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Why do deers run out into a highway full of loud cars and bright lights yet the smallest footstep rustling leaves in the woods can spook them? | It is quite a lot of different things, I think. One for sure is established deer runs. Those are essentially trails that the deer have built over many years and are literally beat into the woods. Successive generations of deer still use these established paths and eventually humans got in the way and built highways on ... |
How is it possible that no two people have the same fingerprint? And who discovered this and how did they do this? | Police have long recorded criminals physical characteristics . Finger/handprints would initially have just been just another characteristic to help identify people. The more they were studied and understood it became apparent that they are very specific. Once the FBI and similar organizations started to archive huge nu... |
Why does it seem like there was a larger graphical jump between 6th-7th gen consoles than 7th-8th? | In addition to what's already been said, higher graphical detail also requires more work from the artists to actually add in those details. At a certain point, it just takes too much time to create new assets so you get diminishing returns.Because the ps3 cost about twice as much to make it than they were selling it fo... |
Why is there no Vitamin F, G, H or J? | They were either renamed or discovered to not be vitamins. Vitamin F turned out to be needed in large amounts . Vitamins G and H were discovered to be part of the Vitamin B complex . Vitamin J was two compounds, one of which is Vitamin B2, the other of which isn't essential. |
Why does coal an coal ash contain higher amount of heavy metals and radioactive elements? | It is a matter of scale. A typical coal fired power plant burns about 4000 tons of coal *per day*. Most of that is turned into carbon dioxide, and the ash that remains is the concentrated impurities from the coal. Even if they only represent 0.01% of the weight of the coal, that's 4 tons being released into the environ... |
ELI15: How did 'cum' rather than 'come' become the coloquial spelling for ejaculate? NSFW I guess? | I remember seeing it spelled either way in the '70s and '80s, but more recently the currently preferred spelling became more commonplace. What? I read everything as a kid ", 'I get annoyed when people spell it "come" but I don't know if I should or not', "Because it's the phonetic spelling of come along with people wan... |
Why it is so common for people to misunderstand freedom of speech? | Because legal enforcement is only one way of looking at something like freedom of speech. Regardless of what the law says and how it is applied, people are justified in feeling that it represents a principle which may extend well beyond specific legal protection. The 'freedom of speech' is in many ways one of these pri... |
Why is it 'politically risky' for a US politician not to take a pro-Israel stance? | Because, contrary to the reddit hive mind these days, the majority of the US population is pro-Israel. Most of the large urban areas of the US have significant Jewish populations with strong Israeli ties, and most rural areas of the US have significant evangelical Christian populations whom have some religious beliefs ... |
What information would be accessible if Congress's data is purchased? | Wouldn't be able to tell you but i can tell you another fact, VPN services will exploded with business. Literally like the button industry during WW2 when all metal in US was used for the war so no more zippers or metal clippers, buttons all around. Same here, VPNs will be all over the place, home netwroks, businesses,... |
How do computers/cellphones keep changing information such as time and date, when when powered off and without battery for years, while other electronics don't? | Pokemon Gold and Silver had a small battery in order to keep the clock running. It lasts about seven years but after it runs out, the cartridge loses its save files. That's why a lot of pokemon gold and silvers won't retain their save file. A simple replacing of the battery inside the cartridge fixes this problem.Most ... |
Why do people get mad at peers foolish enough to opt out of vaccines if they're already vaccinated themselves? Wouldn't they be immune? | Vaccines aren't 100% effective. They're like 90%. It's better to be around 10% chance of potential infection host people than 100% potential infection host person |
Why do cats run away to die? | Humans also do this. In hypothermia, for example, an advanced symptom is the tendency to burrow or seek shelter in small spaces. By this point the person isn't lucid, it is just an instinctual last-ditch effort at survival. Generally, the safest thing to do when you are critically ill or injured in the wild is to find ... |
Submariners, from the point of view of the crew aboard. Once submerged, do subs ever experience "rough seas"? | In stormy enough seas, you absolutely feel it. I was under a hurricane and even at 500 feet a lot of people got sea sick. I've never notice changes due to thermal layers or currents though. Sometimes the boat does 'Angles and Dangles', where the ship will perform maneuvers creating sustained positions that are fun . |
