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Why do we get sick of eating the same food? | I know people who don't and it's weird. My ex husband would eat stuffing and hard boiled eggs everyday for months and months", 'I eat the same thing for breakfast every day and never feel like a change. But having the same thing for dinner three times in one week is too much. |
What is the difference between visible light and radio/wifi/infrared/etc? | It's all light/electromagnetic radiation. They are all composed of photons. They *only* difference between them is their wavelength/frequency/energy. They exist on the electromagnetic spectrum which goes, roughly: **Long wavelength/low frequency/low energy:** * Radio waves* Micro waves* Infrared* Visible * Ultraviolet*... |
How does something like a footprint (dinosaur) end up as a fossil? | Kind of the same way that you make casts of tracks today. Except instead of plaster, it's mud that hardens into stone, normally two different types, allowing us to see the track. |
Why do people lose their appetite after cooking for a longer time? | I have observed this multiple times when I cook special preparations which take > 1.5hr. Going out on a limb, I feel that am quite hungry in the middle of the preparation and start suppressing my hunger. Once suppressed it takes some time to come back. And when it comes, it comes back with a vengeance. This also happen... |
Patent war and why everyone is mad at Apple. | I'll take a stab at this one. Patents describe and protect ideas/concepts for products/inventions. The idea is that if you make something and sell it, somebody can't just duplicate it and steal your market. They can make a knockoff, but only if it looks/operates sufficiently differently, and/or approaches the same goal... |
If the brain itself isn't capable of feelings pain because of the lack of pain receptors, then how does a headache actually work? | The brain doesn't have pain receptors, but its covering, the meningies does. Stimulating these receptors causes some forms of headache, this could be muscles contracting, or inflammation like meningitis. |
Why isn't helium or another gas used in tires and sports balls instead of air | Air is basically free and inert enough for most pressurized uses. Helium is only used when it's extremely low density or ultra-unreactive behavior is necessary. Helium also has an annoying tendency to squeeze through seals and walls, so you'll have to reinflate every few days.Helium is expensive, hydrogen can be danger... |
How do space ships come back to earth? | Ever seen Toy Story? To boil it down to it's simplest, it's falling. With style. No, really. That's about it. |
What would happy to the US economy if wealth was actually distributed evenly across all Americans? | And why would you take the incentive to produce away, distribution of wealth is a bad idea. it sounds really good if you are at the bottom, but if you are a professional working for a living and the guy flipping hamburgers is making the same money as you, what would be the incentive for you to go to medical school or e... |
Why don't all cars use retreads? | I can only comment on personal experience, but I've used retreads twice in my life, and had blowouts both times. One time that was incredibly dangerous. So for me, never again. |
Why are hospital privacy laws so strict? | Let's say that, when I was younger, I got drunk at a party & slept with some chick and she gave me herpes. Even if the whole rest of my life was lived straight-edged as fuck, people would look at me funny if they found out. I would never be able to be elected to public office or hold a high-profile corporate job becaus... |
Why do Americans believe that the right to carry guns is a fundamental right? | Because it is explicitly defined as a fundamental right in the Bill of Rights. It's defined in the second amendment to the constitution. The first 10 amendments are collectively known as the Bill of Rights. |
How can we see the light from other planets from earth? | Mars is especially close right now. A few years ago it was the closest it has been in like 30000 years and now it's only 3% further away than that. It has to do with planets having elliptical orbits. But yes, it's the Sun's reflected light.The way we see anything and everything is by the reflection of light off all sur... |
How they do sex scenes in films and on tv? | There's been a couple real people movies that had [unsimulated sex ]scenes. But, for the most part, they just stick the guy's junk in a little bag, tape something over the lady's junk, rub the two together, then hire a good editor to make it look nice. It also won't be shot all as one continuous take, it'll be done in ... |
Whats the difference between all the different kinds of corporations? I've heard of LLCs, S-Corps, C-Corps, and I don't really know the difference. | I forgot, S-Corps and C-Corps. S-Corps are a special kind of company created by IRS tax election. If you have a company, in certain circumstances you can apply to be an S-Corp. The advantage is potential tax saving opportunities - both on labour and expenses. The disadvantage is that you'll come under much closer audit... |
