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Is paying off a mortgage like paying rent? | It is like rent in that it's a monthly payment for housing, but you also pay toward owning the house outright, and have rights to all gains in home value. Your monthly mortgage payment includes principal , interest, and escrow funds . Eventually, if you keep paying for 15-30 years, you'll pay off the mortgage entirely ... |
How do we know we haven't found a groundbreaking cure for a disease yet, and that it simply doesn't work on mice? | Mice aren't the only creatures that we do testing on. We also test on rats, pigs, rabbits, canines, and lower primates to name a few. Eventually testing moves to human volunteers . |
Why do triangles help to strengthen structures? | Think about a square made of beams connected at the corners. Imagine it is set upright and a load is placed on the top face. What needs to be done to collapse the structure? Bending or breaking the beams are of course an option but the obvious weak point is the joints. Push the top load to either side while the base is... |
How does sleeping with your phone affect you and your body? | Aside from nodding off and having it conk me on the head numerous times or waking up with it under my back , it doesn't. |
Why does Flagstaff, AZ get so cold? | Flagstaff is situated about 7,000' feet elevation. For context, that is half-again higher than Denver. It is high enough to have a climate similar to Salt Lake City or Denver rather than its lower geographical cousins in Arizona, southern Nevada, and SoCal. By comparison, Phoenix and Las Vegas have elevations of 1,000-... |
What things can't gravity theory really explain? | One problem with general relativity is there is almost a self-referential issue with it. General relativity states that curvature in spacetime is due to the presence of mass and energy. For most situations we have well-attested ways of writing out the energy content that curves spacetime. However, the curvature of spac... |
Why do darker colors take in more of the visible spectrum than lighter colors? | I think what is confusing you is that color is not the cause of absorption but the after effect. The material that you are observing absorbs curtains wavelengths of light. The ones that aren't absorbed are what we see as color. Light from the sun starts as white . As to what causes certain colors to be absorbed, that i... |
How does an infant transition from receiving oxygen through the placenta to breathing? How is there a constant supply of oxygen during labor? Are there dangers to the brain? | You're asking two different questions. During labor, especially in your baby's case when the baby was all wrapped up in the cord there probably wasn't oxygen flowing freely the entire time. During a uterine contraction the cord will get pinched or the placenta wont be exchanging oxygen well, flow will be reduced or sto... |
Why can a baby be upside down in a womb without dying, but when someone is held upside down as an adult they die? | A fetus is not just a small person that happens to be living upside-down inside a woman. The fetus gets blood flow and oxygen from the mother via the umbilical cord. The fetus' heart is beating but not doing all the work yet .In addition to babies being much smaller and then curled up at that, so there head being down ... |
Why do nails grow slower and faster during different times of the year? | It's more about metabolism rather than just weather. It's all interrelated. In warmer months your metabolism gets faster, however you put it. Plus you are getting so much more Vitamin D from the sun exposure-and since it is the key component, responsible for calcium metabolism iun your body, logically calsium penetrate... |
Why do human diets consist of mostly food we have to cook or run the risk of getting sick, while animals are completely fine eating food raw. | A lot of animals do get sick, and also you can eat raw food if you like and you probably won't die . With animals' sorter lifespans, they can usually reproduce before getting too many parasites. And some animals have particularly powerful stomach acids so they can eat carrion. So why do we cook? Certain foods are more ... |
How your DNA can be used to determine where your ancestors were from? | When we started looking at genes, we noticed interesting patterns that seemed to have something to do with genetic history. All humans have pretty much the same genes but there are slightly different versions, which many times don't really make any functional difference. If you have a genetic variation that is only fou... |
How are westerner's "Chinese" name decided ans given? | According to someone I know who does business in China, they make them up, but perhaps base it on something. Maybe they'll choose a name that sounds a little like part of their given name, maybe it'll be the name of their favorite western movie star, maybe it'll be just something that *sounds* good to them. |
What is special about this video camera that can record 10 trillion frames per second, enough to see light traveling? Why don’t all video cameras record infinite frames per second? | Each pixel in a camera is like a bucket catching rainwater. If we want to measure the amount of rain we have to let the bucket fill up. If it's pouring rain it doesn't take long for the bucket to fill up. If it's barely raining , you have to wait a long time for the bucket to fill up. Tldr: Without getting into details... |
