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Why didn't dinosaurs evolve to intelligent beings when they were here for millions of years but humanity evolved in a short amount of time? | Evolution isn't a being. It doesn't have goals or preferred outcomes. Humans were sort of randomly pushed towards sentience. That just never happened for dinosaurs, at least not that we know of. |
Why do electronics stop working after they are submerged by water? | If they are powered off and you get them out quickly and let them dry completely, they will often be fine. But drying them out completely isn't trivial. |
Why are Internet providers enforcing data caps now? | Because of the rise of Netflix and other similar streaming services. Two things are happening here; one is that netflix et al are cutting into cable's profits, as more people either abandon tv or simply never subscribe to a cable package. The other thing is that, with so many people streaming, a lot of bandwidth is use... |
Could I live at a 24-hour gym? | This sounds like something George Costanza/Larry David would consider. If they figured out that you were living there they would do something to stop that. Would you be able to sleep at your gym without being noticed? It would be offputting to other customers. The cost of food from a cafe would rack up, but it might be... |
Why do bugs not always die when you flick them across the room, or smash them with your hand? | I'll summarize everyone else's answers in one word: INERTIA. Small masses are capable of decelerating much faster than large masses without deforming. This includes internal organs on said ants. |
Why sometimes a random point in parts of my body "pulses" for a few times? | I've read it's because of potassium and magnesium deficiencies.Supposedly bananas are potassium rich, so eating more bananas might help reducing the twitches. |
Why is Javascript still used/necessary? | Javascript was called Livescript the name was changed to Javascript because of the name recognition I believe. Even though the languages are completely different and have nothing to do with each other. When a language becomes widespread and used everywhere it takes a really long time to transition when or if a new lang... |
Why do some cell phones no longer come with instructional booklets? | A full manual would be huge i.e. expensive to produce and it would make the box the phone comes in bigger and heavier. Especially since you'd have to print it in many languages, either making it phonebook-sized if multiple languages are included, or requiring more complex logistics to have different language versions o... |
why aren't movies always filmed in chronological order? | Movies are sometimes filmed in chronological order, but only very occasionally. A prominent example I can think of is E.T, which Spielberg did in order to elicit the right emotional response from the child actors. But mostly movies aren't filmed in chronological order because they need to be shot in dozens or hundreds ... |
If there is such a dire global shortage of helium, why do we still use it to fill up balloons? | That is a very good question. It's not that there is a shortage of helium it is that while the supply of helium is steady, the demand is increasing. As long as there is uranium in the earths crust, we will have helium getting trapped in non porous rock and mixing with natural gas and petroleum. The constant but limited... |
Why are incest babies more likely to have deformities etc than regular babies? | Because in your cells there are two identical pairs of each gene. These implementations/types of a certain gene are called *alleles*. For example hair color would be a gene, blonde hair would be an allele. Some alleles are dominant over eachother, meaning if one of the two alleles in your cells if dominant, the charact... |
Why are vinyl records popular/what is the benefit? | They sound better than CDs, but i think it's to do with the legacy as well. It's a cool thing to have a collection of. I like to think that when i'm older, and CDs have died out i can have a collection of them that will hark back to an older time, and i can say to kids 'hey, you know how nowadays you just click a butto... |
How does reddit stop people from just making a thousand accounts and upvoting themselves? | What good would that do? It's not like you can exchange your Internet Points for something that's worth the time and effort. |
Do we want the birthrate to decrease or increase? | For the overall world, we'd want it to decrease, due to concern 1, and also the related concern of destruction of the Earth's ecosphere. Regarding running out of workers, if the _world_ population decreases then the total number of humans decreases so the total _need_ for workers also decreases as there are fewer human... |
Why do vision impaired people see clearly underwater with just goggles? | I just recently had experience with this, and my vision didn't change positively or negatively in the water because of goggles. A few weeks ago I ditched contacts for glasses full time, and recently went to a pool with a group I work with. So I got in the pool unable to see much of anything other than general shapes/ou... |