The Stock Market and how I can get involved. | Let's say Billy wants to sell lemonade. He scrapes together $10 in allowance to buy a pitcher, some lemons, sugar, and uses tap water. The pitcher was $5, and the lemons and sugar were $5. He makes 20 cups of lemonade, making 25 cents each. Only thing is, he knows he can sell more, because there is a lineup by the time... |
Why can we only see so far | Think of your eyes like telescopes - both eyes have a lens in, just like anything else we use to see at distance like cameras, binoculars, microscopes and telescopes. Now think about how telescopes see so far - they have HUGE and often multiple lenses which magnify the image hundreds of times, and then the image is dir... |
Why does the negative end on a battery typically connect to a small spring? | It keeps the battery in its place a bit better. Often the positive end goes into a ridge . These are just means to make them stay still a bit better. |
Why are drugs like ecstasy and shrooms now being tested to treat anxiety and depression when not too long ago they were considered unsafe and harmful? | See my username. A lot of this was Nixon's doing. The hippy counterculture wasn't about to vote Nixon. You can't outlaw being a hippy, but you can outlaw drugs. So that's what happened. LSD, pot, MDMA, mushrooms, it was largely made illegal to make it illegal to be a hippy, since most voted Democrat. Side note: my user... |
Why do human babies cry when they are born but other animal babies do not cry when they are born? | Don't we make the babies cry to clear their airways?", 'Strictly scientifically speaking, birth is a stressful process for infants so babies cry when they are born. It's a good thing they cry because cortisol, a stress hormone, that is released promotes lung maturation in infants. Later on, after birth, crying is proba... |
Why do we (USA) support Isreal to the extent we do? | Israel has a powerful lobbying effort in the US centered around [AIPAC]. They are extremely effective and basically block any efforts to question the US's default support for Israel.There are large Jewish and Christian populations in the US that believe in supporting Israel on cultural and religious grounds. From a for... |
How do they determine the nutritional facts on the back of food labels? | Food Scientist here. So what everyone else in the thread said about the calories is correct but to get the other components is a bit more complicated. To save you the chemistry lesson, I'll just try to explain things in simple terms. For protein, you break down the food chemically until you can extract the nitrogen as ... |
How are game developers able to create such detailed 3D photorealistic game environments? | For most of the environment objects you can just use real pictures. Let's say you want to make a house, then you start off with just a cube, and then you can simply past a picture of a brick wall to the sides of your cube. Certainly for stationary objects it's not that hard. For moving objects it's a lot more difficult... |
how did pre-clothing female humans thousands of years ago do anything remotely physical without breast support? | I imagine they didn't, judging by a few docco's I've seen on current primitive tribes I think if running was necessary the guys just did it. |
How are M & M's randomised? | Each line produces it's own colored M & M. Then from there it's taken to packaging where bulk containers of each color are dumped into a drum that slowly rotates and mixes the colors together. From there it goes into a machine that weighs out the proper amount and dumps it into a bag. |
Watts, Volts, Amps & Ohms. Please! I just don't get it. | I like the water analogy. Voltage is like the water pressure. Amperage is like how fast the water is going, and watts describes the force or power of the water. Ohm describes resistance. In the water analogy, it's how wide the pipe or river is. |
When making online purchases with credit card, why do they ask for the CVS number at the back of the card? How does it offer more security? | Its purpose is to verify that you, the purchaser, have the card with you when you're making the purchase. It's not foolproof, it's just an added measure of security. Online retailers are forbidden from storing the CVV in their databases so that if the database is ever stolen, it's still difficult to make a purchase. It... |
Why has no country "invested" in Africa yet? | There is a ridiculous amount of investment in Africa. Billios of dollars are going in from all directions. China has built almost all the roads of Mozambique in exchange for preferential business partnerships, Internatinal companies have invested in mining, drilling, construction, etc, and the countries in Africa that ... |
What's the argument to explain how committing a random mass shooting could be due to anything other than a mental illness? | This [website] purports to have related antidepressant use to massacres. I don't speak for the website, I just saved it recently and haven't gotten back to researching it yet. May be bunk, so use caution.Are you defining a lack of regard for the lives of some humans as mental illness? |