What takes more energy, to maintain the house at a temperature while I'm gone for a few hours or to turn off the ac and turn it back on when I come back? | I spent 5 years doing residential heat load calculations or Manual J. The amount of factors is immense. It depends on if you have a single stage, 2 stage or variable speed blower. The age of your home. SEER rating. And fenestration. And r values of your insulation. More important than the r value in your walls is the r... |
Why are we not sending more people to the bottom of the Mariana trench? | Why should we? We've been there before, seen sand studied it. Its expensive and dangerous to get there as well. better to study other parts of the ocean we haven't yet.Because why should we go big when we can go home? |
What does the court's recent decision regarding net neutrality actually mean? | It's to stop big cable corporations to not only limit Internet speeds BUT it also stops them from opening up 'fast lanes' to anyone who could penny up for the $ of Internet. Plus these companies also slow down competitor websites and anything they dont agree with. Censorship and whatnot.. Equal speeds for the people!",... |
Why does produce from farmer’s markets cost more than organic produce from a grocery store if the middlemen are removed? | Produce from a real farmer's market is likely from a small, local farm. A lot of the organic produce at grocery stores [still comes from giant corporate factory farms] just like the conventional produce, they just follow the USDA organic regulations. However you should still check that the farmer's market is a certifie... |
Why does chocolate taste so bad after it melts and cools down again? | The bonds between molecules have been broken down . When the chocolate solidifies again it doesn't reform the bonds exactly as it was before. Now it's just coagulated goo, with the cacao and sugar and milk and such all separated and weird", 'There's a chapter in the book *Stuff Matters* by Mark Miodownik that is all ab... |
Why are some appliances made to work on only one voltage, while others work on any voltage? Why not make all appliances work on all voltages? | Consider two components. The transistor and the vacuum tube. They both work fairly similarly. A supply voltage helps pull electrons through the device . A tube requires a supply voltage in the hundreds of volts, partly because it's such a large device and there's anywhere from a couple centimeters to half an inch betwe... |
The idea of “mental competence” in or in avoidance of court cases. | Mental competency examinations by trained psychiatrists search for underlying mental illnesses that might suggest a suspected criminal isn't capable of controlling their behavior because of mental illness. More basically, we try to make sure that people who commit crimes are doing so with the knowledge that they are do... |
How does the second Ammendment protect against tyranny? Wouldn't want civil war or uprising devastate the country beyond repair? | There are some 500 million guns in America in roughly a hundred million households. We have an army of half a million troops around the world and far less local law enforcement, FBI, ATF, and homeland security. If an illegitimate power assumes control of our government I don't think our armed citizenry will stand for i... |
why is counting cards frowned upon? | It's frowned upon because Blackjack, while playing the proper strategy has a very low house advantage. As low as .5% with common game rules. It doesn't take much to swing this into a player's advantage by card counting. When the house knows you have an advantage, they will simply not play with you.The answers are corre... |
Why does a broken leg invariably lead to a horse's euthanasia? | _URL_1_ In short, horse's legs are very difficult to heal - their bones are light and carry a lot of weight, and so frequently a broken leg is totally irreparable. Leaving the animal alive is giving it a slow, painful death by infection and necrosis.This happened yesterday at the Melbourne Cup. The horse was dead befor... |
If energy doesn't disappear, why do batteries "die"? | Because the battery has to transfer its energy from itself, to whatever it's powering. The energy in the battery is not being destroyed, it is being transferred.A battery "dies" when its chemical reaction is complete. The reaction is electrochemical and exothermic, in other words: energy is released in the form of elec... |
why is china's economic decline worrying for other nations? | China's economy did not decline, it's economic growth slowed. They're still one of the fastest growing economies in the world.World markets are more interconnected than ever before. This means economic shift can affect other countries.Because if 1/6th of the world's population has a cold, it's not surprising if everyon... |
Why do fighter jets refuel other fighter jets instead of using a tanker or bringing another external fuel tank? | So fighter jets refueling other fighter jets is mainly a US Navy thing. You'll note that with the Air Force and other nations, most tankers are converted from airliners like the KC-135, KC-10, and KC-46. These big tankers can't be launched from an aircraft carrier, so the Navy utilizes carrier-capable aircraft to be ta... |
If I came from a planet with much higher gravity than Earth and came to Earth, would I be stronger and faster than everyone, also, what would the drawbacks be? | Check out [The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein]. It's a scifi but in my opinion it addresses the issue very comprehensively. Very good book overall too.assuming the planet you came from had the same atmosphere composition as earth, you would probably just get altitude sickness and be weak as a kitten.It'... |
