hair than the rest of your legs? | I grow hair on part of my knees, always assumed the bald spots were where the skin stretches more or rubs against fabric. |
Why doesn't skin stain as easily as other materials and objects? | the cells on your skin die and fall off, and regenerate. you probably washed a lot of dead cells off your hands. |
How do you "colorize" an old black and white film/ T.V. show? | Convert the film to digital. Color each frame individuallyIts all done by hand. If you know what film it was shot, and some of the characteristics of the camera lenses, you can make an educated guess on how the colors behave – what colors become different shades of grey. After that, is a tedious and labor-intensive wor... |
Why is it hard to photograph striped fabrics? | It's called "moiré" and it's to do with the way your digital camera sensor takes in and processes an image signal. Take a piece of paper with black parallel lines close together on it and make a copy on transparent film. Placing the transparent one on top, move their orientation away from being squared up and you will ... |
How do countries with nationalized health care deal with medical fraud and abuse? Does it take up a huge chunk of their medical budget? | Well, in a country that has nationalized health care you have less fraud and abuse because if everyone has easy access to healthcare there is little reason to get fraudulent medical insurance information, and you cannot abuse something you are given free and near unlimited access to.Australia has medical coverage. You ... |
Why are all big trucks and tractors diesel? | Diesel-powered engines produce a good bit more torque then gasoline-powered engines giving them the ability to handle towing much more weight then gasoline-powered engines. Diesel-powered engines also last much longer. A diesel engine can last a million miles or more if properly maintained and tractors can last decades... |
Morals aside... Why do countries deploy aid and charity giving to other countries? Is there any economic advantages to this? | It can help a country develop into a potential market for the UK. Right now, Sudan can't afford any UK products, but there is a chance that with aid, they can develop themselves, get a higher GDP and wealth across the population and then suddenly they can afford all those products from the UK. Not saying that is necess... |
How is it that dreams can almost predict when your alarm is going to go off? | Memories of dreams can be misleading as to what really happened. If your alarm goes off, your dream may incorporate the sound into your dream. You didn't anticipate it, you reacted to it. But this doesn't last long before you actually start waking up and realizing that your alarm in real life is going off.Even when you... |
If Bluefin Tuna are Going Extinct Why Can't we Just Breed Them Like Salmon? | They are very hard to breed. 2015 was the 1st time we 've heard of any success _URL_0_ The article sums up a few great reasons why it's hard > "The bluefin hatchlings ate each other, so we then had to introduce other types of hatchling species for them to eat." > The scientists also faced the difficulty of replicating ... |
Psychologists, especially, why do the super wealthy still want more? | I believe Andrew Carnegie once answered the question in this way: "How much is enough?" AC: "Just a little bit more." |
How albums get leaked weeks ahead of their official release date | It could be people involved with the creation and distribution of the album. If they are working on the songs or creation of the discs, they obtain copies of the music. I imagine this makes up most of the people that leak songs before a full release. Some radio stations or certain individuals may receive advanced copie... |
Why have 10 ELI5 links shown up on my front page just now despite the fact I'm subscribed to 50 other subreddits including all the major default subreddits? | I'm not entirely sure, but from what I remember reading a while back, it has to do with the way that Reddit's ranking algorithm sorts the frontpage. It's the reason why you aren't subscribed to every single subreddit by default; all of the smaller subreddits would dominate the front page. I guess the ranking algorithm ... |
My doctor blames ObamaCare for my 10 minute appointment and lack of care. | Doctor here. The primary reason for documentation is billing. Billing, billing, billing. If he is putting things in his notes that he did not do, that is fraud. Feel free to report him to the state medical board if you want. The reason his visits are so short is so he can see more patients and bill more. 10 minutes is ... |
Why is it easy to close a jar, but sometimes incredibly hard to open? | There's all sorts of things that make jars hard to open. * You can spill stuff on the rim & it dries up, glueing things in place.* Temperature changes can cause the metal lid to contract faster than the glass does, making it physically tighter* Temperature changes can make the air inside contract causing the lid to get... |