The Benghazi incident, and why it is controversial. | One thing I don't see mentioned is what happened *prior* to the attack. Simply, the Ambassador and employees could tell things were getting out of hand, and they didn't have the support needed to keep everyone safe. They asked for additional security and were turned down. It turns out they were right and needed that ad... |
What do blood test actually show!? | Blood and other bodily fluids have to be filtered and screened, sometimes with various reagents, to identify the presence of most things. You can't just look at a drop of blood under a microscope and write a list of everything that's gone on with the body for the last however long. If you've ever had blood drawn at you... |
What factors determine whether your crap will float or sink when it reaches the toilet bowl? | The amount of water in your poop. Diarrhea will float because it's mostly water. If you're dehydrated and manage to poop, it will sink because it's so compressed. |
Why are the police so reluctant to use body cameras? Wouldn't it protect them from false accusations? | According to wiki there are around 800k law enforcement officers in the US. Just buying them a $300 go pro would be $240 million, and that's before we even begin discussing upkeep and maintenance, servers to hold video, training, etc. Most police forces are funded locally, and most local governments are continually str... |
How can I use the same deodorant for years then suddenly develop a rash from it? | Either they slightly changed some of the ingredients to something you're allergic to, or you've acquired an allergy to something already in it. |
What is better on gas mileage? Accelerating quickly, accelerating at a normal pace, or at a slow pace? | I don't keep track of time, but I watch the tachometer. I generally keep it between 2-3, but it's between 2.5-3 when there's heavy street traffic. I don't want to be that guy slowing everyone down in order to eke an extra mpg out. On the flip side, my co-worker routinely accelerates like a snail, often attempting to me... |
Why is it that we perceive people wearing glasses as being more intelligent? | There's a very well documented correlation between nearsightedness and time spent indoors as a child. There's some proposed interactions between exposure to bright sunlight and proper eye development, some of which have been proven in animal models. In modern industrialized countries nearly everybody spends a lot of ti... |
Why when someone has severe hypothermia do they feel the urge to fall asleep even though it kills them? | To add to what others have said about sleepiness being the result of hypothermia, not itself a factor that leads to death: hypothermia causes delirium as well. So people I know who have experienced hypothermia have said that they don't realize that they're cold anymore. They start to feel warm, even hot. One person fel... |
Why is it socially acceptable to take pics of strangers and shame them online without their knowledge? | [Dani Mathers] former playmate, got her just desserts for publicly shaming someone online. It isn't socially acceptable. What she did was disgusting.It’s not really, but it’s done. If it’s something remarkable like a goth kid on the subway with a raven I mean people react to that. You don’t have an expectation of priva... |
How is the magic trick from the latest Britain's Got Talent even possible? | I'm a magician myself and I have done this trick many times. Its a trick deck. It's called CardToon. It costs like £12 from any magic store and incredibly easy to do.The original Card Toon:_URL_2_ Or you could go with the redditized version Fart Toon:_URL_2_', "Regardless of whether or not sleight of hand or the cardto... |
Why are Japanese commercials/ ads so bizarre? | The answer is partially cultural and partially practical. Culturally, the ads aren't nearly as strange to them as they are to us. Practically, a memorable ad makes you more likely to purchase a product; a unique ad is more memorable. |
if clouds are masses of condensed water, then how come if a plane flies through it, the plane does not get wet? | It does get a bit wet, just as your car gets wet when you drive fast through a lot of thick fog. Sometimes you can even see the moisture streaming along the plane's windows. |
Why are there so many updates for the Mac version of Office 2011? | People keep finding new vulnerabilities. Much the same for Windows as I recall. It's software, it is never 100%. |
What does a producer of a tv show/movie do? | In the most literal terms , they're ultimately responsible for producing a show. That is, to literally produce a show out of abstract ideas. So a producer is responsible for ensuring that an abstract idea, like a story or a script, becomes a tangible finished product. /r/lobsang_ludd gives the details. |
Why diamonds are rip offs? | The major reason there a rip off that most people don't even know is that there's a lot more of them then people think.A company has massive amounts that only let out a certain amount out each year keeping the illusion of rarity and the prise high |