What actually happens to the money when a big company has to pay a large fine, where does it go and who gets to keep it? | Most of it goes into the hands of the lawyers. The company who's been fined writes it off against their taxes as a loss, so they don't really see any problems And the fine is usually MUCH less than the profit they made from whatever they did. & #x200B; |
Why are highway miles preferred over city miles when it comes to buying/selling used cars? | I'm just going to start with the fact that almost everyone will admit its a bit subjective. I think most will agree that stop-and-go is considered heavy-duty than highway-cruising, and is therefore more destructive. So all things being equal, you would want less, if any, city driving. It really depends on the area and ... |
Why are younger humans/animals tend to be more playful and mischievous than older ones? | To oversimplify it, because behavior is learned, and growing up is a learning process. When we're young, we have more learning to do, so we're more apt to try the things that have unknown outcomes. We see laughter and others' happiness as a reward, so when we do these actions that are a.) fun for us, and b) fun for oth... |
Why is shutting off my computer by holding down the power button bad for it? | It's not likely to be physically bad for it but, software wise it's bad. Unused files/data are sometimes stored in ram before being written to the hard drive. So if you cut off power it's lost instead of being written. Which can potentially corrupt data on your hard drive. |
How do airplanes manage flying upside down? Can majority of aircrafts do this? | Most answers here are wrong.- Airplanes fly because they push air downwards, which makes the wing go up. The shape of the wing helps, but the angle of the wing is also important. Heck, a wing profile isn't even needed to fly. Many model aircraft has flat wings. Some aircraft have symmetrical wing profiles. Aerobatic pl... |
How to power supply splitters actually work? | Here is 1 way to look at it, voltage will constantly stay the same around your circuit and is dropped over various stages relating to the resistance, that is why in a series circuit , 3 bulbs of equal power will drop equal amount of voltages which in your case of a 9 volt supply would be 3 volts at eaxh bulb. The volta... |
What happens after a company is bought out? | Depends on what the company did and why they bought it. Often in the industry that I'm in, the 'company' itself is not worth much, but the service contracts are. So, when the company gets bought, all the people leave and the new parent company takes over all the contracts. Of course, the people from the bought company ... |
Why in the US do we use voter registration to sign people up for jury duty? | Because it's proof that you're a living citizen. It's not even the only thing that is used to land people jury duty, so not registering to vote isn't a very effective way to avoid it. |
Why do 720p videos look worse on 720p monitors than 1080p videos? | You have broadly 2 different issues here - you have DOWNSCALING versus NATIVE resolution - and you have the effects of LOSSY COMPRESSION. Downscaling depends on your particular hardware and media combination but most smart screens have the ability to UPSCALE and DOWNSCALE the media being supplied. This process entails ... |
Why the crypto market is not recovering. | Because it's value is based on what people are willing to say it's worth. It bubbled when people didn't know what it was, then they realized they were investing in air. Everyone sold and no one came back. |
What is the difference between intermittent fasting and skipping breakfast? | Nothing really, as long as you don't drink coffee or anything else that might activate your stomach before lunch. It's a great excuse to justify my hatred of waking up for breakfast. I just get up and go and just drink water until lunch time. I get to eat tasty large lunch and dinner while still managing my calorie int... |
Why did it take so long to start making cars that turned off their lights when the car turned off? | It's really dangerous to have the car's lights go off in the dark. Whatever relay you put in the circuit has **some risk of failure** and this means the lights go off. The benefit of not discharging your battery gets traded off against the risk of having the lights randomly go out as someone is driving on some twisty m... |
If 52*7 is 364 where do we get our extra day to make a 365 day calendar year? | The calendar year isn't a whole number of weeks, which is also why a particular date will be one day of the week one year, but another the next year. |
Why do 2 sticks of ram need to be the same when being used in twin ports? Why wouldnt two different sticks work the same? | You can actually use just one. The performance with 2 or more is often faster, therefore 2 is often used. And the motherboard's memory controller is much faster when both RAM have same speed and capacity rather than having different speeds and other factors.Long story short: ‘Ram is sold in kits for a reason.Ram from t... |
How do the economics of all-you-can-eat restaurants versus pay-per-plate work? | Not everyone eats their value. Unless you go to a buffet and specifically eat several plates full of only the most expensive offerings you probably aren't either. A lot of ppl start with some salad or soup . Then eat 1 or 2 servings of regular food, but mix it up between more expensive meat/seafood offerings and much c... |