Why is tooth pain so unbearable compared to other areas? | As your tooth decays from bacteria, the nerves inside the teeth [] become directly exposed to the heat, cold, and pressure that those nerves are designed to detect. As a result, you're feeling 1000-fold what's normally dulled by the rest of your tooth. |
How do spam accounts find my username on snapchat? | If you've ever received a spam email where they did not use BCC feature, then you'll notice the CC line where a bunch of people with very similar email addresses to yours also got the same spam. Basically, the shotgun approach.on the schoolboy q note, i think that many bots will be given popular users and are basically... |
Why are fruits and vegetables considered healthier than multivitamins? | GonzoB hit some good points. Science doesn't know everything there is to know about nutrition. They are discovering new information all the time. At the very least, you are missing the importance of fiber. It's been known for a while that fiber is good for colon health, but just recently, they have been researching the... |
Why does food stick so strongly to plates or frying pans after its sat out a few hours compared to when it's fresh? | Not a food scientist but I'm gonna guess that it's a combination of:a) Food drying/losing water so it's not as soluable as it used to be when you try to rinseb) Oils harden when they cool down, it seems especially bad when mixed with left over food particlesc) probably some other ingredient specific chemical reaction v... |
Why do the tips of our fingers and toes need a covering such as our nails? | In addition to what other people have said they also give a little bit of protection to your fingertip from getting crushed. If you've ever seen someone with a dark purple bruise under their fingernail then their fingernail probably saved the tip of their finger. |
What makes the "Expanding Earth Theory" so implausible or even false? | 1. If the mass had grown, no one can explain where the extra mass came from. 2. If the Earth grew bigger, it would change the gravitational orbits of the other planets, which it hasn't. The gravitational constant hasn't changed either. 3. If the Earth grew like a balloon, there would be a noticeable change in the cente... |
Why/how do we make questions actually sound like questions when speaking, and how does our brain understand it? | This is called **intonation**. It is found in all languages, but is not the *same* in all languages. In intonation the changes in the pitch are used to * distinguish the speakers attitude * distinguish question vs statement* emphasize certain parts of the sentence > how does our brain grasp the meanig of the phrase? Th... |
Why is biodiversity necessary to human life ? | It's because the ecosystem is such a delicate balance. If we chop down too many trees, we'll run out of oxygen. If we kill too many predators, their prey will have a much too high population and cause crowding, disease, etc. If we kill too much of the prey, the predators will die. If we let animal populations get out o... |
How did ancient people know when the summer and winter solstices were, and why was it important to them? | They didn't have complicated calendars, but they COULD watch the sun. It's not hard to line the sun up with any given landmark, sticks, stone walls, or build something like a circle of standing stones and track the sun's yearly cycle. These solstices were important markers for the progress of the seasons, and so became... |
; What are the hand motions that symphony music composers often do with that stick? | Saying the beat is way too simplistic. At the start, there will be the tempo. But there will also be cues , style , dynamics , as well as balance . I've played under conductors who basically refuse to just give tempo, and conducted beginner bands who need really clear beat indicators.There are specific patterns associa... |
why breathing out doesn’t work when we’re choking ? | I think it's hard to get enough force, especially when you don't have a full breath and your body is trying to gasp instead. But this is how the Heimlich maneuver works, by assisting that air to forcibly expel. If you don't have anyone to do it for you, bend over the back of a chair, being careful to get it below your ... |
Why does it seem like people are more religious in rural or impoverished areas? | Religion thrives in areas of under educated and under privileged people. Rural areas lack a great deal of diversity in most cases which means people are not as often exposed to competing ideology which allows the prevailing ideology to become more deeply ingrained. Those who are under privileged also tend to turn to re... |
What are radio waves and how do they allow us to transmit information? | Suppose we are sneaking around at night. I can signal you to do something by blinking my flashlight, that is the basics of communication. Radio waves are the same sort of thing as visible light, just with a much larger wavelength. We can and do do the same sort of thing with UV light in television remotes, but we don't... |
How Al Sharpton owes over 3 million in taxes, but is on public tv all the time. | I don't understand the question. There's nothing that says owing taxes prevents you from holding a job. |
