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If genetic diversity creates superior organisms wont multi-racial humans be genetically better? | Genetic diversity just means two people aren't related. Race doesn't matter, you can have two white people that are genetically diverse compared to each other. The opposite would be incest. |
How did the Native Americans advance technologically so much slower than Europeans? | Rifles came first from the discovery that if you put gunpowder into a tube, and then stick a rock in after it, it makes a big boom and the rock flies and kills someone else. Thats overly simplified, but its important to remember that gunpowder in and of itself was an Asian creation, not European [[1]] Based on some sim... |
What is the effect of Obama's reelection on small businesses (less than 5 mil/yr)? | The effect is that small businesses don't know whats going to happen. They believe takes will go up but are unsure of the direction. This uncertainty is making them horde money. |
After MMA fights, do the contenders go to the ER? If so, who pays for it? | the UFC, specifically, offers medical insurance to fighters under contract. in smaller pro organizations, they do not get medical insurance, but the promoters themselves will put up money for injuries sustained during the fight . most of the stuff is up to the regulating body, typically a state-run organization that ov... |
Why is it illegal to sleep in your car? | Just get off city/state property, talk to a bar owner and ask to sleep in their parking lot. with permission you are fine, that or find a walmart. I did a 14day cross country trip at 18years old sleeping in my van in different parking lots didn't get hassled once. |
Why what this woman says is ridiculous (I'm not very good with computers). | It's as if a bear is charging at you, and you need a weapon, and you're friend says I'll go get some string and carve a bow handle using a knife and see if I can shoot it down |
How studios like The Asylum can make movies that are obvious rip offs and still make money and avoid being sued? | They know exactly how much ripping off they can do before it becomes illegal. Copyright isn't a black and white thing. The key isn't really how similar the two products are, but how different they are. As long as The Asylum can make its products different enough that they can reasonably claim it as an original product,... |
why are YouTube comments *so much worse* than most other places on the internet? | Reddit is used by a pretty small group of people, relatively speaking. YouTube is used by just about everybody. And while there are idiots and assholes on reddit, I'd say the majority of the people that find their way to reddit and start using it regularly are of at least a decent level of intelligence, whereas youtube... |
why do paper cuts hurt so much more than larger lacerations? | From what I understand, it's torn nerves cleanly sliced, cleanly sliced nerves I.e. a cut from a sharp knife tend to be less painful because there's less physical wear on the nerves Source: I have a lot of random out the ass theories to share", 'Generally people get paper-cuts on or around your fingers, guess where you... |
What causes some people to be heavier sleepers than others? | Can't speak for myself but my dad used to be an incredibly heavy sleeper. He once slept through a magnitude 6 earthquake when he was in college. I always remember him as a very light sleeper though. Turns out, that he was so scared of me crying when I was a baby and him not hearing me that he trained himself to be a li... |
Why don't we take North Korea's threats seriously and kind of just laugh it off? | Any actual action that the North takes against us preemptively would result in the complete destruction of the country. They know it, we know it, and we don't think they're actually stupid enough to give up control to make a pointless gesture. It helps that their missiles can't reliably reach the US outside of Alaska, ... |
Why is honey unsafe when cooked? | Honey that is fine when it's raw is just as fine when it's cooked. However, honey can contain botulinum spores, which can produce toxins that give you food poisoning. Neither these spores, nor the toxins, can be destroyed by cooking. Luckily, most people are perfectly capable of handling botulinum in the very small dos... |
All of a sudden the MLS is being flooded with world-class players in the twilight of their careers. Why? | Isn't the American league famous for that? Pelé and Beckenbauer went to America, too. It's not a demanding league and it allows players who can't play at top level anymore to carry on getting astronomical amounts of money. Along with Qatar, they make good retirement plans. The reason it's always top players is that tho... |
how did it become an employers responsibility to provide health insurance to its employees when did this start and why? | Technically it's not an employer's responsibility. It's a *benefit*. However, like most benefits that become universal it's seen as a given. Having worked many jobs over the years, including some low-level , restaurant, temp, contract, etc. I've had many jobs where health insurance was either not a benefit or the emplo... |