potential energy and kinetic energy | Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion. A ball that is falling has kinetic energy. Potential energy is simply kinetic energy that hasn't happened yet - the *potential* to happen, if you will. A ball perched precariously on the edge of a table, for example, has much potential energy. |
do animals have concepts of "pranks" or jokes within their natural social circles? | I read in Sapiens that monkeys sometimes shout 'lions! Lions' and when everyone climbs up the tree, the prankster just laughs it off. |
Why are most NFL teams named after cities, but some are named after states? | I think the default for a sports team is to name it after the city it's located in. Of the 123 professional teams in the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA, 104 or 84.5% are named after a specific city, 18 are named after the state the team is in and 1 is named after an entire region . Of the teams named after states, 3 of them are... |
How to radio waves transmit data? | short answer: modulation. littlebit longer answer: let's assume only digital data for simplicity - ones and zeros. You choose one of the three modulations - frequency modulation, amplitude modulation or phase modulation . In FM you choose two frequencies, one represents 0 and other represents 1. Circuit that can assign... |
Why pregnant women have their taste messed up to the point they eat weird combos and odor of certain food make them sick. | Anecdotal but I never craved anything out of the ordinary. I *did* tend to indulge my whims more while pregnant. Like I want a cinnamon raisin bagel with tons of cream cheese right now but I'm not going to get one, but when I was pregnant?? I definitely had a treat yoself mentality. I believe there's an element of that... |
What is the meaning of every element of the classical differential equations x'' + ax' + bx = f(t) ? | It's a standard 2nd order differential equation, and it could apply to just about anything, depending on the context. Acoustics, Electronics, Vibrations, Dynamics, etc. all use that equation. There should be a derivation of the equation for the context you are talking about if you are talking about some applied equatio... |
How does tax evasion by large multinationals work? | Let's say your big brother always takes 3 out of 10 candy bars that you manage to get each week. But your friend Paul's brother only takes 1 out of 10 of his candy bars each week.. To avoid losing candy, you lend every single one of your candy bars to Paul, knowing his brother will only eat one. Now you can say to your... |
How do some companies have authority to sell and manage internet domains when the internet isn't owned by anyone? | Well someone has to maintain a list of who owns what and their contact info. This costs money. There are nonprofit organizations that control things like tld assignments . Then companies like network solutions, GoDaddy etc get accredited by icann so they're included in the global list of domains. They pay a small fee t... |
Why are some gestures so universal (nodding, shaking your head, kissing) despite cultures being so different? | There are very few universal gestures, and none of the ones you have listed are universal. Saying 'huh' or 'eh' or 'ugh' when you don't understand something is a universal. And pupils dilating when aroused is a universal. But that's about the only universals I can think of. |
How are “Artificial” flavors created ? | All of the flavours that come from food can be distilled down using chemistry to usually one or two key compounds. There's a family of chemical compounds called Esters which are some of the big ones of taste or fragrances. An ester is produced by combining a carboxylic acid with an alcohol. Depending on which acid you ... |
Why when suffering from a virus do you wake up half way through the night covered in sweat? | Fever is a way for your body to fight off viruses and other infections. Most bacteria and viruses don't do too well outside of certain narrow parameters, i.e. too hot, too cold, too dry etc.. Sometimes, if the fever is not too high or lasts too long, it's better to let these things run its course. But if you're sick, y... |
how do food companies/restaurants calculate the amount of calories in a certain item | Originally calorimeters were used, but they're not an accurate representation of energy availability for the human digestive system. Instead most manufacturers/food preparers rely upon the USDA food tables for the nutritional data in the constituent ingredients/portions which use the Atwater system to better estimate h... |
Why do migraines happen, what causes a visual Aura and why is the brain hurting itself? | It is a multifactorial process, meaning its affected by multiple parts. However, because the brain lacks pain receptors, the pain one feels is largely due to changes in the meninges . Many hypotheses suggest changes in the size of arteries may contribute, but some recent data doesn't seem to support this. |
Why have people throughout history always made a big deal about who believes in which god(s)? | It's a way for a society that is trying to conquer another society to gain support from its own people . By converting people of the other religion, you can also spread your own culture abroad and strengthen your influence in other countries. It's really less about religion specifically and more about cultural identity... |