Why Do I have To Pay To Apply To College? | There are a few reasons: * It limits the amount of applicants, if it was free they would get tons more, at a cost they get less, this helps them logistically cut down on how many apps they need to view and increase the chance a person applying really wants to attend the school * The cost of processing the app, its not ... |
Why did the 1892 Populist Party in the United States demand inflation through free and unlimited coinage of silver (what was its benefits)? | If you read their platform, it explains it all: _URL_0_ If big corporations have all the money and they don't spend it, then there is not enough in circulation. If you go to the bank and try to borrow money so you can start a business of your own, and they say they have none to lend, what do you do then? That was the i... |
How are we able to stand up and balance on two feet easily, but it's hard to balance on only one foot? | Two feet = four points of contact with the ground . One foot = two points of contact with the ground. It's like getting a motorcycle to stay upright vs. a car.Alot of people are missing the fact that our legs balance our weight on the sides of our core. If you stand on one leg youre putting all your weight on one side,... |
Why can't California just clean the "used" water and re-supply it? Or at least build de-salination plants on the Coast? | 80% of the water used in your state is for agriculture, where agriculture only accounts for 2% of your state's economic activity. Agriculture. In a mostly arid, desert state The bottled water industry in your state has no restrictions on the amount of water they consume. The bottling companies are sucking you dry as fa... |
How does oil-based paint dry? Does the oil evaporate, or does it contain water that evaporates? | It's more like a polymer in that it hardens instead of drying. That's why it takes up to a year to dry. You can even add different things to it that make it harden faster or slower. |
Why is it bad for someone who has a concussion to fall asleep? | Because in the case that when you knocked your head, you may have started to bleed inside your head. To understand the rest, you need to know the difference between arteries and viens. An artery carries blood FROM the heart, and is under lots of pressure A vein carries blood TOWARDS the heart, and is not under lots of ... |
How does Facebook (and other social media sites) compile a creepily accurate Suggested Friends list even when you are a new user and have given the site minimal personal information? | A lot of ways. If you have the account signed in on your phone, it can read your contacts and find their Facebook accounts. An obvious way: it looks at mutual friends. If you use apps via Facebook, it could look at other people using those apps, people you've used it with and people nearby who've used it. It could and ... |
Why are we trying to live on Mars when everything we need to live is right here on Earth? | I'm sure that's what some Europeans said when people started venturing out to the Americas as well. |
Why do healing wounds feel warmer to the touch? | A kaiju stomps through a bridge. The bridge is now a broken mess and cars and people are falling everywhere. Not enough time to stop! People keep driving off the bridge! Time to fix it! Helicopters, rescue boats, ambulances and police SWARM to the scene! Everybody is busy, rushing to fix the bridge so life can return t... |
How did Hulu defeat Adblock? | Yeah I originally thought Hulu was great when I signed up and watched every season of the xfiles back to back with no commercials. Then after paying cause my free month ended, I realized that almost every other show available had those ridiculously long ads, that they keep repeating over and over. So its like netflix, ... |
Why and how did the "old" Reddit team lose control in the first place? | They sold the company and left a few years later to start other companies. Pretty sure that's about it. The founders and a few of the original employees started working at Hipmunk in 2010.This is just speculation because I really don't know anything about this specific situation, but as a general answer: they probably ... |
What are those additives they try to sell you at gas stations for "better gas mileage" or a "cleaner engine?" Do they actually do anything other than waste your money? | All gasoline produced has to meet certain specifications. Additives are just marketing gimmicks trying to differentiate between brands. Worse are companies that try to sell premium or midgrade blends to people that don't need it. Some cars need and run better on higher octane premium gasoline, but if it's not recommend... |
Why isn't Braille just the actual letters instead of the format they use now? | What font would they use? What if different companies wanted to use a different font? Would they have to memorize a few different styles of B? Or can they just memorize one dot combination and be done with it? It's simpler. |
Why can I go a whole weekend day barely eating, but on any given workday (I sit at a desk) I have extreme cravings to snack all day? | There are other places this happens as well. Uncomfortable at a party? Find your way to the snack table, or find some hor d'oeuvres. |