Why do phone chargers use energy when they are not charging | Some of them have lights on the outside of the charger to show if the device is finished charging and as long as the charger is plugged in the light will stay on, therefore using power. Edit: This is just an example, there's no need to downvote", 'Here is a site with some spot on insight into your quandary. _URL_0_', "... |
Why do some court cases take so long? | Lawyer here! Wow, 26 days is pretty long for a trial. I'm no expert in South African law, but it's my understanding that the defense got into character/habit-type evidence, which really opens the door to a lot of testimony. There have been a number of experts as well , and I'd wager that each expert is going to eat up ... |
Why is there so much more debate over the Syria situation than there was over Libya? | 1. Americans are Tired of war and don't want to be involved in another one.2. Russia is an ally of Syria, fear a a greater war looms if we ignore them.3. The rebels aren't necessarily any better than the Assad regime.4.The Toll on our soldiers is too great at this point from the past 10+ years of war. General conscient... |
How do cigarettes suppress appetite? | Mostly from Nicotine since it's a stimulant, however, when compared to stronger stimulants , the appetite supression is negligible . I wouldn't use cigarettes to lose weight, and I'd stay away from cigarettes period. |
How do kids feature in 18+ films? | Depends on the circumstances. In many cases, yes, the parents may consent to them doing whatever it is for the film role. A good example of this would be the movie Kick-Ass, where 13-year-old Chloe Grace Moratz swears like a sailor. That being said, in plenty of cases the child actors can be completely separate from wh... |
what keeps you from rolling off the bed in your sleep? | Did you ever seen someone unconscious that rolls widely from side to side? I guess not. When you are asleep your movement is restricted by the brain. When that mechanism doesn't work you could be lunatic or have sleep paralysis . |
How does the White House prevent visitors or the press pool from planting a bug in the Oval Office? Do they sweep it after every visit? | Yes, there are regular sweeps conducted, even several times a day when there aren't any visitors to to offices. Sweeping after visitors have been there would of course occur. |
Why do some shots hurt more than others? | There could be a lot of reasons, - Consistency of the solution being injected- Location of injection site- Guage of needle being used- Patient's overall pain tolerance level- Some injections require that the solution be refrigerated or frozen before injecting. |
Why do so few electronics use C batteries? | They're not used in new electronics because liion, for example, rendered them obsolete. Why do they still exist? because if it's not broke don't fix it . Net effect: not many electronics use them", 'The primary advantages of C and D batteries are higher capacity and greater output capacity compared to their smaller cou... |
Does the calorie count on chewing/bubble gum assume we're swallowing the gum? | Absolutely. The information on the wrapper isn't there to help the non-swallowers design their diet. It's there because it's the law. |
What happens to the body when one is "starstruck," or, hence, faints when they see a celebrity? How does this occur? | It's all psychological, it is just excitement. Some people do the same if they are given good news |
Why is the letter 'W' the only one to not have a one syllable sound? | Fascinating question. There are a couple backgrounds that I have heard over the years but to answer your question I did a little searching to make sure what I had heard was not myth.. It's kind of a two pronged thing.. & nbsp; Some languages pronounce the W as a sound while others a sound. In america, and maybe all ove... |
What is the likelihood of the supercollider killing every one on Earth? | It'll either happen or it won't, so that's a 50% chance. REF: _URL_1_ |
Why do men almost always get the short end of the stick during divorces? | i find it interesting that the first impression of getting the short end of the stick has to do with getting the kid. My first thought was of the finance burden that is often place on males in a divorce. I understand covering a child's needs and that father are responsible and the many father i think want to be primary... |
How is Rob Ford still Mayor? | He didn't do anything he could be removed for. At one point a low court even removed him and it was over turned by a higher court 'cause you cant just arbitrarily remove someone from elected office. |
How do those store security scanners work? | Those scanners are emmiting a RF signal that can power a small chip+antenna tag/sticker on certain high-volume objects , and listening from a response from the chip as it passes by/between the scanners. Most items won't have those tags, and they can in some cases be defeated phy physically destorying/removing the Gam. |