If Mercury is at a temperature where it's solid, would it be tough like steel or brittle like ice? | I can't comment on mercury, but I'd like to point out that tough and brittle are not opposite ends of the same spectrum. Strength is the ability to withstand an applied load without failure. Ductility is the ability to deform under tensile stress . Toughness is the ability to absorb energy and plastically deform withou... |
On Gawker websites I need to spam the back button to actually go back, why? | I find that right clicking the back arrow and selecting where I need to go is the best way to get out of that loop. It's tedious, having to use the mouse to navigate back, but you gotta do what you gotta do.some web developers think they understand usability better than anyone and so they incorporate clever features li... |
How do websites like eBay and Craigslist initially get popular when their entire service relies on user content? User content that doesn't exist when your website is brand new. | That's what I sometimes wonder about Reddit. How did it get so popular if the only publicity they have made were a couple of stickers? |
Why are cops allowed to be fat? | Military service member here: 1. 25% of all Americans are automatically disqualified to join the military; the leading reason used to be past drug use or a criminal history. Now it's failure to meet minimum physical fitness requirements. America is simply getting fatter 2. It's a very sedentary line of work; you sit in... |
Why is store bought ground beef healthier than McDonald's 100% beef patties? | It isn't. They are the same thing. Depending on how you cook your burgers they may come out with a higher or lower fat content than McD's burgers.McDonalds is highly regarded in many areas of their operations, meat quality is one. Their instances of customers getting ill from food or food prep are tiny overall. Their f... |
How do the Anti-Theft walls at store exits detect if items were taken without being payed for if there were no security tags placed on them? | Sometimes the manufacturer will hide the security device. Usually it's under the barcode, so it will be deactivated with ease while being rung up for sale. |
I sometimes hear a high pitched buzz. I'm not really hearing anything it's more like I hear my brain. What is that? | Ever sitting in the back of mommy's car and she gets out to go in the gas station really quick leaving you there with the windows up? You will hear a ringing noise. That is the waves from shutting the door, they bounce off both sides of the car until they dissipate, which actually takes a bit in the closed system. Thes... |
how are we set to release 5G soon if we haven't acheived true 4G? | 5G Is completely different to 4G - 4G was essentially the same as 3G but bigger and better. Bigger pipes allowed better speed and capacity. 5G allows for much more intelligent use of network capacity, such as being attached to multiple cells at once and being able to make one call or data session. We haven't had the ab... |
Why do my eyes "itch" when I sleep with contacts in? | They itch probably because you're getting a build up of bacteria, mucus etc on the lenses, causing a hypersensitive reaction to the antigens coated on the surface of the lens. It's kind of like setting off an allergy reaction. Thats why when you take them out and soak them in your multi-purpose solution, you should alw... |
why do women get to avoid the draft? | Because men are the defenders of liberty at the expense of their lives. There is little reason that men should register for the draft and just as little that should require women to register. The issue isn't that women shouldn't have to register but that conscription is an outdated concept. |
Can objects actually be round? Or if you keep going to smaller measurementa will they eventually be blocks like in minecraft? | a circle is a series of gradations, so yup, look close enough, and it's all Minecraft up in here. |
On the NES, why do parts of the music stop playing while a sound effect plays? | There was only a set number of channels available for sound. I can't remember for the NES, but let's say your system can make 6 sound simultaneously. What if your developer uses all six of these on music?2 on drums2 on bass2 on melodyWhenever the game needs to make a sound effect, say your character jumps or collects a... |
What is ADHD? Why are children treated for it? Are parents getting their kids high on meth? | It is like sparkydoomscat says, trouble focussing, but also trouble planning. The main focus should be teaching people how to plan ahead. People with ADHD and ADD have a lot of chaos in their head, they can't organize this chaos and when they need to preform a task, they have trouble thinking in steps. ADHD causes peop... |
What drives hoarders to do what they do? How to they live with it? | Anyone who says they can answer this question accurately and concisely is full of shit. Researchers have been trying to figure out exactly what drives hoarding behavior for decades and have still not pinned it down. That's the real answer. |