If I kept mobile data enabled while on a flight, what would happen? | Nothing. I regularly fly for work and keep my phone on. You lose signal at a certain height and it comes back on when descent begins . Oh and none of the flights I've been on have crashed or anything remotely fireball-esque.Nothing. The Pilots on the airplane use their own personal iPads for replacing their flight manu... |
How does turning an electronic off then on again solve a lot of issues? | Funny story, I work in construction and a co-worker got stuck in [This lift]. I jokingly told him to turn it off and back on again. He did it. It worked. I'm their master now. |
Why is it that as a lot of businesses get bigger and bigger, they start to care less and less about customer feedback? | Let's say you have 5 customers and one customer service rep. He spends 100% of his time helping 5 customers. They all get maximum assistance and are extremely happy. But now you have 50 customers. But hiring a second customer service rep means you need to spend double the money which will prevent you from doing other s... |
How come games that came out for the 360 in 2005 look really bad compared to some games released in 2013 despite it being on the exact same hardware? | Basically it's a matter of increasing programming experience in getting more from the console hardware and also design decisions based on that experience. I'll give an example from this generation, now the consoles have access to tessellation, which is a GPU feature that creates certain graphics assets on the fly. One ... |
How is toothpaste different from taking antibiotics? Does bacteria in your mouth become resistant to toothpaste? | Only certain toothpastes with triclosan/copolymer kills bacteria; it's mostly designed to remove bacteria through hydrophobic and hydrophilic chemical properties similar to soap. Sugar and other particles are washed away giving cavity causing bacteria nothing to eat, and thus unable to produce any acidic byproducts tha... |
Does my cat actually like me? Or is my house just a place where she has infinite shelter and food? | I'm sure your cat likes you if you treat it right. My cat goes to a neighbor who feeds it little treats, yet my cat always comes home to me. He sits next to me when he can, and he just seems to feel happy and content by my side. |
Why is there never any campaign for plus-size MALE models? | Oversized men are targeted by specific retailers. In those cases, they certainly use plus sized male models. Other retailers sacrifice this small market in their attempt to appeal to a different audience. It's a trade off. You simply can't please all the people all the time.What male cares about male models? The guy ho... |
How can I find out if my husband is on the Ashley Madison list of client names? | Interesting - i checked on one of my old emails and it showed as 'found' - I've never been married and to the best of my memory was never on that site. Then again, maybe late one night years ago I went on it out of curiosity to look at the profiles- |
How do records hold music? | There are grooves on the surface, filled with bumps. As the needle drags over the bumps it vibrates. The vibrations are amplified and that's what you hear. |
How did house staff wake up at the right time to do their jobs before clocks were common? | There are a variety of ways that you can keep time without a clock. One of the easiest ways to keep time is with a candle. It you have a candle of a certain size, it's burn rate is fairly predictable. By looking at how low the candle has burned, you can tell how long its been since the candle was lit. Other methods inc... |
Why is a crash in house prices a bad thing? As a first time buyer, it would be a benefit to me if houses were cheaper, right? | A drop in house prices is bad for people because: People borrow money for something they, and the market, valued at, say, 150,000 dollars. If the price of your house goes down to 75,000 dollars, you're still on the hook for 150,000. But that's not it. Not only are you on the hook for that, but your balance sheet has ju... |
Why does every store/gas station/fast food place compulsively give me receipts? | The thing that kills me is when at a grocery store, such as Giant, prints you out a receipt that's 3 feet long when there are maybe 4 items being purchased.The receipt fills multiples roles. It is proof of purchase/expense for the customer, the business, and the government. As such, a stack of receipts in a box would b... |
in videogames, why is the animation of simple things so damn difficult( kissing, drinking water, playing an instrument, etc? | In short, if it's nothing important that is going to be zoomed in on or happen repeatedly then it isnt worth the time, effort, money, and file size to create something complex when something simple will get the job done just as well and get the same point across. Game engines create animation from bones that are skinne... |
Why is Africa so messed up? | Africa is not one homogeneous nation. Assuming countries as diverse as Botswana and Sudan are the same is like assuming that Turkmenistan and Japan are the same just because they're both in Asia. |
