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Why do a lot of people feel motivated to do a lot of cleaning/work at night. | I'm by no means an expert on this subject, but I think the only people who feel that way are the people who don't do a lot during their day. Then at night when you're supposed to be winding down you have a lot of pent up energy that you need to spend, which you do by cleaning/working. |
Why do languages have irregular verbs and pronunciations? | Language evolution is largely arbitrary. The pronunciation depends on the origin of the word. English had been a rapidly evolving language and various words are being pronounced with their mother language in mind. . Spanish also has a similar situation. So, it has similar issues. If you want to have a really distinct a... |
ELI5:Why is it hard to pee when erect | Because when you are erect there is a muscle that closes off the tube to your bladder precisely because we don't want pee in our spunk. When your little buddy finally relaxes, so too does the muscle. |
what the US Marines are and how they're different from the army. | Marines are a part of the Navy, historically they support naval operations, i.e. capturing key parts of the coastline, exploring and specializing in amphibious assault. That is why in space epics and video games they are always space marinesUS Marines were once the amphibious and ship to ship combat arm of the Navy. Ov... |
In its natural habitat away from humans, what is the use/purpose of a parrot repeating a noise it hears? | Parrots are social and intelligent. Researchers are starting to learn that parrots in the wild form tribes and each tribe has it's own language or dialect. Like humans, the parrot chicks are not born able to speak the language and learn from the parents and other family members. I have a conure and a ciaque who grew up... |
Can someone explain whether obesity is only present in humans or other mammals too have this disorder within their species? | Other animals can get fat, too. Pets often become obese; lab animals can gain too much weight if their diets aren't carefully adjusted. Among wild animals, morbid obesity isn't particularly common, because animals that are too fat to run away from predators usually either lose weight or get eaten. |
How/Why is it routine to see multi-million dollar bails when the 8th amendment plainly prohibits excessive bail? | Excessive means in relation to the crime, not in relation to their ability to pay. Bail is insurance that you will show up to court on the dates you are supposed to. If you are required to show up for a traffic ticket, 1 million dollar bail is highly excessive, which is why your signature in the presence of the cop suf... |
why are my fingernails no longer translucent once they grow off the tip? | I'm sure you 've heard about [tape over frosted glass] trick right? Your nail is actually rough on the underside, especially with bits of dead skin still attached. The part of your nail that didn't grow out is firmly "adhered" to the nailbed so it appears translucent because the hydration provided by the nailbed smooth... |
why/how do rivers begin on mountain tops? | It rains and snows up there. The rain, and the water from melting snow, run downhill. |
How did males come to believe that a woman "squirting" during sex was squirt juice and not urine??? | You 've got some, uh. Incomplete answers here. The whole Skene gland thing and female ejaculation is all well and good, but the thing is "squirting" is *insanely* exaggerated in porn. The crazy stuff in porn very likely *is* urine, since there's just no other source in the female body that can store that much liquid. T... |
I'm studying Nutrition as I type. Why can't food producers use Potassium Chloride (KCl) in food as "salt" instead of Sodium Chloride (NaCl)?? | Potassium chloride and NaCl/KCl mixes are sold and marketed as "salt substitute" or "salt lite". Apparently it's like the difference between sugar and sugar substitutes: advocates claim that you can't tell the difference, but lots of people can tell the difference and prefer the unhealthy stuff. Apparently KCl leaves a... |
Why does different alcoholic beverages impact one's mood in different ways? | You are correct in saying that the alcohol itself isn't what makes a difference. However you have to think about the alcohol by volume of different drinks which would increase or decrease the rate at which alcohol is being consumed. You also have to account for what is mixed in the alcohol. If there's a lot of sugar th... |
Why the fock do I still have black bars on my widescreen tv?! | Thanks. What is the point of selling me a widescreen tv that doesn't show movies properly? . |
How do self-driving cars manage large intersections with multiple traffic signals? | First of all, keep in mind that there are no finished, commercially-available self-driving cars that automatically handle traffic signals yet. Tesla's self-driving features only handle highway driving and parking, for example - they don't handle stop lights and stop signs. Google's is the furthest along based on public... |