The navy recently found a way to weaponize a laser, could defense against this be something as simple as blocking it with a mirror? | Yes, theoretically an extremely reflective surface could deflect the laser. But such armor would also need to withstand conventional weaponry, otherwise you'd just shoot the armor with a bullet first then use the laser. Such armor is unlikely to exist anytime soon. But who knows what pet projects the Pentagon has?", 'N... |
What makes our tummies go all "grrr" when we're hungry? | Op best way to get an answer like you're five is to word your question like you're five, so good job!! |
How South America is not as developed as North America, yet it was colonized earlier and with better results. | Partially, it was. In the 1930's, Argentina had a larger GDP than Italy. After the war though, amongst other things, American foreign policy became more interventionist, and South American politics became more polarized and several right-wing dictators, with CIA support sometimes, took power -often through violent mean... |
Wouldn't one's IQ change dramatically over time? | That was the original idea behind an IQ -- that it was the *quotient* of your mental age and your physical age. But that's not what we use anymore, precisely because of what you say. For example, a 60-year-old who knows exactly as much as a 40-year-old shouldn't end up with an IQ that's a third less. Really, that old i... |
how Might faster internet speeds (Google fiber) affect the life of the everyday person | It will spawn a whole range of new and previously unknown possibilities. Think about it, a few years ago nobody thought about video chats with people across the globe, now it's possible, only because of the increased bandwidth. The same effect will continue to happen: New applications will be discovered while current o... |
what is going on with some boats that have water flowing out of a hole on the side of the boat? | Used to be in the navy here, Bigger ships use water to counter balance the waves hitting the side of the boat. so in order to keep it's balance when hit from the right it has to push water out the opposite side and refill. Then it refills the compartment and it's a never ending process. Think of it like this, put a pap... |
Why and how you need to clean out your ears? | I clean my ears in the shower. When the shower is hot I just get my index finger and wipe around. I don't have any problems", 'Or, if you are in India, you could pay an ear cleaner on the street to do it for you: _URL_0_', "I get lots of earwax sometimes, to the point where i can suddenly lose 40%+ of my hearing simply... |
Why do we pay the same price for movies which had very different budgets? | It's the way it has always been done. I would imagine that a lot of this comes from theater owners. Theater owners have a back ended deal, so to them, charging a higher price is counter-productive. They want as many people in the theaters as they can to buy popcorn, which is where they generally make money. They have b... |
Why do people feel a need to physically go to church? | If you're already fighting about religion, just imagine when you have to make a decision about something that's actually important. |
why is it acceptable to litter cigarette butts around the world? | Some people are just slobs. Some of them flip their butts where ever it suits them. It's not acceptable. Like so many things, it only takes one or two to give everyone else a black eye. One of the things that moved me to quit smoking was the nastiness of how my pants pockets reeked from the butts that ended up there. |
How did territories in Europe (such as England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany) develop such diverse languages, while being so close geographically? | England and France are a Sea away. There are mountains between France and Spain and Spain was controlled by many varying cultures, and east and west Europe have the Alps I'm between them and so does the northern border of Italy. Mountain and Sea are more than enough to separate cultures back then |
If a nuclear Football is ever stolen, why can't they just change the codes? | They can, but it takes time. Meanwhile there would be people sitting at the controls of missiles who still have the old codes. Some of them are in secure underground facilities, or in submarines, or in airborne planes -- places where you can't easily drop off a new set of codes.What does the nuclear football have to do... |
why do laptops get hot and tablets don't? | If one of them uses hardware decoding for the video then the power requirement can be as much as an order of magnitude lower compared to a software decoder using a general purpose CPU. Many graphics chips have hardware decoding for H264. I specifically looked for one one with a G45 northbridge on my HTPC because that o... |
How can netflix acquire big Hollywood blockbuster films within less than a years time after their release but have multiple hit TV shows that are missing 2-3 seasons? | It just depends on if Netflix can get the license to show those shows/movies. It may be a while till they find a deal that can support whatever range they're looking to pay in. |