What makes older games (specifically games like Fallout: New Vegas) so incompatible with current operating systems like Windows 10? | New Vegas runs well on steam under windows 10 on my computer, so I'm a bit confused here. Usually, the OS is not the problem in these cases, but the hardware is. Hardware evolves a lot and the game is unable to communicate properly with it. This is why you have to use emulators to play really old games, the emulator ac... |
How does the water level in a toilet remain same even if you pour buckets of extra water into it? | When you pour a bucket of water in the bowl it is actually flushing due to the water from your bucket rather than the water in your tank. I's the same action; just a different water source. |
Although adults constantly tell me all cucumbers are 95% water, why does water taste bitter if i drink it after I had a cucumber? | Because the other stuff in a cucumber gives it flavor. A soda is going to be > 95% water. Tea and coffee are > 95% water. If I get sick and take a shit, it might even be > 95% water. Doesn't mean it's going to taste like plain water. |
When planes crash, how do most black boxes survive? | They're placed in the far back surrounded by layers of collision padding and fireproofing. Also, most pilots don't want to die and therefore try to slow the crash down as much as they can by pulling up just before impact. The planes that do a nosedive straight into the ground or sea rarely have their black boxes surviv... |
Why not just eject airplane black boxes before impact? | Since black boxes are made very strong and are very likely to survive flames, explosions, and most damage a plane incurs in a crash, it preserves the integrity and makes the black box easier to find knowing that it'll be nearby or inside the downed plane. Ejecting it would more often than not make it harder to find, be... |
Die randomness affected by number placement? | If you have dice with indented markings I suppose it could make a difference. Even more so if the 'heavier' numbers, meaning the lower numbers, are grouped up together. I have no idea how much of a statistical difference it could make though. |
Why do not airline have parachutes for everyone when the plane is about to crash? | Yeah, 200 people panicking, fighting for chutes, struggling to get harnesses on, being expected to line up in an orderly fashion in front of an open door as the plane is hurtling towards earth at least 10 times faster than a typical plane you jump out of for skydiving, not being allowed to exit until at a low enough al... |
what is the point of silent letters. | > nobody talks about changing the spelling of knee!!!! Noah Webster tried to make English spelling more phonetic. . Webster was somewhat successful in his home country of America. This is why American spellings can be more phonetic than non-American spellings: - colour vs color- realise vs realize- centre vs center- th... |
In American history, how/why did the Democrats and Republicans switch beliefs? | > I may be way over simplifying this Yes. The new Republican Party was anti-slavery while southern Democrats favored slavery. That's the main reason some talk about a switch. That switch happened most markedly in the 1960s. Southern Democratic voters and party affiliation began drastically shifting to Republican with t... |
How does washing your hands with plain old liquid or bar soap and water remove more germs than just water alone does? | Water doesnt stick to oil , oil floats on it. The germs are like oil but so is soap. It's the same way you use soap to remove oil from a pan washing it with water wont do anything. The antibacterial parts of the soap also literally exist to kill the bacteria where water does not kill germs as they need water just as mu... |
What are you actually doing when you take the derivative of a function and why does it give the area? What about integration? | The reason differentiation and integration give us the things that they do is that they were created specifically to do just that. A line tangent to a graph at a point has approximately the same slope as a line joining two points, one on each side of the point we are interested in. Finding the slope of that line is eas... |
How does somebody lose their voice | Vocal cords have to be tight like guitar sings to vibrate and create sounds. If they are swollen as a result of an infection, they won't be able to vibrate in the same way, and you lose your voice |
why do obviously guilty criminals plead not guilty (i.e. Pittsburgh synagogue shooter)? | I used to do probono criminal defense - very small time stuff - nothing bigger than small time drug/weapons charges. The first thing to consider is that weird things happen in jury trials. See OJ Simpson, George Zimmerman, etc. Our criminal defense system is *heavily* weighted towards the defense by design. As such, it... |
How can someone subconsciously do something and not remember it? | Was just discussing this with a coworker yesterday. All those times you drive to/from work but don't remember making a certain turn or stopping at a particular sign/light are getting handled by this process. However, if you're driving somewhere you've never been, you drive like you're paranoid.Consciousness isn't one t... |