In the case of a deadly accident, how does the family of the deceased find out about it? | Good detective work. My wife's sister died in a motorcycle accident in Toronto, Canada. She'd changed her name, and had been largely estranged from her family for decades. There was no family in her home town anymore. My wife changed her name and we live a long way from their home town in the US. Somehow that Canadian ... |
Why does it matter which way earphones/headphones go on your head? | In the studio or broadcast where music is mixed some instruments are panned left or right. Following the l/r on you headphones preserves the intended left and right balance.Movies as well will sometimes pan things from side to side as you see things move across the screen. It would not seem correct to see something mov... |
Why is the middle east so unstable? | uh, I will try to keep it brief. A lot of it goes back to the cold war. For many very valid reasons the people of the middle east found themselves stuck between two super powers . In many cases they were making efforts to be progressive and democratic. But cold war politics were such that both sides destabilized regime... |
Whyvare some digital watches faster or slower than others? | Nothing is perfect, there is always some error. In digital clocks there is a circuit called an oscillator. It's the electronic equivalent of a pendulum, but instead of an object moving the same path at a fixed rate there is a voltage that swings up and down at a fixed rate. This acts as our little electronic clock tick... |
Why do some American stores have condoms on shelves with other pharmaceutical products, while others keep them behind the counter with cigarettes and such? | The ones that have them behind the counter generally have them there because condoms are items that often get shoplifted. The ones that don't have them behind the counter might not have as much issue with shoplifting in that location, or they have other measures that help them catch shoplifters. |
What do television meteorologists do when they're not in front of the camera? | The meteorologist is interpreting the computer models. All of the simulations and models are easy enough to view, but they often vary in what they output. The meteorologist decides which of the models is likely to be the most accurate. Different meteorologists might believe different models. I'm sure they also have to ... |
Why is Angry Birds (and other apps) free on Android but it costs money for the iPhone? | From what the the head of marketing at Rovio seems to be saying is that, he believes making it free with advertising will, and does, make him more money than a paid app does. He says that Rovio makes more money in a year from the free version on Android then the paid on iPhone. He also says that paid apps don't sell at... |
Why do black people tend to have deeper voices as opposed to white people? | There's some [solid evidence] that genetics plays a factor here. So, it's not unreasonable to say that it has to do with how the vocal chords and nose and so on tend to form. It's not a secret, after all, that different races have different typical nose shapes.There are a couple of different, unrelated things that make... |
Despite being Hoax, why Homeopathy is very popular in several European countries? | The thing is, homeopathy has two different definitions. What Homeopathy originally meant, and really should mean, is the practise of diluting certain chemicals which paradoxically makes them stronger somehow and will cure you. This, obviously, is a crock of shit. However, to many people Homeopathy doesn't mean that any... |
What is the difference between baking powder and baking soda? | The top comment is correct, but in case it's too technical: Both baking powder and baking soda are used to create a rise in baked goods. The chemical reaction they cause makes bubbles that puff up the dough. Baking soda needs an acid added to the dough to make that reaction happen . Baking powder is baking soda plus an... |
why does the amount of regular shapes go from infinity to like 5 when making the jump from 2d to 3d | The internal angles at any given vertex have to be less than 360 degrees . Also at any given vertex, 3 or more faces are meeting. So the only combinations of 3+ regular polygons that have additive internal angles of less than 360 degrees are: 3 triangles , aka, Tetrahedron 4 triangles , aka, Octahedron 5 triangles , ak... |
How does Photo 51 show that DNA has a helical structure? | Francis Crick wrote his thesis on how him and Watson were able to figure the structure of DNA out from this picture, so it isn't some easy answer. Basically the distances in between the bands on the radiograph, the distance and angle between the two arms of the X, and the intensity of the bands allowed Watson and Crick... |
Why don't we breed endangered species the same way we breed cattle or dogs? | Because we have nowhere to put them. Species that are endangered generally aren't endangered because they aren't breeding. They are breeding just fine. They are endangered because humanity is taking / altering their habitat or because of poachers. Neither of those problems are solved by breeding them. |
how do fabrics absorb liquids and what factors determine their absorbency? | Fabrics absorb moisture through [capillary action]. The same principle that allows candle wicks to absorb wax and burn. Basically, liquids will almost always want to merge with dry materials. As for the second part, it depends on how tightly woven the material is. The more air space between fibers, the more potential s... |