Why would supermarkets and resturants rather throw out their food than give it to the employees | 1. If you allowed people to take home leftovers, you would encourage them to over produce in order to take more home this driving up food costs. 2. Risk. Just because that food item was safe to eat at your location, doesn't guarantee it will be safe to eat back home. You run the risk of lawsuits if someone gets sick fr... |
"Second cousin twice removed" | First, second, third, etc. cousins are at the same level in the family tree. The numbering refers to how many generations are between you and a common ancestor separating you from them. The once, twice, etc. removed refers to relatives that aren't at the same level on the family tree. They count the same in either dire... |
How does carbonation in sodas or beer work? | It's carbon dioxide. They will put the gas under pressure in the same container as the liquid and the gas dissolves into the liquid. As long as it's under pressure, then the gas stays in the liquid. When you open the can or bottle, the drop in pressure causes the gas to separate from the liquid again and that is why it... |
why do electronic devices, like TV remotes that are relatively the same size and perform the same function require different size batteries? What determines the type of batteries required? | Some remotes are thinner than others, so they go with AAA batteries. The downside of AAA batteries is they don't last as long as AA. |
Packing a cigarette before smoking. | If you don't pack it, when you smoke little ash will fall most of the time. After you pack it, the cherry burn evenly and when you go to ash it, they fall down in nice little clunk. Also the drag is better like demoror say.I think it is because since the leaves are closer together, it burns a little slower, and there i... |
Why is it LEGALLY ok for nightclubs to charge male patrons more than women (free admission for women, ladies night drink specials)? | It is illegal in some states. Other state courts have upheld them as legal, saying that there's no intent to harm men or keep them out of a bar on ladies night . It depends on the exact laws and state constitutional language, though. |
How does tilt photography trick our minds into thinking the subject of the photo is a miniature? | With most cameras, when you take pictures of minatures, they have a very shallow depth of field. That means that what's in the center is usually in focus, but objects in front of and behind that focus point get very blurry. [Here] is a picture of a miniature as an example. You can see how the front of the table is very... |
Is it society or genetics that makes humans view other human lives as more important than an animals? | It's beneficial for the survival of the species and yourself in evolutionary terms to value members of your own more than members of other species, tribes, family etc. but there are definitely factors like culture which would shape these values beyond what your instincts would generally tell you to do. So, both. |
Can googling illegal things get you in trouble? How do people learn how to do wrong things such as building bombs, hacking, etc. | You are unlikely to get in trouble just for googling such things but it would ring some alarm bells probably if the police or governments are tracking such things. If they then found that you could possibly be a threat then you'd likely be investigated further. But I dont actually know for sure, but just to test I sear... |
Why is cannabis illegal? Explain like i'm 5. | A reason it continues to be outlawed is the huge economic impact it would have. Who would start smoking cigarettes when you could smoke pot? Who would drink tons of beer and suffer a hangover the next morning? Some people still would, but it would take a huge chunk out of many powerful industry's market shares. And thi... |
Why does the voice in our head sound like our voice but isn't actually audible? | Google subvocalization. Some people have it, some people don't. A lot of people who have this constant voice accompanying thought think that it is universal. It isn't. |
What will the consequences be if particles can travel faster than the speed of light? | Consequences will never be the same. We're going to have to rewrite some textbooks, and it will change science's view of the universe quite a bit. If faster-than-light travel is possible then that means warpspeed, wormholes, the list goes on are more plausible . |
Why did ancient sculptors never sculpt any aroused male subjects? | You can thank the Catholic Church, a few Popes in the 1600's started literally wacking dicks off statues in response to the Protestant Reformations which lead to the use of the fig leaves to cover body parts. There are some who directly blame Pope Pius IX as the biggest dick hater, he had countless works of art sullied... |
Why do I feel like I can't fall asleep unless I'm under a blanket, regardless of how hot it is? | While you were in your mother's womb you experienced constant pressure exerted on you; your body got used to that constant sensation and you learned to associate it with security. When you lie with a blanket over you it places a light amount of pressure on you, returning you to that secure, comfortable feeling you had ... |