Why is Homosexuality the big issue in southern christian parts of the USA and some other nations in the world? Doesnt the Bible forbid alot more than simple homosexuals, like alot more? | Southern culture is strongly connected to Christianity. This doesn't mean that there are not other things that influence that culture. The south is very conservative and tends to stick with traditional views on many things including race, sex, and sexual orientation. It's not as simple as saying that they pick and choo... |
What is the point in a corporation making billions in profit a year? | I'd like to add that profit is a score card for your efforts. If people like your products and prices they will buy more. I high profit lets you know you're doing a good job of giving the customers what they wanted to buy. Profit is really the only thing that let's you know if you have a chocolate covered pickle stand ... |
Why is Congress allowed to throw in unrelated parts of a bill just to force legislation through? | Because there's nothing that says they can't. If you really want to defeat bills like CISA, look up which federal elected officials near you support it, and volunteer for someone challenging them who does not support it.Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: 30 million dollars of taxpayer money to suppo... |
Why does there seem to be a stylistic difference between the handwriting of men and woman? | I am taking a slightly different route on this one and guessing that men and women are wired differently in that women can focus on many things at once and can multi-task. Having the ability to do that may let them hold their thought longer and focus long enough to write what they need to. Men on the other hand may nee... |
How come string cheese doesn't taste as good if you just bite into it rather than pulling it apart first? | I'm going to say, more surface area means more to taste. It tastes better because you are tasting more of it.Wait am I the only person who bites their string cheese instead of pulling it apart? Probably. |
Why do we suddenly jerk when we're about to fall asleep? | I never fall asleep first when I'm sleeping with someone. I can say pretty much everyone I've slept with do that twitchy thing when they fall asleep. With some people it's so apparent you just know that's when they're asleep. That makes me sound really creepy doesn't it?", 'Other poster got you. But I always feel like ... |
How did all of the countries of the world first agree on timezones, and get everyone to acknowledge the current time schedule? | This topic is covered really well in the PBS mini series called *How we got to Now*. Fantastic narrative, production values, and it's on Netflix. |
How come wrestling (WWE and WWF type) is so popular in the USA? | Except for little kids, everyone knows wrestling is staged. You're watching a performance. It's like seeing a play with compelling story lines and interesting characters. There is a nostalgia factor too. A dad takes his son to see the same wrestlers he grew up with. It's male bonding. I admit, I haven't watched wrestli... |
why does the anus "blink" when you try to move your penis? | Comments on here already have the answer. But here's how you can test that your penis is connected to your anus. Get hard, follow the muscle that is your penis, it goes down above your balls, to your taint , keep following it and it leads to your anus! Clench your anus and your dick will move! Neat huh? Hey GIRLS, very... |
Why does the government tax the money it gives you? (Other than "because it can") | In addition to the other answers, it's also because it's not all the same government. If I get a big chunk of lottery money from the state the federal government will still tax that income. Conversely, if I have a federal job my state and possibly city will want to tax that income. |
How is Elon Musk able to accomplish so much? | He's a billionaire, what more explanation do you need? The fact that other billionaires don't seem to accomplish as much as him says less about him than it does about the other billionaires |
Why do we have 30 fps caps and 60 fps caps but nothing in between? | Because running a game at 45 FPS or any number which isn't a multiple of 30 will cause screen tear . This is because monitors have a fixed refresh rate. There have been solutions to eliminate screen tearing such as nVidia Gsync and AMD Freesync which change the Hz of the monitor to the framerate of games. But these as ... |
Why are some countries allowed to have nuclear bombs and others are not? | The one's who got them first are the most powerful and don't want anyone else to have them. |
As a kid I was told the vowels were a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y, why does y only count sometimes? | Because the letter 'y' represents different sounds. You know how the letter 'c' can sometimes sound like a 'k', and sometimes like an 's'? The letter 'y' is similar. The sound the 'y' makes in the word 'yes' is a consonant. The sound the 'y' makes in the word 'many' is a vowel. |