How do car batteries last so long/power so much? | In short, they are recharged by the car's engine while it is running. That is why, if a car has a flat battery, you can jump start it from another car and provided you run your car long enough for the alternator to recharge the battery, then you are normally fine. Like any rechargeable battery, a car battery wears out ... |
What exactly are voice cracks? | This is purely from my own experience, but I think adult voice cracks are from changes in temperature. I notice if I am in a pretty hot place especially going into one very quickly, my voice cracks. I think the humidity makes it worse because for some reason when I moved down south where it was so much hotter and humid... |
The "You are a white male" thing. What's the point and why some people say that? | I think you're talking about Aids Skrillex _URL_0_ _URL_1_", 'It has to do with a concept called "privilege," which is used by some researchers who study social inequality . In the past, researchers studying social inequality focused on the ways that minority groups were treated poorly, rather than on the way that domi... |
If you're in the desert with a full bladder, but no water, will your body "recycle" the pee to hydrate you? | You can mix the pee with water to extend your supply . The damage would be in the salt content of your urine. Once you can't dilute it below a certain level , drinking the pee would make you less hydrated, rather than more . If you were a bear, however, your bladder would re-absorb water as you hibernated. That's one o... |
What's the difference between compromising and negotiating? | Compromising is one possible result of negotiating. It's also possible for negotiations to end without any sort of resolution, or to end with the decision that one side is completely right. |
What does the first lady of the united states do? | It's not an official position but First Ladies have often had a great deal of influence in public policy. They are also considered to be the 'hostess' of official State dinners and similar events. Many have also used their celebrity status to push for certain social issues. For Laura Bush it was children's literacy, fo... |
Making 'Bullet Hell' Games | It's really not as complex as you might think. It's a 2D game, so all the positions of all those bullets and enemies are simply represented with X,Y values. Computers are very good at doing math. You write simple algorithms that make them move around the coordinate space and then overlay the graphics.Also, as a develop... |
why do cars require a 3 point seat belt but airplanes which travel at much higher speeds only use a lap belt? | A car's seatbelt needs to protect you from sudden and unexpected collisions which throw your upper body around. In airplanes you typically know when you're in trouble and will be told to get into the crash position which mitigates that a lot. |
Why is there a natural limit for maximum muscle mass but there seems to be no limit (or at least a much much higher limit) for fat mass? | Think of fat as your body's fuel supply. You have an incredible capacity for fat because you might need to stay alive during a famine. People in developed countries don't need efficient fat supplies because we have elimated famines. Muscle meanwhile serves a lot of functions. If your muscles get too strong, you will br... |
Is it good for a computer to be cold temperatured? | Yes, but not too cold, or that could create condensation, and that could destroy components by exposing it to water. If you download some kind of temperature-managing-software, like Speedfan, you can see the temperatures on your CPU and GPU, they should be from 25-70. Well cooled desktop computers usually stay in the 2... |
Why petrol engines require spark plugs to ignite and diesel engines don't yet petrol is more volatile than diesel. | With petrol engines, you can indeed get ignition from compression alone. Unfortunately, it's uncontrolled when that happens, and it tends to happen at the wrong time. This is called preignition, detonation, or knocking. It's slightly to extremely bad for the engine, depending on exactly when it happens. In order to avo... |
Why is Australia having a same sex marriage survey and not a referendum to change the law? If the survey indicates the 'yes' vote has won, what happens? | Hannah has covered it pretty well, all comes down to the fact that it is not a constitutional issue. I'm not sure where you're from but it's important to understand the make up of our partisan system. We currently have a coalition consisting of the Liberal Party and The Nationals in government thanks to a small majorit... |
How does something like UV radiation cause genetic mutations? | ☢️ It damages the DNA, causing it to manufacture the wrong proteins. Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: How does radiation cause genetic mutations? ]1. [ELI5: How exactly does radioactivity cause damage to the human body, and how do the symptoms result? ]1. [ELI5: How exactly does UV ... |
What determines how we perceive time? Do other people experience life in "slower-motion"? | If thoughts are correlated one-to-one with brain states, then a person would only perceive time to have passed when his or her brain state has changed. Since all brains are not identical, some would be set up in such a way that changes could happen more quickly than in others. In other words, some people could be capab... |