Why haven't algae based biofuels taken off yet? | Cost per gallon. Algal crude costs somewhere around $7-8 per gallon to create. Current projections are that if that can come down to around $4-5 per gallon, then it's viable. If we can't hit that mark, then it's not viable. There's also the concern of retuning the entire automotive fleet to run on biofuels , and the po... |
How well can fish see when they are out of the water? | Same way you would tell if you were underwater. Moving around would feel different, and you wouldn't be able to breath", 'They will not be able to see well. The light bending angle as it passes from the outside world to the lens of the eye changes depending on the refractive index of the medium they are in. So the ligh... |
I was recently diagnosed with coeliac (gluten allergy) and of course need to change my diet. How does this come about when for the last 30 years or so I was fine? | Celiac is an autoimmune disorder. It is not an allergy. You absorb gluten as well as nutrients through villi in your intestines. Because your immune system immune system thinks that gluten is a foreign invader, it will try to destroy it. In the process, it will actually destroy your villi, meaning eventually you not on... |
why is flushing the toilet so loud? | Because the type of materials that you could or would put into a bathroom to absorb sound and reduce the noise tend to be materials you do not want around a bathroom for sanitary reasons. Bathrooms tend to be relatively small and filled with hard surfaces all of which makes any noise that is generated in them that much... |
What is the limit to seeing back in time? | You cannot see past the part of the universe expanding faster than the speed of light Essentially imagine yourself on a endless roll of carpet. If the speed you can run at is 5mph, and the carpet unrolls at 6mph, you will never get to the end of the roll, it will forever unroll and get further and further away from you... |
Why do we "need" to eat before taking any type of medication? | It depends on the medicine. The reasons to eat before taking the pill: it is digested and absorbed into blood faster, it won't damage stomach , it can help to digest you meal . |
The difference between graphite and graphene | Graphite is made up of many layers of graphene. Graphene is a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms. |
How is the camera not caught in a mirror in movies? | This has been done long before sophisticated CGI. The camera is placed at an angle to the mirror, then the actor looks at the reflection of the camera so to the viewer it looks like they are looking straight into the mirror but you can't see the camera. |
The riots in Hamburg (G20-summit) | Well, it's been going on since 1999, I think Seattle was the first big protest against World Trade Organization. It's basically rich guys setting global prices and the people think they should have a say in those closed door meetings. G20 is a little different but it's a protest against globalization without representa... |
If sound travels faster through solids than gasses, how come when there are solids in the way (i.e. walls), one can hear less? | Whether you can hear a sound or not has nothing to do with the speed of transmission at all. It has to do with how much of the sound energy gets through the material to your ears. Some materials absorb sound energy the way a pillow absorbs the kinetic energy of an object.Sound doesn't travel the same in all solids or a... |
Why are US tire sizes half metric and half English? | Lets take an example tire size # ***P215/70R16*** ***P*** here designates that the tire is a **P**assenger tire Other tires may have T: Temporary LT: Light Truck C: Commercial and ST: Special Trailer *215* here designates the widest point of the outside of the tire, from sidewall to sidewall. It means that it is exactl... |
How do North Koreans learn enough to defect? | They do occasionally hear about the outside world to learn through word of mouth, hacked tv and radio. If you want a very good idea of defectors, read a book called Nothing to Envy. It tells the stories of some defectors during the late nineties. I highly recommend it. |
How do they create space on hard drives and why is it so expensive to increase the space by just a bit? | Hard drives store data magnetically. The read/write head hovers over the platters on a cushion of air. Most HDD's have one or two platters, some *really* expensive ones have more. Space is defined in a hard drive using a unit system known as CHS or "Cylinder Head Sector", Cylinder defines how far away from the centre o... |
Why does it always feel like there's somebody behind you in the dark? | It doesn't feel like that to me. I love the bliss of the night. Generally, evolution gave us a better safe than sorry mentality. Checking if someone isn't sneaking up on you is easily done at little cost to you. Facing the consequences if someone does happen to be sneaking up on you is very costly. Any impetus to make ... |
After taking a sip of water, why do many ppl make the 'refreshed' sound of audibly exhaling? | i would suspect that its because you interuppeted your breathing rythm by stopping it to drink then exhaling the pressure build up. - of course if you took a breath before you drank. |