Why in biological context is it typically more difficult for women to reach orgasm? | One important reason is simply anatomical. The penis is this really large structure that gets stimulated all the time during sex. As long as a man can have an erection, having sex will naturally lead to an orgasm. The equivalent sensitive structure on a woman is the clitoris, which is many times smaller than a penis, i... |
Why do browsers re-download an image when you click "save-as"? | If you observe it on different browsers then it's probably not a browser bug, but a caching issue at server side. The browser and server use a caching protocol to see if the browser must download image again, because it has changed in the meantime. The most basic way of doing it is just exchanging image modification da... |
The controversey surrounding the Netflix Documentary Making A Murderer. | Here is a summary: * There is absolutely no evidence of the crime, physical or otherwise, that the prosecutors painted, besides the statement of a mentally challenged teenager . * No DNA evidence of the victim except in a burn pile and a burn bucket, and on a bullet that was found 6-ish months after the first search of... |
Why don't more people in the US hold the same opinion as Morgan Freeman that the best way to end Racism is to stop talking about it? | This is primarily flawed because people won't do it. If the non racists stop talking, but the racists keep talking, the problem will not be solved. Does this make sense? |
Why do some birds hop and others walk? | You could try giving this a try: _URL_0_ From what I can gather, it's not entirely known why some birds hop and others walk. It might be those that hop tend to hop in trees and continue hopping on the ground out of habit. Maybe it's because they are small and it's a more effective way to move around. I personally wonde... |
Why do my tear ducts leak every morning when I wake up? | Even though none of these are real reasons, it's things like this that make me love reddit. Thanks for makings me laugh. |
Why is killing fish not recognized as animal cruelty? | Killing =/= cruelty. Cruelty implies inflicting *unnecessary* suffering upon the subject. If you're preparing food, it is presumed necessary to kill the animal in the process, but not to stab a cow a thousand time with a steak-knife until it dies. Some animals, like insects and crustateans, are presumed to basically be... |
What do computer components do? | This is the way I learned it when I was a youngster: CPU: Chef Hard Drive memory: Fridge Ram: Cutting Board Motherboard: It's basically a board that connects all of the components so that they can interact with each other. SSD: Is a type of hard drive memory. Usually faster than a mechanical hard drive. It does not hav... |
Origin of "$X.99" - where did this convention come from? | It started in the 19th century, although we don't know when, why or where exactly. It's almost certainly used for psychological reason. |
How hard would it be to bite through your own finger? | I'm not a scientist or expert by any means but I was just thinking about it and I'm thinking it might be like trying to bite through a stick with electrical tape wrapped around it haha.. soo give it a try and let me know how it goes! |
Who was the whore of Babylon ? Was she a literal prostitute or something symbolic? | Understanding Apocalyptic literature, it's probably representative of Rome or some aspect of Roman oppression. Maybe the attractiveness offered which was drawing people away from their original beliefs. Can't tell you for certain. I'm only working on a degree in this stuff, not a professor. Even then you'll get a lot o... |
Why are most songs about three to five minutes long, and movies about two hours long? | Movies I'm not sure, maybe just because it's an appropriate amount of time to tell a story through film. For music, there are hundreds of songs that are not within the three to five minute range. Look into the progressive rock genre if you're interested. However, these songs usually don't follow traditional structures.... |
Why Do We Withhold The Names And Faces Of Juveniles Convicted Of Crimes, But The Kid Who Made The Clock In Texas Has His Name And Photo (In Cuffs) Plastered Everywhere? | It is usually up to each individual news source whether they publish the names and photos of juveniles, or anyone for that matter. My local paper publishes only the names of people accused of felonies or violent crimes, regardless of age. I still don't think ANYONE'S name or photo should be released outside of a convic... |
Why can't we hold our breath to death? | Because breathing is a non-voluntary motor skill we do it without having to be awake and thinking about it. Also the default setting is 'On' if you are determined enough I suppose you could hold your breath until you lost consciousness but then the default setting would kick in and you would start breathing again. |
Why don't casinos shuffle the deck frequently during Blackjack to avoid card counting? | Every time they shuffle the cards that is time that the cards are not being dealt and so time the casino isn't making money. They balance the risk of card counting against the reward of dealing as many hands per hour as possible. |
Why is the new nuclear fusion success of Germany important? | In the simplest terms: the next step in energy. And I don't mean we invented a better battery, I mean we have invented fire level of discovery. Fusion means we have long term energy needs met. This includes making asteroid mining viable, space travel cheaper, less time consuming, etc. We'd also have a cheap source of e... |