The massive battle on EVE Online last night. | This was really interesting. I'd love if there was a place to read about the in-game history/notable events for EVE and other MMOs for people that don't play them. Most of the stuff I know about different events are from _URL_9_ articles! |
What exactly is human trafficking? | People are stolen and sold as if they are an item. A lot of theses are used as prostitutes/whore houses, to-be wives in other countries. Try watching the movie 'Taken' ", 'People being sold to other people like they are property. Usually but not always females for purposes of marriage or sex. |
How do people wrongfully convicted of a crime live after released from prison compared to criminals that completed their sentence? | It's tough for ex-cons to find jobs. Many companies won't hire ex-cons. For people who are wrongfully convicted, they often face a legal battle with getting their records cleared. |
Can someone please explain to me (like I'm 5) what Dragon Ball Z is all about? | Super jacked guys travel to different planets to get into fist fights and throw coherent energy at each other. It's one of mankind's greatest stories. |
The EM drive as spaceship propulsor; If they don't (exactly) know how it works and the force is produces is too small to measure on earth. How did they discover it? | There most likely answer is that it doesn't work, and that any measured thrust is the result of either measurement errors or interactions with the environment. |
How to start investing money in the Stock Market. | you don't sound like the kind of person who would do well in investing in the stock market, just seeing from your answers. |
Why are grocery store parking lots so huge? | I don't know what part of the country you're posting from but in places like Illinois and Wisconsin, I'd see them use part of the lot to plow all the snow into giant piles to get it out of the way. While still having enough room to stay open. |
If you go to jail, what happens to your bills, debt, etc? | I work in a jail in the US. You keep all of your debt. It doesnt go away. And you lose your job due to not showing up I would like to clarify. Jail is where you are imprisoned for up to one year and inmates in jail are generally either serving time for a misdemeanor or waiting for trial and sentencing regarding felonie... |
Why is George Soros considered controversial? | George Soros is essentially the Koch Brothers of the left. He's a wealthy man who has spent considerable resources to promote his viewpoints and support his causes, often from behind the scenes rather than as the face of the cause. |
U.S. appeals court kills net neutrality. What does this mean? | This basically means that the ISP's can limit certain websites and services that may possibly compete with their own. For example, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Comcast, and others, all sell TV packages as well as internet. They would prefer you watch your TV and movies on their services and purchase upgraded packages to... |
Why are bands like Metallica and Tool so opposed to digital distribution of their music? Is it a matter of inadequate compensation, or something deeper? | I can't say what's up with Tool. I would assume any objection would be Maynard's, but his albums with both A Perfect Circle and Puscifer are all on iTunes. |
Is it possible for humans to travel at the speed of light? Is our body even capable of withstanding that speed? | No object with mass can go to the speed of light. We could get to 99.9999 .% but never 100%, and, it would require infinite energy as you get closer to it.Now it doesn't mean you can't get somewhere faster than light, *theoretically*. Check on the [Alcubierre Drive]. Edit : And yeah, you would be fine. |
How do those who engage in illicit trafficking via Tor know the entire network isn't an elaborate trap set up by the State Department? | I don't know much about TOR because I'm still learning cryptography. However it is my understanding TOR is split into three different segments. You have your entry nodes. Your computer will make it's initial contact to an entry node.Then you have your relay nodes. Nodes that relay do exactly that and only act as a midd... |
Why is it so much easier to kill a fly with a flyswatter or newspaper than with your hand? | You'd have to squash a fly with your hand, and squashed fly is not really something you want on your hand. |
Why is black so much associated with death/nothingness in virtually all cultures? | It's not. In India, white is associated with death.but do not forget melville on the color white: "Is it that by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us from behind with the thought of annihilation, when beholding the white depths of the milky way? Or i... |
How do kids who get into prestigious universities on sports ability alone ever graduate? | Generally speaking, at the very good schools the admissions standards don't drop *completely*. While the standards are lower than they are for the general populace, the athletes still have to meet a certain academic standard as well to get in. Then, as others have said, the athletes have a *ton* of academic support to ... |