What keeps vandals from stealing train tracks? | In the US, train rail is welded. This makes it more stable, albeit at some increased heat trouble, and very hard to steal. A typical welded piece could be a mile long and when you cut it the sensors for continuous train control would detect a loss of signal. It's a lot of work to steal, a federal crime, and the scaveng... |
What constitutes resisting arrest? If I just go ragdoll when arrested, would that count? | If you do not comply with the officers instructions, then you are resisting. They will instruct you to do certain things with your hands, and to get into certain positions, and if you just go rag-doll and refuse to comply then you will be treated as non-compliant and resisting arrest. It's passive resistance, not viole... |
- Why does Stephen Curry get fined for flopping once, when other players in the league are known for doing so regularly without it being an apparent issue? | Flopping has been an embarrassment to the NBA for at least a decade now. It's the main reason I limit my viewing. The NHL handled flopping correctly, penalizing it as embellishment and sending the offender to the penalty AND a fine. The reason the NBA IMHO has started this nonsense now is they are trying to bring it to... |
why do eyes roll back when people die? Or is that made up? | It's fiction. When a person dies, their eyes stay fixed where they were at the moment of death. |
What are the spasms your body makes right as you are falling asleep? | The cause of this is as your body falls asleep your brain wont receive any messages from a muscle so it sends a strong message to check if things are still responsive causing a violent jerkIt is a specific type of [myoclonic jerk] known as a [hypnic jerk]. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine there are m... |
the difference between Normally Open switches, and Normally Closed switches, and how it pertains to energized state. | Electrician here. In electrical terms "closed" means allowing current to flow. If a circuit is "open" that means that there is a break in the line, thus not making a complete path. We consider the non-energized state to be normal in a switch. For example: on a relay, if the coil is deenergized the normally open contact... |
why does ones eyes tear up when getting hit on the nose? | My thoughts are that it's because our eyes, ears and nose are all connected. We hold our nose and blow to equalise the air pressure in our ears. Eating spicy food makes our eyes and nose water. When we blow our nose hard our eyes will be affected and may tear up.I know excess tears go from the eyes through an internal ... |
Why the US has trade relations with China (a communist country), while Cuba is still under embargo (also a communist country) | Because Nixon saw that China had potential to become a very wealthy trading partner and liberalized relations . Cuban relations remain chilly because Cuban anti-communists represent a very important voting bloc in Florida It has nothing to do with Cuba being communist, and has everything to do with the fact that Castro... |
Why is post-dating legal? | There is no reason that it should be illegal. It simply takes the statement "I'll give you the money on Friday" and turns it into a legal promiseBecause the date on a check is what date the check is good. As long as the date is before today or the date you want someone cash it then its legal. Plus there is no reasonabl... |
Why do cops have such a hard-on for ID? (see comments) | The information on an ID is important to police becuase it's how they can tell whether you have any warrants out for your arrest, if you have any priors, and what your name is in case they detain you and have to fill out a report. Police also like asking for ID because it's kind of a nerve test. If someone produces an ... |
When your arm goes numb from sleeping on it, what causes that "pins and needles" sensation when the blood flow is restored to your arm? | It's a somewhat common misconception that the numbness is caused by a lack of circulation. It's actually because you 've put engouh pressure on a nerve somewhere along its path so it stops working properly. And when it starts to come back it works a bit weirdly which causes the pins and needles. From [National Institut... |
How is Rule XIX of the U.S. Senate constitutional? | It's literally in the Constitution. Article 1, Section 5, Subsection 2: "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member." The Senate created Rule XIX for itself to govern the behavior of it's senatorsBecause it ... |
How can a picture taken with a camera look better than with human eyes? | You're probably looking at a picture that has HDR techniques applied to it - essentially they take several pictures - some adjusted to bring out the details in the shadows and some to bring out details in the highlights and then all the exposures are composited together into one picture. So essentially you are seeing c... |
What are [brackets] doing around certain words? | It means that the word in brackets was not explicitly said by the person quoted. Generally this is used when the quote would be ambiguous or excessively long without truncationBrackets usually signify implied information based on what was actually said. So if a witness says "Out of nowhere, she ran across the road," fo... |