Why do airplane black boxes have to be kept in water after they are removed from the sea? | What is the longest period of time a black box has been recovered and the data along with it?? Don't they stop working after a week?", 'I think it’s distilled water and it’s used because it won’t cause more corrosion. I work with cameras and when they get saltwater infiltration we immediately or ASAP give them a soak i... |
The U.S. and Canada are about the same size, so why is the population of Canada only ~30 million while the U.S. has a population of ~300 million? | Most of that Canadian expanse is hostile permafrost or barely-inhabitable pine forests with short summers and endless winters. You really can't support a large population there. Nearly all of the Canadian population lives along the coast or within a short drive to the US border. The great inland expanse is pretty much ... |
Why are watches worn on the non-dominant hand? | I wore mine on my dominant side for years and got sick of people asking what's wrong with me. I told people I liked having my watch where I was already looking while writing, but who does that anymore? Now it doesn't matter as much so I switched just to shut people up. |
Why is someone allowed to plead guilty when they've been caught in the act and is it different from pleading guilty when your guilt is actually uncertain. | * No evidence of any kind counts for *anything* until it is presented in court. * Court gives both sides a fighting chance to make sure any evidence is presented fairly. * It doesn't matter how many witnesses saw it with there own eyes, it doesn't matter if there is a video tape shown on national television, nothing co... |
Is semen living creatures? How do they know what to do? Could they live outside the body, like goldfish in a suitable tank? | This is my new favorite question. They are organic matter, but not a living species. They are part of the human reproductive system.They have no digestive system so they can only last as long as they have energy stored inside. They are programmed to swim in search for the egg. They don't actively look around, they have... |
why did the Germans invade Russia in the coldest time of the year? | They didn't. The WWii invasion was launched in June 1941. Hitler expected the USSR to fall apart in short order but when they didn't the German troops got stuck outside of Moscow in the dead of winter. |
Why are all touch screen displays so reflective? | Mobile devices use a glass lens/layer because it's needed for protection of the lcd. It also allows manufacturers to make the top layer of the screen scratch resistant, oleophobic, etc |
Do magnets work in space? Are they the same as they are on Earth? | Well technically the Earth is a giant magnet, and it's in space, so yeah magnets work in space. |
Why do scratchy throats happen, and why is it so hard to get rid of them? | My throat itches any time I eat shellfish, but that's because I'm allergic. It itches real bad, but I just love shellfish so much. Your body is conditioned to itch when there is some kind of disturbance , and scratching that itch is typically enough to make it go away. There's a famous trick where if your left arm itch... |
How did leaders in the past give speeches to 1000's of people without a microphone? | As others have said, projection is probably the most important part. Beyond that, the shape of the room can act to direct sound towards the crowd so it carries farther in that direction. Lastly the speaker is raised up so that more of the crowd can see the speaker's face. It's easier to tell what someone is saying if y... |
Why does swallowing a piece of watermelon whole not relieve my thirst like chewing it before swallowing would? | It would in the sense that your body would be more hydrated but your mouth wouldn't feel it because no liquid has passed it, so you would be more hydrated but just unaware of it. Your throat would still be dry because no fluids have touched it and so it has dried out over time, this would take a long time to rectify th... |
Why do bikes fall over when staying still but balance while moving? | I would imagine that it's because as you are going forwards you can easily recenter the centre of gravity with a slight deviation of the steering, whereas when stationary you'd have to almost create this rebalancing centre shift without the help of any external influence. In addition, the steering geometry is created a... |
Why exactly do you feel tired/fatigued when you are sick? | I think /u/catwhowalksbyhimself is right. I have inflammatory arthritis, which is caused by your own immune system attacking healthy tissue in your body. Fatigue is absolutely part of the disease. Even when I don't have a lot of pain, I can be extremely fatigued and feel like I'm moving through wet cement when I try to... |
Why does it cost more for someone to attend a public out of state college/university than it is for someone who lives in that state? | Kids who go to in-state schools are more likely to stay in the state when they graduate. States like it when educated young adults stick around instead of moving to New York or whatever as soon as they graduate, because that usually makes the state a nicer place to live. There's a bunch of reasons for that, but a simpl... |
How do we know that my red is the same as your red? (excluding people with colour blindness) | This may sound like a snipe at fake tans, but it isn't. I see people who are actually orange from fake tan, and they are strutting around like they look great. I often wondered if there was a reason why they couldn't recognise that people aren't just making fun of them when telling them how orange they are. From readin... |