Why do some people feel faint when giving blood? | Because drawing significant amounts of blood away from your organs makes most people go into 'survival mode', which tries to push all your blood to your vital organs; sometimes making you lose cognitive control of your extremities. |
why doesn't glue dry up in the bottle? | It depends on the type of glue. Some glues evaporate water or solvent until they are dry, like Elmer's school glue or crazy glue. These are known as Drying Adhesives. _URL_0_ |
Why is it so cheap to buy items in America vs other areas of the world | It's easy: America has a HUGE middle class with a HUGE appetite for goods. That means foreign companies can sell a looooot of their goods, which also means they can sell it for cheaper. Since Americans have such great buying power, there are lots of sellers. So despite the fact that Americans are willing to spend money... |
Just read that by 2030, roughly 1/3 of the U.S. population will be over 65 yrs old... ELI5 what thats going to do to the rest of the U.S. | I'm *extremely* skeptical of that figure. Here's why: Average life expectancy in US: 78 years. Assuming you live 78 years, then 65 and up represents 17% of your lifespan. If the population of the US were stable, then gradually, the percentage of the population in that age range would stabilize around 17%. However, the ... |
Why is oversleeping even possible? Shouldn't your body wake itself up once it has gotten enough rest? | Your definition of oversleeping may be different than that of your body's. If you go to sleep at midnight, knowing you have to get up at 6 a.m., but your body needs more than 6 hours of sleep, then without an alarm, you're likely to oversleep because your body needs more than the 6 hours that you've allotted for sleep. |
How can lawyers have peace of my mind while defending criminals? | Our criminal justice system is designed to make sure the state does its job correctly and to make sure that a defendant is guilty before they are convicted . If the only way the state can show the defendant committed the crime is by introducing evidence it obtained through illegal methods, then the defendant shouldn't ... |
Cooking on salt slabs, what makes it different? | It's a novelty cooking technique. It spreads and retains heat like a heavy piece of cast iron. It also imparts an even but subtle salty taste to the meat. It's a novelty because it isn't practical. Your salt blocks will disappear slowly as you use them and they have to be heated slowly and evenly to prevent cracking an... |
Why do I look NOTHING like my family? | This is a bit of an anecdote, but it might help shed some light on this. One year my mom got a Christmas card from a really, really distant relative. I'm not even sure how they were related to us, but they has their family photo, and noted how their one daughter looked like no one else in their family. But this daughte... |
Why have California gas prices not reacted to the drop in crude price the way much of the rest of the country has? | They have, but California has had other supply issues not related to crude prices. Back in February, the Exxon refinery in Torrance had an explosion, and is still shutdown. The Chevron refinery in Richmond had a flaring issue in April, and I believe it's running at reduced capacity. Finally the Tesoro's Anacortes refin... |
Why is it legal for a cop to lie to you, but it's illegal to lie to a cop? | When you're talking to a cop there's an assumption that YOU committed a crime or may know something about a crime. The cop is not being investigated. If cops had to tell the truth 24/7 then crimes would never be solved because undercover work would be illegal. |
Why can't people get along? | Like all animals, people are kind of selfish. We value our own well-being, and the well-being of our relatives , above the well-being of others. Sometimes being nice to yourself, or protecting yourself against scary things, involves being less nice to others. For example, if you think other people want to take away you... |
You get arrested and taken to the police station. You say "I want to talk to my lawyer." How exactly does this work? | You are placed in a cell until Monday when you are arraigned. At arraignment the judge will determine if you are eligible for a public defender. If yes, you will be returned to that cell until a lawyer is appointed. Notice that if you get a public defender, you will spend considerable time in jail while you wait. If yo... |
How smarter is a person with a 160-170 IQ than the average person? | There are actually two different IQ scales: Wechsler and Stanford-Binet that use different standard deviations , but the answer doesn't really differ too much dpending on which scale you use. With an IQ of 100 you are in the middle. Half the peopel around you are smarter and the other is not. With an IQ of 160 to 170 y... |
How do I use 'cups' in cooking/baking? | > t's fine for dry ingredients but as soon as you measure liquids, the residue from one cup will end up messing up and getting in the other ingredients. You just have multiple sets of measuring cups. They're cheap - you can easily find a set for $5. > Is there an easy way to convert cups to grams for all ingredients? N... |