Why do people want to go back to work into coal mines? | On the assumption this is in fact true, there's a few possible reasons. The most obvious is coal mining is a job they know how to do and are confident with their skills. It is also likely one that pays reasonably well given the risk factor. If we assume you could build solar plants in West Virginia it is by no means ce... |
Why do a lot of bridges only have short barriers on the sides vs. tall ones? | Some are also intentionally short to discourage aggressive driving. The answers already given are true in most cases, walls don't need to be too tall. But, if a wall or barrier were eye level, it makes drivers feel safer, so they drive faster. I once shadowed the Superintendent of a major National Park and we talked ab... |
why is it that we have to brush our teeth in order for them to not get diseased or rot but animals never do and don't lose all of theirs. | Animal teeth do rot, I don't know what makes you think they don't. Go take a look at teeth of an animal of X years and then a human of equal age and tell me animal teeth don't rot. |
Why we just banned autowikibot | Personally, I hate bots, so I won't miss it. Its excerpting of linked Wiki pages might keep someone from actually visiting the page and learning more about the subject, which is the point of linking to something. |
Why does California have so many regulations compared to other states? | It's a hugely liberal state that views itself as being somewhat of a national trend-setter where pretty much everything is concerned, from morals to politics to laws to environmental initiatives, etc. etc. Many state politicians want to make a name for themselves so they're literally searching for anything to introduce... |
Why do people blur/blackout license plates when posting vehicle pictures online? When I can obviously see everybody's license plate while out in public. | If I drive past you in a car, you A) may not realise it's me, nor B) realise in time to make a note of my registration, nor C) remember it even a minute later, much less when you're in a position to d something with that information. The same is assumed to be true of most people we pass, and all the vehicles that pass ... |
Why do gold bars have a wider base and a narrow top instead of having perfect 90 degree angles? | [dmukya] has a good reason for the ease of manufacturing, but I present another one: Gold is relatively soft, especially when its weight is kept in mind. If you dropped a gold brick on a corner you might very well dent it. This means that, if stored in a large pile, over time gold bricks may smoosh into each other. If ... |
Why are coffee cups in tv/movies so blatantly empty, rather than filled with weight? | Professional IATSE feature film cinematographer here The issue of liquid in the cup is really up to the actor. Some actors prefer some liquid in the cup for realism and others are paranoid to drink anything on set or don't want to drink from a dirty props cup. The way it works is right before we roll cameras someone wi... |
Why do human females only produce milk during/after pregnancy, but cows produce milk all the time whether or not they're pregnant? | Dairy cows are bred every year, and then typically produce milk for 10 months. If the calf is female, it'll be used to replenish the herd. If the calf is male, it'll usually be sold for meat. |
Why in the era of HD quality video do phone conversations still sound like two cans connected by a string? | Try a FaceTime Audio call . It's mind-blowingly clear. It's what I wish all phone calls sounded like. I'm amazed that Apple doesn't market this at all. Seriously, if you have an iPhone, try it. Note: not the audio of a FaceTime Video call; it doesn't sound anywhere near as clear. You have to make a FaceTime Audio call ... |
Why do so many websites (mainly news sites) now have a "continue reading" button a few lines down the page? Why not just show the whole article to begin with? | Most people don't read the whole article, they can show a lot of ads on the landing screen then you open the hidden article if you really wanted to read. Money |
Why soldiers are such a big deal in the US, while for Europe for example it isn't such a big deal. | Some European countries require all young men to participate in military service for a couple of years after high school. Since everyone does it, being part of the military isn't anything special. In America, joining the armed forces is a voluntary decision, and it comes with a lot more risks than being a European sold... |
Why would someone have small mirrors taped to their windows? | I've heard of people hanging CDs on their balconies to repel pigeons. Maybe this is something similar?", 'Do they have sort of an octagonal frame? If they do, the family that lives there probably believes in some flavor of Chinese superstition, where the mirrors prevent evil spirits from entering your house because the... |
How can so much data be transported between America & Europe? | Short answer? There's a fuckload of massive cables running through the sea, infact [Here you can see a map of all transatlantic submarine cables] [Here's an explanation of the composition of one of those cables] Internet travels as follows: You > Your ISP > Trans-hub > Massive cable > Multiple repeaters > Multiple Tran... |