With the massive volume of existing records, how is the USPTO able to accurately determine patent/copyright/trademark infringement? | They don't consistently catch these things. Generally speaking if you're looking to patent something you're the one that's going to be doing the patent research to make sure you're not going to be infringing on someone else's patent, because that means you're going to get your butt sued. |
Why are bright or flashing lights dangerous to people with epilepsy? | One explanation that I heard was that, as you look around, the brain only processes the changes in what you see, so your brain doesn't typically do a lot of visual processing because what you look at doesn't change much. However, when there's a flashing light, what you're looking at changes rapidly, forcing your brain ... |
How Did Early Automobiles Detect If Gas Was Low or Almost Out In The Gas Tanks? | The car stopped. That sounds glib, but really cars just ran right out of gas a lot. Fuel tanks weren't as well protected or hidden as they are now, so you could just try and look to judge how much gas you had, but it was largely guesswork. |
When you suck liquid up through a straw and block the hole with your tongue, why the the liquid stay in the straw? | Air pressure. Atmospheric pressure is 14.69 pounds per square inch. There's a downward force on the liquid in the straw, but there's also air pressure pushing upwards at 14.69 pounds of force per square inch of the opening. If the opening is 0.1 square inches you'll have 1.469 pounds of force pushing up, and you're unl... |
From 1950s to today, what caused exponential increase of US housing prices | First this is simple inflation. Housing prices climbed, but so too did income, and the cost of everything else. Secondly, there is supply and demand. A larger population means more people vying to own a particular piece of land. Development expansion has helped moderate prices in some areas, but geographic boundaries i... |
Econ button/ mode on cars. | It makes the car work less hard, which means it uses less fuel. Sometimes this means it doesn't go as fast. Sometimes this means the AC is less cold. Different cars have different ways. |
Why does everything get sucked out out of a plane if a door or window opens (or is shot!)? | It doesn't, but as other commenters might say, it's because the inside of the plane is pressurized. The effect is a slightly larger-scale version of shaking a soda can and then opening it.Air is thinner the higher you fly. So the cabin is pressurised to maintain a constant pressure as if you were still on the ground. I... |
How the hell were movies edited in the 1900s? | Movies were shot on reels of film so they would look at each individual frame and when they found something they didn't want they would literally cut the film remove anything they didn't want and tape it back together where they wanted the film to resume.People have already answered the question. But one thing you shou... |
If a seedless grape has no seeds, how does it even exist? | First, many plants are incredibly easy to clone. Once you have a seedless variety, you can multiply it as needed through cuttings and grafting. As for the variety itself, they are infertile offspring of fertile parents. For plants that can't be propagated through cuttings, there are two parent strains that will reliabl... |
If brain cells (neurons) are specialized cells which don't divide, how does brain cancer exist? | Real ELI5: Cells dividing are like cars driving. Some of them go fast, some go slow, and some sit in the garage never moving. They CAN all go fast, but they're all supposed to go at their own speed. Neurons are the cars in the garage, just hanging out. Until the owner bumps his head and decides to drive really fast. Bu... |
Why is it that when it’s hot we can walk miles without sweating but once we stand a bit after that walk we start sweating a lot? | I can't relate to this as I pretty much sweat all the time when it's hot, especially when walking. Different people sweat different amounts in different situations? |
How does the political system of USA works ? | First, there's federal government and there are state governments. The federal government consists of the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. The executive branch is headed by the president, who is elected by the electoral college. Each state is allocated a number of electoral college vot... |
how are elections results verified? Like what prevents a government (including the USA) from just saying "hey this guy won and here are some numbers that we made up to prove it" | In the US each major party, campaign, or issue can send representatives to polling places. The media as well as third-party organizations related to voting rights and legal oversight can also send observers. The observers do a couple different things: * Watch/observe how the polling place is operated. Make sure laws ar... |
If a young child falls into a coma and then wakes up much later (say 20 years), do they think like a child or do they think like an adult? | There was one case with a severely abused girl. For something like the first 10 years of her life, she was tied up in her room and had no contact with anyone. After she was released, we was pretty much unable to communicate, and couldn't learn how to communicate. Children are sponges for learning; it is a critical time... |