Why do cars get better MPG on the highway versus the city? | Because in the city you're required to start and stop. Each transition from 0 momentum to speed requires acceleration which needs more energy than just cruising down the Hwy in a steady state. |
Why does the oculus rift rollercoaster game make people freak out? | For full disclosure I haven't had a chance to play with an Oculus Rift. The sea sickness experience can be triggered by the disconnect between your experience of motion and your visual experience. This is why if you're on a boat that's moving around a lot you may be told to look at the horizon. ** Essentially you're re... |
Why is the symbol for a heart ❤ even though it looks nothing like an actual heart? | It's been suggested that it resembles two actual hearts joined together, and I support that notion despite the dubious veracity. |
Suggestion: give simple answers, but skip the cutesy-wutesy candyland babytalk. These aren't real 5 year olds. | I don't like how every answer has to be an analogy.I haven't seen anything as "cutesy-wutesy" as the example you give. I'm all for using a candy bar as an example and equating it to something children would understand. Yes if there are people that are going to you're dramatized example they should tone it down some but... |
Why isn't there a good defense for companies against DDOS attacks? | DDoS attacks are very hard to defend against because they look exactly like regular traffic. If, say, ten thousand requests all come from one IP address, it's easy for a server to recognize that something is wrong and ignore those requests. If, however, it gets one request from ten thousand IPs, it can't tell it's not ... |
Why are theme parks left abandoned rather than being knocked down? | A theme park is a very expensive thing to build. When they go out of business, the hope is that they can soon be sold to someone who wants to operate the park. So, knocking it down isn't in their best interests. if it doesn't sell, and becomes old and abandoned, they still want to sell it -- but the demolition is *expe... |
Why is Einstein so much more famous than any other scientist in human history? | He became famous during the era when science largely determined who would win the world's largest war, and the visual mass media had recently become much more common. And his look is very distinctive, and he was at the top of his field, and he chose to get involved in political commentary. And the kind of science he wo... |
6 Fingers is actually a dominant trait. Why aren't there more 6 fingered people? | Maybe it's because those 6 fingered weirdo's aren't making babies. We're at a new age of acceptance here.How do you know it’s a more dominant trait? |
When did the "Germanic tribes" transition from tribal form to its current form and how did it happen? Can Germans even trace their tribal affiliations anymore? | Some tribes like the Francs transitioned when they were conquered by Rome and took up Roman customs. Others transitioned naturally due to trading with the Romans, and some transitioned after Rome fell and they started mixing with former Roman people's.No, we can't. The antique tribes mixed a lot, long before the Roman ... |
Why were people like the Nazi SS able to such horrible things without remorse? | Through out history people have dehumanised their enemies. One of the best examples is the [Hartlepool Monkey] . If people can be manipulated enough they will do almost anything. In the example you cite there is also the macho factor. Remember most of the SS grew up in the Hitler Youth which ridiculed any sign of weakn... |
Why do you need a law degree before you can take the bar exam? | I'm sure the answer is money, but I'm not exactly sure how.Not every state does. You can go to law school, but in many cases you can work with a lawyer or judge for about 4 or 5 years and you can take the bar that way. All states are not the same. Some people will work in a law office or judge office and instead of pay... |
Why can't we build oil pipelines that won't burst? | Anything physical is subject to breaking down. In the case of oil pipelines, you're not only dealing with tremendous length but tremendous pressure. Because, as I understand, what they'd be pumping through the pipeline is a thick sludge , the challenges are even greater. |
Everything else being equal, why does standing on a bicycle burn more calories than sitting? | You're spending energy to push your whole body upright or hold yourself above your seat and as opposed to seated peddling where you just move your legs and all your force is transferred nice and efficiently into your wheel movement. |
Why is the US split politically in to such a grid-like system? | What historical settlers? US borders aren't based on anything the native population did and very few people settled in the middle of the country until after the railroads went through, at which point the politicians were just drawing lines on a map rather than having territories grow organically. |