why do computers/electronics have poor resistance to low temperatures? | I think it's actually the hard drives that are affected over the solid state components. HD's may have a lower operating temp of only 5C. _URL_0_ |
If sea mammals breathe air normally, why does getting stuck on land result in a swift death? | First, they live in water which means they're used to being wet all the time. So they get dehydrated on land. Second, they usually have the water supporting their weight. Being on land makes them weigh a lot more. This might not impact really small dolphins as much , but killer whales weigh about 3,600kg . Even regular... |
Do tranquilizer darts really take instant effect? How is that possible? | We used to tranquilize animals when I was in the Army, and they don't take immediate effect. It always bugged me in movies when they would, or when they shot people in the necks. That's a huge no-no. There's many different ways a drug can be injected. Here's some of the most common in order of slowest to fastest: IP Su... |
During embryonic development, how do cells "know" which side is the left side of the body versus the right side? | Reaching back into my dusty embryology knowledge, for humans there are 3 layers of cells--mesoderm, endoderm, and ectoderm--and there's a bit of orientation by that fact alone. In general, the cells as they develop release local hormones which guide other cells and give them an orientation such that others can develop ... |
How is ~4% unemployment considered "full employment"? | Because: What if a company has just gone bankrupt and laid off thousands of workers? There is going to be at least a number of weeks as these people decide what they want to do and find new jobs. What about people who voluntarily quit from there job? This also provides at least a little bit of time while they decide wh... |
How does one tiny little Imodium tablet do such extraordinary work? | I've taken 5 imodium in the past 24 hours and still gushing out of my arse, so I beg to differ |
Why do many men have red in their beards, even if they don't have any red hair elsewhere? | The gene that codes for head hair color is a different gene than the one that codes for body hair color. A lot of times the color of hair these two genes produce match up. Sometimes they don't.I have no Irish blood in me whatsoever, but I have dark hair and a reddish/brown beard. I was told there are different hair fol... |
Why do companies with thousands of servers take the whole system down for scheduled maintenance? | I'd imagne it doesn't really matter if there are thousands or just two servers. The issues are the same. I've personally maintained a system where there was a web server, a database/ERP server and backups for the both of them, totaling four machines running 24/7 serving an online store. It's very poor practice to let y... |
Why do people wake up with morning wood/morning dew? | It's basically exercise for those muscles overnight. Keeps them toned and in good working order. I'm a guy, but according to my anatomy textbook it's pretty much the same as long as it's factory-installed plumbing, so to speak. I don't know how it works with parts removed and rerouted. |
Why is it unbecoming of men to want sex from women? | It isn't. Having people find you attractive is usually endearing. It's unbecoming to appear as if you have no self control.Well, it's unbecoming if you want sex "from" a woman as a man. That mentality expressed with "from" feels a lot like a transaction. Wanting to have sex "with" a woman is much more becoming and that... |
why some boys hate girls before hitting puberty? Is there a biological reason or purely social and learned behavior? | Boys smell bad" which end up getting reinforced through biases. Boys can be socialised to physically fight things they don't like which can result in bullying of girls.The biological aspect should be obvious. There's no point in having a sexual drive if your sexual organs aren't ready or the woman isn't old enough to b... |
Why is it that hair on most animals are always at a constant length, while our hair will continue to grow unless we cut it? | Our hair doesn't grow indefinitely. Look at chesthair or pubes, they grow up to a certain length. And so does hair on your head, I remember reading somewhere that the estimated maximum of your headhair is around 6 feet.Many animals shed their hair either on a regular basis or at a particular time of year to cope with t... |
Why haven't humans gone back to the moon? | Even when we went to the moon the first time a lot of people thought it was a waste of money. While it was a great thing it wasn't as widely celebrated as everyone seems to think. |
Why cant we upgrade the PS4/Xbone CPU and GPU like you can with a PC? | Everything is soldered onto the system board. There's no concept of an expansion board to the system. The concept of universal expansion and support of arbitrary hardware is fairly unique to the PC platform. Besides, one of the main appeals of console hardware is that everything is the same and developers can target an... |
How much better would the economy be if mega companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, etc actually paid the taxes they're suppose to pay, and not use loop holes? | Not an expert, but I'd say it could help relieve the funding of many government agencies and programs. Of course, this is contingent on whether the money is properly distributed and used. |
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