Where Do Snakes Go In The Winter Time When It Gets Cold? | Imagine a basketball player . He was just in the playoffs but lost to a superior team , he decides that instead of working hard and building his own team , he decides to join the aforementioned superior team and coast to multiple consecutive championships .. |
How do doctors test for allergies? How do they determine specific chemicals or substances that cause allergies? | They inject tiny amounts of a bunch of stuff into your back, then check which you have reactions to. In general they count on small amounts of stuff causing smaller reactions and if you do have a huge reaction they are ready with drugs to counteract it so you don't die. |
why are bananas such a common fruit? | In addition to the other comments here, bananas that are sold are also pretty much the same everywhere on the planet. The same strain is grown everywhere and it's familiar to all. That said, they're going extinct due to a virus and it's not a matter of if, but of when. It's happened before to previous bananas that were... |
Why didn't the US govt release the picture of dead Osama Bin Laden despite releasing dead pictures of his other members? | Throwing your enemies bodies in a body of water to try to erase them from history is a super traditional diss in western society. The Roman's were a big fan. |
What’s the difference between a political part controlling The House and controlling The Senate in the U.S? | Congress has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate. A bill that is going to be signed into law must pass both chambers before the president can sign it into law. If one of the chambers doesn't pass it with a majority vote, it won't become a law. |
Do pinhole glasses improve your vision? | I knew of a guy who wore them when he was out walking, but reverted to his normal glasses when at work and he told me that he was gradually having to have his glasses prescription lessened over time as the pinhole pair were exercising his eyes to such an extent that they were reversing the usual effects of aging in his... |
how do eggs work?? | The part of the egg that humans eat isn't the baby chicken, it's the stuff the baby chickens eat. That's why it's so packed with protein, because that's the main thing an embryonic chick needs to grow. Edit: not sure if the chick actually eats in the egg or just absorbs nutrients from the surrounding fluid. Sounds like... |
Why is East Germany poorer than West Germany, even 30 years after the German reunification? | Most of an economy is relative, so any long period of setbacks compared to other economies tends to hold it back well after the original problem is resolved. Even if two economies advance at the same pace, the setbacks in history mean one remains behind the other for a long time - it has to achieve *more* than the othe... |
what’s the difference between Christian and Catholic? | Catholicism is a specific sect of Christianity. There are many differences as far as terms and traditions/religious practices. Like how Catholic Churches have a religious clergy hierarchy such as Priests instead of ministers and so on. Catholicism requires confession and some other religious practices not specific laid... |
How did humans realise that fossils were a source of energy and more specifically, why are fossils a source of energy? | Fossils themselves are not a source of energy. Oil, or petroleum, is formed from the remains of large ammounts of plant and animal matter which over millons of years were slowly buried underground. When things are buried underground at great depths they are put under a great ammounts pressure and heat, and over time or... |
Why do American have to register to a certain party? And why do they have to register to vote all together? | Party affiliation means nothing for general elections However some states require voters to declare a party affiliation in advance if they want to vote in that party's PRIMARY elections . As for why registration is necessary, because the US doesn't maintain a central list of eligible voters, states must do so, and auto... |
Why Does Trap Rap Music Glorify Gun Violence? | Read the lyrics of popular rap songs from other cultures , and you'll see it's very much related to the culture and society. We glorify gun violence in movies and in general, other cultures may glorify being a player, sex, women, etc. Art always reflects the societal values - throughout history it has. |
Why does your ring finger move when you flex your pinky finger? | Tell me with a straight face you didn't try this with your own fingers upon reading the headline.Your hand is a marionette, and your pinky and ring finger are controlled by the same stringThe r/medicalschool subreddit has a graphic video posted right now that will show you in graphic detailThe show Qi does a fantastic ... |
Why do phones/computers/TVs need to have a glass screen? What would happen without one? | They don't need to be glass since we don't use CRTs anymore. The alternative is polycarbonate or some other plastic, but glass is the best material for the cost. It's completely transparent and doesn't scratch nearly as easily as any non-plastic. For it's durability and quality, it's just the best choice. |
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