Why do people say America has a terrible education system? | Most of the education system is horribly underfunded, school supplies generally come from the teachers' salaries In addition to this, schools are awarded grants based on standardized testing scores, so the priority is for the students to be able to get good test scores so the school can get money. In this circumstance,... |
Whats the origin of the association/cliche of people wearing glasses being smart? | I always thought it was because people who stared at books would develop worse sight because their depth perception wasn't being used like its supposed to be, but I could be wrong here. I assume this started before television or before it was as prevalent as it is today. |
Why does hunting camo and military camo look so different? | Explaining it like you are 5, humans and animals have very different eyes. I'm sure someone else will elaborate more on this point though.Hunting Camo is for disguising yourself for animals. Military Camo is for disguising yourself for people. Same concept, different game. |
How do homeopathy medicines work/claim to work? | Homeopathy is based on the idea that a small amount of a substance that causes disease can cure it. It became popular in a time when a lot of medicine was unscientific and actively harmful, and since homeopathy had little effect, it was actually better than most medicine. Conventional medicine has since been massively ... |
Why does orange juice taste bad after you've brushed your teeth? | Sodium laureth sulfate. It's a chemical in most toothpastes that suppress the sweet receptors in our tongue. It also increases the amount of bitterness we taste. |
How is Russia allowed to participate in the U.N. security council when the meeting scheduled is about Russia? | That's kind of the nature of the UN. The UN and the security council in particular is as much as anything designed to be a place where world powers can meet and hash out their differences on relatively neutral territory. In addition, it's important to remember that the UN only works if people agree to abide by it. The ... |
What determines which games become E - Sports? | Some of the biggest Esports games are that of MOBAs. To name two of the main ones are games like LoL and Dota, they are some of the biggest Esports games out there. They have huge prize pools that generally go into the millions or even tens of millions. They must be easy enough for the casual player to play and get int... |
What does the mayor of a town/city actually do? | I know my mayor is a DJ at a local radio station on his off time. I don't think mayors make enough to solely live off the mayor pay checks but I may be wrong.I am on the City Council of a city of about 13k in Florida and can tell you it greatly depends on the structure of your city. Some cities have what are called "st... |
How can a vibrating piece of metal (an electric speaker) make the sound of several humans speaking at the same time? | It really can't be shown simpler than was stated by /u/NedDasty here: _URL_0_ckvwhye It's more technical than ELI5 likes, but the subject was discussed over in AskScience: _URL_0_ tl;dr - The first link is a visual representation of what the other posters in this thread are speaking about. |
Why do almost all world maps have North America on the left and Asia on the right? | Having lived in North America, Europe, and Asia, I can assure you that's not true. Each continent tends to have a different map style, typically placing itself near the center of the map.It is mostly because the Pacific Ocean is big and empty, and makes for the best meridian to start and end your map on. In addition, t... |
Why are dentist offices seemingly always staffed with 1 male dentist and like 20 female assistants? | What? My dentist's practise is made up of 5 female dentists who all have one assitant each, and then two receptionists. |
Central banks, and why some people think they are bad | Central Banks job is to manage a nations money supply. In this way they can effect things like inflation/deflation, interest rates, set reserve rates and be a lender of last resort. Some people think they are bad because they don't understand how it works and how every other system used throughout history has been wors... |
Ashley Madison has turned out to be not just a shady website, but an outright scam that defrauded 99% of its customers. How is Noel Biderman not in prison? | Who will prosecute ? Adulterers are mediapathic. There's no career upside in defending them.One of the issues is that you usually have to have a cooperative victim to pursue criminal charges. Not many people are going to want to stand up in court and complain how AM defrauded them by not helping them cheat on their spo... |
The revelation by a string theorist that computer code is found within the layered equations of theory? Are we in the matrix? | It only matters if we're in the Matrix or not if there is anything outside it. In the movie, there is this horrific dystopian world, but there doesn't have to be. It could be the Matrix is simply all there is. |
How can we associate a smell with a taste? | That's just a concentrated version of the flavoring chemical. Scent is CLOSELY tied to taste, hence why blocking your nose dulls taste. |