the term zombie candidate? | A candidate that is dead but still walking. In the current Republican race, Carly Fiorina is an example of a zombie candidateBefore the Citizens United decision, there was always a real possibility that a qualified candidate would run out of money in a campaign, thus having to drop out of the race prematurely. Now, wit... |
Why is attendance so mandatory in Highschool/College? Why can't you just pass the tests? | Attendance isn't mandatory in most college classes. But if you don't show up, you're not very likely to do well. Besides that, the most important classes are the ones where the test is a shitty way to determine if you know things or not. Since the real world is not going to have too many situations where you're locked ... |
How LCD Screens work if it's a liquid crystal? | MAGIC! well not magic, but it isn't liquid like water but more like a very thin layer of oil It also isn't a large pool of liquid, but drops, isolated into cells, think of bubble wrap with each bubble filled and an electric wire plugged to it. If you tear it, a bunch of bubbles open up and it makes a mess Now, the real... |
Why is the yellow of gaming glasses or darkening on phones better for us than the normal brightness? | You know how staring at a phone or computer with no other lights on makes you tired? This can be caused by the amount of blue light emitted from the device. This blue light can cause eyestrain and blurred vision if there is prolonged exposure. Yellow-tinted gaming glasses function in a similar way brown/yellow-tinted s... |
When working out why is it better to do 3 sets of 10 as opposed to just 30 reps? | By taking a break you can lift more weight over your 3 sets. You might only be able to do 10 pounds of weight if you do a set of 30 without stop, but you will likely be able to do say 25 pounsd with 3 reps of 10 with breaks in between. Generally more weight & fewer reps = muscle building Less weight & more reps = endur... |
How exactly does Raid and other insect sprays kill cockroaches and other bugs? | It's generally a neuro-toxin. That means that it disrupts the ability of the nerves to send signals. So they are almost immediately incapacitated and brain dead. ", 'This is a commonly asked question here. Please see [these previous posts.] Try our handy Search function sometime. :-) |
Before people understood what a viral or bacterial infection was, what did they think was happening to them when they became sick? | A very common theory for a very long time was the concept of humors. The four humors were blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. The theory was that we have a certain balance of each humor in relation to the others, and that illness came from our humors being out of whack. For example, cancer was thought to be cau... |
why some countries spice a lot their food and others don't? | Typically countries use a lot of spice when spices grow well in their climate, or when their climate is very warm and thus foods are prone to go bad. Countries with neither of these attributes tend to have mild food, other than immigrant groups who came from spicy-food countries. |
Why do different things require different size of batteries? AA vs C vs D etc? | They contain different amounts of power;i.e. the bigger the battery, the bigger the item it can power and the longer it can power it for AAA: 250 – 1200 mAh AA: 1800-2600 mAh C: 8,000 mAh D:12000-18000 mAhAAA, AA, C, and D batteries all interchangeable, the provide the same kind of electricity. Big batteries store more... |
How can we know we’ve said the wrong thing immediately after saying it, but don’t know it’s the wrong thing to say before saying it? | Because our mouth is moving faster than our brain sometimes. We think of what to say, then don't think any further than if it makes sense to say before we start saying it. But as we're saying it. Or right after we've said it, we finishing thinking about what we've said and realise it was a mistake. I have a similar iss... |
what 'Stalemate' is in chess. | It's when it's your turn, and you're not in check, but you have no legal moves. The game ends in a draw if that happensA stalemate in chess is a form of a draw. Certain pieces can only move in certain ways in chess, and a stalemate is when a player can no longer move any pieces legally without the other player taking t... |
How can police "refuse" to release dash cam footage? | It's legal because when it comes to evidence the police answer to the courts not individuals. If a judge request the video or any other evidence that is involved in a trial the police have to turn it over. If the general population requests anything the police don't have to turn over anything. This is for good reason. ... |
what is R.E.M sleep and why when sleep paralysis occurs do majority of people hallucinate? | R.E.M sleep is a part of your sleep cycle known as Rapid Eye Movement. During this stage of your sleep, your muscles are paralysed by the brain to keep you safe from things such as falling, sleep walking, etc. Those part of sleep is where you're most likely to dream. As far as hallucinating during sleep paralysis, I'm ... |