Why are there telescopes that can see incredible distances away but none that can see the flag on the moon? | Try reading a book with small print with a magnifying glass, and then take the same magnifying glass to your couch and try to watch TV through it. The Hubble was meant to see VERY distant objects, it just doesn't function at close range. |
How to choose a "good lawyer"? | Referrals are the best place to start. Also be your own advocate, i.e. learn as much as you can about the law. This way you can question the lawyer intelligently about the law and your case. If the lawyer always has good answers to your smart questions they probably know what's up. If they put you off or sound like the... |
Why do log rafts, debris etc that is adrift in the ocean, tend to find its way to land? Or is that just a myth in movies/books etc? | Well, if it just keeps moving randomly, it's almost certain to come near land *eventually*. And once it's near land, there's a high chance a shoreward wind will blow it ashore, because air over land tends to get warmer and rise, pulling colder air from the sea. However, wind and currents on the open sea are not complet... |
What is the difference between running your bank card as credit, or running it as debit? | There really isn't one - the difference mainly regards validation type and whether or not the retailer pays fees on the transaction . On your end, there really isn't any difference. |
What are charter schools in America? Do they differ from private schools and public schools? If so, how and why? | We have them ALL over Louisiana. A couple of them opened up after deregulation lawsuits forced schools to close -- in my small Louisiana city alone we have three charter schools. In some cases they're designed for students to take arts / science / match classes they normally wouldn't take in regular public education, a... |
What's Russia doing in Syria? | Syria and the Assad regime have been the friendliest middle eastern government to Russia for decades. Syria's been going through this civil war for a few years now, and as of late the Syrian military has not been doing well and looked like it was close to collapse. Russia doesn't want to lose a friendly government and ... |
What's the difference between 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree murder, homicide, manslaughter, and murder? | whats interesting is that crimes of passion are looked as less harshly than crimes of dispassion, when you consider crimes of dispassion such as war are planned but wars are rarely prosecuted for criminal acts. but if you consider that 3rd degree includes no regard for the life of someone, simply acting out of 'the mom... |
Why do conventional classic rock radio stations play the same couple hundred songs? | There's like three companies that own almost all of the music radio stations in the country, and they all sound exactly the same.Want to add to this that, in addition to the corporate limitations, "Classic Rock" is also a very distinct genre of music comprising a very narrow era of popular music history radio station i... |
Why do American TV shows and Movies present Jury duty as a terrible thing? | Here in Oregon, you get **ten dollars per day** to do jury duty. There's virtually no parking downtown, so you're forced to break with your routine & take a bus in and still show up by 8am. For half the people that show up, you're stuck sitting in a waiting room **doing absolutely nothing** all day long, wondering if y... |
How would the internet sustain itself if everyone used adblock? Are there any other options for income than ads or a fee? | Sure, as an example let's look at Vlogbrothers Industries. Besides what they do that can be adblocked they have: Merch revenue from DFTBA records at _URL_2_ Distribution revenue from other IP owners on _URL_2_ Optional direct subscriptions on _URL_3_ Sales, promotions etc from Vidcon IncStakes in Pemberly Digital whom ... |
Why did the United States stop using the SR-71? | It is cheaper to send satellites up and it saves money on gas and maintenance, not to mention that loud ass sonic boom that can be heard for about 80 miles in all directions. It isn't worth thousands of dollars just to send 2 people up for a couple of pictures |
Agile methodologies in software testing | Say you are building a sandcastle for your friend. There's a few ways to do this. You can ask him what he wants. Does he want a large wall? A canal so the water doesn't overrun the castle? Then sketch out a plan of what it looks like and build it. But then it goes far over budget and it's night time and you have to lea... |
If republicans think the federal government should interfere less with people's lives, why do they push for federal laws outlawing abortion and gay marraige? | As someone who supports the first one - the reason is because we believe that unborn children are also humans who have a right to live as much as others. Most people who have those beliefs would only support medical procedures that preserve or better life - not take it. So, that would include outlawing abortion and eut... |
How is it legal for nightclubs/bars to charge men more than women? | Law varies state to state. In some that's not allowed. The federal court has basically said it's a state issue. _URL_1_ |