How come when I am climbing something i can look down and be OK but when i look up it seems to get me nervous? | As someone who has the same vertigo issue, I'm curious about this myself. Worth noting is that mine often occurs when I'm standing on the ground as well. For instance, if I stand at the base of a flagpole and look to the top, I fall down. |
Why is the west coast of North America more prone to forest fires than the east coast? | It's a hotter and drier climate. You end up with a lot more really dry dead wood just waiting for something to light it and turn it into a huge inferno. |
Why do candidates stay in the election once it is clear they have no chance of winning | Even if it's highly unlikely that they can win the presidency, they can still use their campaign to position themselves into other high profile jobs in the future. Hilary Clinton became Secretary of State after losing to Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee became a commentator for Fox News.The cynical view is that it become... |
How do you know which camera is best to purchase? | Any new camera is going to run you upwards of $500 and that's for the lower end but if your looking for a DSLR camera I suggest looking on craigslist and then just comparing all of the cameras at your price pout until you find the one that suits your need |
why does it take humans 12-16 months to learn how to walk while other animals are born with the instinct? | The size of the human brain means human babies have to be born earlier in the course of their brain development to fit through their mother's pelvis . If human babies were going to have a brain developed enough to walk at birth, women's hip bones would have be much, much larger. Women probably would have a lot of diffi... |
If germans are the largest ancestry group, how come the German culture isn't that notable? | German heritage is *extremely* common in the US. But there's a few things at play here: * Most German migration came to the US in the mid-late 1800's, so it's been assimilated for some time. There's a lot of things that are of German origin that we forget are actually German. I mean, we think of Hamburgers, Bratwurst/S... |
what would happen if America had not gotten involved in WWII | Either Germany or Russia would have won eventually through standard warfare. Which one wins is fairly inconsequential - either way, there's a dictatorship with access to all the resources and industrial might from Paris to Moscow. The winner would enjoy super-power status in much the same way that America enjoyed in th... |
Why are cats almost universally drawn to boxes and suitcases? | I read a similar question a while ago. I believe it came down to their hunting instincts. Just like a big cat on the prowl crouched in tall grass, our little house cats hop into boxes to give them cover to stalk their prey. I know my little demon will go full speed at my ankles if he's been crouched in a box. |
Pokemon. I'm in my early 30's, have a bro whose mid 20's - he's a bit more attached to the genre however... | Pokemon is one of those things that's more amazing in premise then execution. It's a world where animals have super powers, and you can train them to battle each other. It's one of those things that can easily be every kids' fantasy. Instead of a house cat or beagle you now have a small dragon that can fly and shoot fi... |
Why does the sweat from our underarms smell different then that of our feet? Isn't the same sweat? | The smell of sweat is not from the sweat itself, but instead it's from the bacteria that are thriving in the sweat and living off of it. The types of bacteria that live on/in different parts of your body are usually of different species, that can give off different odors. |
why does evolution, in the long run, seem to favour smaller animals? | First off, it doesn't favor smaller animals in the long run. Evolution favors large size when useful and small size when useful. Their are more large animals mostly because they gotta eat something, and it takes lots of smaller animals or plants to make it wortwhile. The advantages of being big: it's easier to eat smal... |
Why does deodorant/antiperspirant say it will last for 48 hours, but I'm lucky if I get six hours out of it | It is supposed to be applied to the skin under your arms. Not the hair under your arms. Try clipper img your hair short and try again. Assumption:you're male."Last for 48 hours" = "There will be residue from it 48 hours later that we found in a lab". It doesn't mean "Works at peak effectiveness for 48 hours". Typically... |
why do we have nightmares when we are having high fever? | I don't know but once when I was twelve I had a fever of 103 and had a nightmare so lucid my mom told me I was acting out the motions of my hallucinations while still in bed. Years later the same thing happened with dmt only it lasted four days straight on my closet floor, but that's a story for another Christmas. |
Why are captchas still so popular? | That's the thing. The images shown on the captchas are what OCR has already rejected as a recognizeable word. OCR works when you're printing well documented fonts like aerial or times new roman or helvetica. OCR doesn't work on handwriting and non standard fonts. Hell even humans can't read handwriting half the time. B... |