Why are some better known Youtubers allowed to use copyrighted music, whilst other smaller channels are penalised almost instantly? | Because they are large enough to ask for permission. You try and you'll never get a response. |
How do shows feature newborn babies in the episodes? (Like when a character gives birth and the camera shows newborn?) | These scenes often cause people who know what's what to groan, because they see that the baby is actually several months old. Very lifelike dolls are also used. But some shows will also arrange to use an actual few-days-old baby - with permission of the parents, of course |
Why do films increasingly have a half-dozen or more production companies logos shown at the start of the movie instead of just one? | Rights get more complicated movies are becoming more frequently based off existing material with rights coming from different places there's more "parts" to a movie requiring different companies A simple explanation is that for every logo you see, at some point some company had the ability to negotiate to get that logo... |
How do personality tests predict with accuracy your personality based on questions that are somewhat unrelated. | First of all, personality testing in general is not that accurate. The problem is that often there are flaws in the questions such as questions that don't measure what they intend to measure, issues with culture or preexisting knowledge and problems with the wording of the questions. The most obvious "flaw" in these ki... |
Why are computer science-related careers so hard to get into when there is such a high demand? | It is an open field and easy to get into. Problem might be your specific location, any requirements that you have with a job, or perhaps any requirements you perchance lack. Don't want to insult you, but IT guys are in high demand so if you have trouble finding a job introspection might be needed. |
What would it mean to find water on Mars? | They already have. There's all sorts of water frozen at the poles. Are you talking about, say, liquid water reservoirs underground at the equator? If so the answer is "A LOT". A decent reservoir of water that could be purified would make a mars dome habitat with the ability to grow its own hydroponic plants MUCH easier... |
Why is it more difficult to drown out the sound of people talking around you when they're speaking in a foreign language? | maybe because it's such a distinct sound you cant really ignore it. If someone is talking in English you can completely understand them, you'll only listen to them if they have something that catches your interest. When someone from a foreign language speaks, you do not know what they are saying and just hearing pronun... |
Auto makers... can someone explain who owns who, according to this diagram... | Toyota is the one who makes Lexux, but under different name LEXUS, has join venture with Mazda , Tata & FIat Manufactures for chrysler & own their own cars as well these things I know actually but this maps dosent make senseI believe this map is meant to be a humorous sort of attempt at a metro-system sort of map and n... |
Why do perfume/cologne commercials make no sense, let alone tell how they actually smell? | Because it's about name recognition, they don't expect you to see it and think "oh I'm going to buy my wife white diamonds by elizabeth taylor" it's so when you go up to the counter at the department store you think "oh white diamonds by elizabeth taylor I recognize this!", and on a subconscious level if the ad was suc... |
Why is it that I can drink a large amount of beer without pissing - but as soon as I piss once, I'm pissing every 5 mins? | Alcohol makes you have to pee by suppressing a hormone called ADH. ADH tells your kidneys to stop releasing water from your blood into your urine so when this hormone is suppressed your kidney begin releasing alot of water which creates a lot of urine. There is no magical damn that breaks, as I'm sure you knew, but ins... |
How can I make an informed decision when voting if candidates can lie about anything and aren't held to their election promises? | The best you can do is not look at what they SAY they've done, but look at what they've ACTUALLY done. Did they say they created a bill which helped something? Go read the bill. Do you like it? Do you think it actually helped? Was there some other factor that could've been the real helper that the bill just piggybacked... |
How Do We Know Krakatoa was the Loudest Sound Ever? | It's just a little bit of hyperbole to emphasize how freakin' loud Krakatoa was. To be technical they should say it's the loudest sound in recent history, and the loudest since it occurred. They don't mean to seriously claim that no event ever before, here or on other planets, has never been louder.It assuredly was not... |
How exactly do arm prosthetics work? | Not sure of the science behind it, but you manipulate the prosthetic through tensing the remaining muscles in the arm. The prosthetic senses these electric impulses or contractions and operates the prosthetici once watched a tedtalk about bionic legs. the remaining part of the arm leg consists of stiff and soft tissue ... |
If palms of our hands don’t have pores and oil glands, how can they get sweaty? | While our palms don't have sebaceous glands, that doesn't mean they don't have other sorts of pores and glands. In fact, when it comes to sweat glands , our palms are among the most densely covered areas of our body.Although the palms of our hands do not have hair follicles, they do have sudoriferous glands. These are ... |