Barcelona and Boston are roughly on the same latitude, yet one is considered a cold city and the other a subtropical one. How is this possible? | The Gulf Stream flowing in Europe's direction is a true game changer. Take the Faroe Islands vs Anchorage, Alaska as an example, both at around the same latitude, yet the lowest temperature ever recorded in the Faroes was -12.3ºC , while in Anchorage it was -36ºC . |
Why does digital cable deliver HD video instantly, while the Internet (videos in particular) need time to load when they are both coming into the house through the same cable? | Actually, it doesn't. All digital broadcasts, especially HD ones that use more bandwidth, actually take a fraction of a second to buffer, and another fraction of a second to be digitally decoded since they're compressed. If you ever go somewhere that has a bunch of TVs tuned to the same channel, you might notice that t... |
Why is helping fleeing war refugees considered OK, but helping fleeing poverty refugees is not? | The simple answer is that the countries involved are parties to the [1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees], and/or the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees which amended it. These documents, and therefore the countries that have ratified them, guarantee that refugees be treated ... |
how can they continue to discover more chambers in the pyramids year after year | We don't want to damage the pyramids, so we have to use clever methods of seeing 'through walls' to discover rooms which are blocked behind collapsed stone or sealed away. As our technology for 'seeing through walls' gets better, we can explore more of the pyramid interiors without fear that we will harm them. Also, th... |
How are people coerced into a false confession? | The threat of being charged with a much more serious crime if they don't confess to a more minor crime. Imagine you were accused of a crime you didn't commit, say armed robbery. Someone got shot but not killed. You're facing 30 years behind bars for this. Say the prosecution offers you a deal to prevent this from going... |
Does time really exist or is it just our way of interpreting how things move around in the eternal present "now"? | Time exists, how we measure it is what is irrelevant/relative no different than calling something 3 feet long, we could have made a completely different unit like what if that distance was 0.9 meters!? or 810841 boinkz, it doesn't really matter as long as how we track it is consistent.Time is one of the 4 dimensions of... |
How does Bashar al-Assad still have enough money to carry out war against the Syrian people? | > I also imagine that there is some reason that is keeping the soldiers working for al-Assad. You can't imagine that they volunteer to fight for the country's only legal government, eh? |
why do gas stations still have an 89 octane offering? | 89 octane fuel is often a mixture of 87 and 91 octane fuel. Many engines with electronic ignition and valve control can use either 87 or 89 octane fuel. When 89 octane fuel is used, the engine will use a more aggressive spark advance than it would with 87 octane fuel. This yields more power and greater fuel economy. So... |
Why am I taller than BOTH of my parents? | Better nutrition . Better medical care for young people . Also, this doesn't apply to you, but statistically tall people have more children than short people. So the tall gene tends to become more common over the long term. You might have inherited a full set of tall genes by random luck, even though each of your paren... |
Why do people tend to get more cynical as they get older? | The hopes and dreams of youth get shot down over and over again. People disappoint you over and over again. Bureaucracy steps in one time to many to ruin your plans. You start to see how long it takes the wheels of progress to turn. Your plans to save the world fail and you learn that you can't save some people. World ... |
Why does aluminium foil have a shiny side and a matte side? | The manufacturing process. The shiny side comes in contact with highly polished steel rollers, and the matte side doesn't. |
Why are common utility items like a carrot peeler or a hatchet not patented? | Patents are of a set duration and you cannot patent anything that isn't a novel development. For example you don't get to patent simple tools that have been around for tens of thousands of years. |
Why is the Obama administration seen as unsuccessful? | An objective analysis would be nearly impossible right now. However, the major negative observations about the Obama Administration: 1. His failure to work within the system and over-reliance on executive orders. A Republican in the White House effectively wipes out Obama's second term for domestic policy purposes beca... |
How can we know if time travel is/isn't possible? | Let's assume the universe is consistent. This means that you can't derive paradoxes, and that nothing ever both happens and doesn't happen. This is a fair assumption, because we've never managed to find any inconsistencies. If the universe is consistent, time travel is very boring. The reason is that going back in time... |
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