What's actually happening biologically when we get a brainfreeze? | There's a nerve that runs along the roof of your mouth and when the roof of your mouth gets too cold the nerve sends a pain signal to your brain. _URL_0_ |
Why is road rage so prevalent? | People get angry when they are driving and can neither control the actions of other people or communicate their frustration with that lack of power. Especially when you know that an accident will at the least cause a headache and at the most take the lives of you/your family/etc. And just like the Internet we have road... |
how do hot air balloons steer? | > Up makes sense Down sort of makes sense. But how do they steer beyond that? They don't. You have to go up or down , and try to find an air current going in the direction that you want. And if you can't tough luck, you're going the wrong way, and you have to deal with it.Did the hot air balloon last year. They control... |
What happens when a computer is turned on | When a PC is first turned on, it runs a special program called BIOS , a very simple program that let's the computer interact with the screen, keyboard, mouse, hard drive, USB ports, network, and other basic I/O components. After the BIOS finishes, it goes to a specific location on the hard drive, called the boot sector... |
Why do we have urge to smoke, despite knowing it's not good for health | We like putting things in our mouths, and we like the rush from nicotine, a highly addictive drug. We also like rituals associated with pleasurable activitiesIt's not just psychology - it's human biology. Our brains have nicotine "receptors." These receptors are hard wired into our pleasure/reward center. The more we s... |
Why does a glass with water in it get bubbles if it sits over night? | Dissolved oxygen conglomerates on itself and attaches to imperfections in the glass sides. Remember that the act of pouring and / or filling the glass is a process of oxygenation / aeration.There's air dissolved in the water - most home faucets force air into the water as it comes out of the tap . As you let it sit & w... |
What are these weird sensations of "leaving my body" that I occasionally get? | It is the aptly named [out-of-body experience], an altered mental state that can be brought on by many different causes . They can be caused by drugs, mental or physical trauma, stress, or other factors. In short, it's your brain glitching. For a time, your neural processes are slightly mismatched leaving you in a drea... |
What is that sound you hear when you shut your eyes as hard as you can? | You're activating the [tensor tympani muscle], which pulls on the bones of the inner ear to damp sounds like chewing. The [rumbling noise] is just what muscle fibers sound like under tension, but stronger than you'll often otherwise encounter it because the muscle is inside your ear.How many people immediately shut the... |
How every single person on the planet is born with a unique thumbprint. | They aren't. Humans do not have unique fingerprints. However, one person's fingerprints remain the same their entire life, and the very large number of potential fingerprints makes it extremely unlikely that two people who have anything to do with each other will share fingerprints. It has happened, but not often. So i... |
Why are some people more susceptible to having anxiety than others? | So, from a psychological standpoint there are a number of ways of approaching this question. The brain is a complex system of mutually influential and constraining processes. The ELI5 version could be: our thoughts affect our emotions, but our emotions also give rise to thoughts, and so on etc in a cycle of mutual cons... |
what's the big deal with broadcasting "illegally" on different freqencies? | A lot of radio channels are reserved for military/emergency use. If you are broadcasting on a channel then they can't use it. It is illegal to broadcast on certain channels because you impede emergency services/military services, and that is generally frowned upon.> it seems as if the police or even the millitary will ... |
Why do software installers recommend that you close all other programs? | it's a safety net if another program is running it may have a lock on some file or directory that the installer may try to access.This could lead the installer to fail, and the end user may report that as a problem which you might never be able to replicate. So, it's easier to tell everyone to shut down any other runni... |
What is "Lake Effect" snow? | Lake effect snow happens when a cold air mass moves over a relatively warm or unfrozen lake, picks up moisture, and then dumps it once it has passed over the lake. It is different from "regular" snow because the lake acts as a source of moisture needed to create snow. Normally, cold air isn't very wet - the colder the ... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.