why is synthetic things thought of to be not natural, isn't it made out of natural elements? | Synthesis is the combining of elements that don't combine naturally. "Synthetic" describes more the process of creation rather than the individual parts that make it up. |
What's up with Reddit's obsession with Nicholas Cage? | He's an Oscar winning actor who is zany and type cast that way. What's not to like? |
Why do I wake up not needing to go poop when I go to sleeping needing to poop? | You feel the urge to poop because stretch receptors in your anus indicate there's material present. Basically, your large colon deposits poop, ready to be released into the wild, and that stretches certain sensors. If you don't #2 for a period of time, the colon does what is known as reverse peristalsis, and takes the ... |
Why do SWAT teams always have camo on, even when it does nothing to conceal them? | If it's a house/building raid, they usually *don't* have camo on. They usually have a black or blue on in those types of raids. |
What does the phrase "as it were" actually mean, and in what situation should it be used? | It actually means "In a way" and is typically used when trying to be less precise. Basically agreeing to some extent. |
When the black loading screen of a video-game is happening, what is actually going on 'behind it'? | When you want to paint a picture you need all sorts of things. You need clean brushes, the right paints for the job and new clean pieces of paper. While the game is loading. It's clearing away anything it doesn't need and getting the graphics card ready to draw a new picture. It's cleaning off your paint brushes. It's ... |
Why do some plants require more shade than others? | Because they'll get a nasty sunburn otherwise. Shade loving plants are either small and sheltered by big trees or from perpetually foggy areas, so they didn't produce as much sun defense as plants from sunny areas do.Because some plants evolved in forests where the canopy of trees means that very little light reached t... |
Why isn't technicolor used anymore? | Technicolor was the second colouring process for videorecordings and was much better than the first, Kinemacolor. It was amazing at the time but it's pretty shit compared to modern color video. |
64 and 32 bit, and the differences? | 32 or 64 Bit describes the length of numbers in binary the processor calculates with, which means there's a maximum number the processor can handle.For 32 Bit that is 2^32 - 1 so about 4 billion.64 bit means bigger numbers, bigger calculations.64 Bit can handle 2^64 - 1, which is 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. But one of t... |
What do the speed ratings mean on micro SD cards. | Yes. The easiest way to explain it is with a simple question. "How fast do you want your gallery images to load?" |
The difference between pop culture and regular culture. | Popular culture is a subset of overall culture. It's usually things that come and go , like musicians and actors or fashion trends. A pop musician writes songs that are designed to appeal to the current target audience but might not have longevity. Culture as a whole includes all forms of art, language, writing, food, ... |
Why do they fine traffic violators(parking tickets) instead of offering educational services? | If you have a driver's license, you were already taught the rules. Everybody over the age of five knows you stop at a red light. It is a very easy ticket to avoid and if people are so concerned about their finances they can simply, you know, not run a red light. |
How can a colour have no wavelenth? | Some colors we perceive are actually a *blend* of two or more colors, each of which does indeed have a wavelengthOnly lasers come close to creating monochromatic light. Even rainbows are mixed with the background. Basically, every thing you see is a mixture of lots of wavelengths.Your eyes have three different types of... |
Why don't larger clothing sizes cost more? | The cost of the cloth or materials that go into clothing is often not a significant part of the cost. the expensive parts of creating clothing is the design, dying, treatment, fitting, shipping and marketing. if they did bother to charge different prices for different sizes, the resulting increase in managing the addit... |
Why do clothes get staticky in the dryer, and how does a fabric softener fix this? | Everything is comprised of protons and electrons. Protons are bound to the nucleus of an atom but electrons"orbit" further out and are held much less strongly. As such rubbing two things together can strip electrons from one thing and move them to the other. Protons are positively charged and electrons are negatively c... |
Why is there an heroin epidemic in North America? | For a good while American doctors were heavily pressured and outright bribed at times into playing fast and loose with their opioid prescriptions. The company that created Oxycontin even went so far to claim that it was a a low risk way to deal with pain due to practically no chance of addiction. This was obviously inc... |
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