Why are US Primaries so expensive? Candidates rely on heavy donations, what do they spend that money on besides air fare/accommodation? | Ads are extremely expensive and for better or worse, needed in a modern campaign, and that's where a majority of the money goes. Beyond that there is a logistical need to house and staff a campaign headquarters, and field offices in multiple states. Though a lot of people will volunteer, you need high-quality leadershi... |
What is "overclocking" and why is it beneficial? | Let's say you have a new car. It is designed to operate at highway speeds, say 75 mph. But if you want, you can go 80. You'll burn more gas and the ride might get a little bumpier, but not much different than 75. You can do 90, too the engine gets loud, suspension starts to shake. Probably even 100, but now the engine ... |
What is the purpose of declaring a method "static" in programming? | > I searched earlier and found an explanation of dynamically/statically typed variables, does this relate to static methods? No. Static methods have nothing to do with dyanmic/statically typed variables. A static method is a method that belongs to the class, not a specific instance. A simple example of a static method ... |
If we were to go extinct today, would earth be able to erase any evidence of us completely? | It is currently up for review whether we should consider the Earth to be in a new epoch. The proposed name is the Anthropocene Epoch . There is considerable evidence that suggests the Earth has been changed in permanent ways. At least from a geological perspective. Cement and plastics will stay around for a long long t... |
Shouldn't sexual assault that happens on american campuses be dealt by the police and courts and not by the Universities? | At my university we have a system like this. If you report a sexual assault, you can choose to go through the school, the police or both. While I don't agree with that system for a variety of reasons, I can see the school's reasoning. Sometimes, if the only option is the police, someone won't report a sexual assault be... |
How is it that I weigh less in the morning than I did the previous night before? | You breathe it out. Lot of water, lot of carbon dioxide. On a related note, when you're losing fat, that will be pretty much all be going out your mouth. Out of 10 pounds of fat: 8 and a half pounds get breathed out as carbon dioxide; and a pound and a half will come out was water through skin/breathe/urine. [source] |
Why are one-way airline tickets often more expensive than round trip tickets? | Speaking as someone who works in transportation , you often have a higher transportation cost for one-way runs because the truck is going to need to come home anyway , so unless they can somehow hook up with another one-way trip back to their terminal, they'll need to charge you extra to make up for that business you'v... |
If the U.S. doesn't have formal relations with Cuba, how did it start operations at Guantanamo Bay? | To expand on this little, during the Spanish American War, the US liberated Cuba from Spain, controlled it for about five years, and actually considered annexing it. Instead, the set it up as an independent country, but wrote its constitution in a way that kept Cuba dependant on the US, and had Cuba sign a lease for Gu... |
How can sound measure at negative decibels? | Decibels are a logarithmic scale. 20 db = 100 10 db = 10 0 db = 1 -10 db = 1/10 -20 db = 1/100 When you have negative decibels, you don't have a negative amount of something, so there isn't negative sound, it's just an amount very close to 0. |
How did Egypt and Mexico both develop pyramids while being across the world and having no communication with each other? | The mayan built their pyramids from 1000 BCE until the Spainish came. The Egyptians built their pyramids from 2700 to 1700 BCE. So it's not like they built the pyramids at the same time. Also the Inca and other South America people built pyramids as well. |
Why are there no railings in a subway? | I live in Philly and have been to places in Asia such as Singapore. The difference is tremendous in terms of subway system. I think money speaks for a lot of it, because in Singapore there are glasses doors that close when there is no train and open when a train arrives. I've always wondered when our subway system will... |
Why do women take the last name of their husband when the get married? | When I married my wife, there was no question as to whether she would be taking my name. We both understood that the traditional concept of marriage as a property exchange was no longer relevant. It didn't make any sense to change a name and take on a bunch of paperwork for a meaningless and archaic gesture. I have a g... |
What is the difference between turning my computer on then off again versus restarting it? | I think your question should be: 'What is the difference between turning my computer off and then on again versus restarting it? By turning the computer off if you mean shutting it down properly, then there is no difference to a restart, expect that you do not have to push the power button to turn it on again", 'Window... |
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