Why are most electronics ruined once they get wet? Also, why don't they work once dried out after the incident of wetness? | I once saw a guy completely submerge a PC motherboard in normal tap water, If he turned it on while it was still wet the entire thing would have fried because circuits would cross due to water being conductive. Instead he waited a week or so and when he plugged everything back in it worked perfectly same concept with o... |
Why do car door locks in the back of a car not go down as far as the ones in the front? | I am used to it being the other way around, especially because of children. Anyway you can usually unscrew them by hand and swap them out however you want. Maybe they changed it around because in the front they have a button that unlocks the doors electronically? That way you can more easily unlock the backdoors withou... |
; why is it our eyes see upside down and our brain has to correct it? | It's because of how lenses bend light. The clear lens in your eye focus light to a point in the liquid/jelly filled space in your eyeball. To do this, the light from the top of your iris is bent downward and the light at the bottom is bent upward. After the focus point, the lower beam of light continues upward, over th... |
Why is atmospheric pressure high at the poles, but low at higher altitudes? | Because at the poles there is a large area of descending air due to the fact that the sun doesn't heat up that area as much as the equator which causes a high-pressure at the equator it's the opposite basically the sun is much more direct to the surface which heats the air and causes large areas of air to rise causing ... |
Why do some films have a well known song feature as part of the trailer/adverts but that isn't in the film at all? | That has to do with licensing and syncing. If they think that a song will help sell a movie, they'll use it in the trailer and put it on the soundtrack. The band gets paid, the movie ads are more effective, and the studio can recoup more production costs via soundtrack sales. |
Why do earphones have a R(ight) and L(eft) marker? Don't we hear the same thing through both ears? | It doesn't really matter for music unless you listen to orchestral songs. Most Headphones are shaped to fit each ear. If you're watching a film it's important if a truck drives from the left hand side of the screen to the right, you'd expect the soundtrack to do the same. Edit: I should clarify that I mean that it does... |
Besides being forced to write a certain way, what determines which hand a child will write with? | It's believed to be genetics. Children of parents who are both left-handed are also left-handed 26% of the time. This is 2.5x greater than the baseline rate of 10% of children who are born to 1 or 0 left-handed parents. There have been several different hypotheses proposed as to what the specific genes are that cause l... |
Insider trading, and why it's considered a crime that is punishable by jailtime | Insider trading is bad because it gives people an unfair advantage to use to their benefit. If you know about something that will impact a stock's price that isn't public knowledge, then you can react before anyone else. Let's say you learn a company is about to buy its biggest competitor and the stock price is going t... |
Why doesn't anyone want to be Speaker of the House? | At the value voters summit, a republican gathering for republicans, when it was announced that Boehner was resigning there was a cheer that went through the hall. Basically the fans of the party booed their own speaker of the house because he wouldn't blow up the government. The speaker position is in a terrible positi... |
Why does South Carolina even fly the Confederate Flag? | The flag was originally put up in 1961 as a protest to Brown vs Board of Education, with the end of segregation and other civil rights changes occurring across the country. Before that, it wasn't regularly flown on state property.You have to understand, ideology aside, many of those peoples great grandparents, direct a... |
Why do NCAAF teams score more points on average than in the NFL whereas in basketball the NBA teams score more than their college counterparts? | This is a theory only, but since we all know the names of major offensive players but essentially no defensive players it's simple: everyone wants to be a quarterback. More people vying for offensive positions means a bigger talent pool for those positions Which results in a bigger talent disparity in lesser leagues, a... |
If a prisoner is sentenced to death in the US, why aren't they killed on the spot? (Or within the next couple of days) | > Why aren't they just killed right away to save costs? If you are American you should know that the Constitution guarantees due process. You may not like the length of the process but it has evolved to what it is via centuries of experience that you have not studied. Among other considerations the state does not want ... |
What is and why do our bodies develope puss | It's not bad, it's very very good! Pus is white blood cells killing and eating the infection or dead, useless cells in a burn. |
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