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Why is there so little interest in space by the general public or media? | Many people are far more interested in things that are much easier to understand and allow for easy conversation such as celebrities I am pretty interested in space, particularly black holes, they're just so mysterious and cool when/if we get a greater understanding of what is actually inside a black hole and how it wo... |
Is it possible for someone to read another language but not speak it? | A long time ago, 45 years, I studied Spanish in school. I got straight A's for for years. But I really didn't know Spanish speaking people so I didn't get to use it. I read books in Spanish, but rarely spoke it. |
Why do pharmacies take forever with your prescription? | To put it in perspective for you, I'll give you choices: 1)Wait 15 minutes. Have your script/refill done correctly, insurance has been processed correctly, and the drug has been checked by two different pharmacists to be sure that they're dispensing the right drug and it doesn't interact with other medications. 2) Get ... |
Why does melting polar ice raise the sea levels if ice has more volume than liquid water? | Melting ice that is on land or propped up by land will raise sea levels once the water flows into the ocean. Think Greenland or Antartica. It comes down to more liquid or mass in the ocean. Ice that is floating on the water will 'displace' its weight in water no matter what phase it is in. So, floating ice that melts d... |
Why are we not supposed to rapidly turn lights on and off? | Mechanical and electrical items are designed to work in certain ways. For items like general purpose bulbs and residential light switches those items were designed with a certain lifetime and usage style in mind. They were not engineered to be switched quickly and repeatedly. It will be like using a regular passenger c... |
If CEO pay were to be cut and redistributed to employees, how much would that effect the average pay of said employees? | It would cause the company to be likely to fail, since when you reduce the CEO's pay you limit the quality and competence of CEOs you can attract to do the job. So for many companies the answer is the company would fail and thus the employee pay would go down to $0. |
How exactly do you die from AIDS? | You don't, essentially. AIDS reduces your immune system to nothing. So all it does is make you completely unable to fight off disease. What kills you is flu, or the common cold, or anything else. |
Why can't we install our OS onto RAM? | The idea behind those Linux distributions is that they are small enough that the entire OS can fit in the RAM. Whenever you start up a computer running this software, the entire OS is moved to the RAM as opposed to a system like Windows that moves things to RAM as you need them. The advantage of this is that it's faste... |
What is the purpose of the 'Press Start" screen at the beginning of almost every video game? | I've always figured that it was because of long loading times. Not many folks sit in front of a television while a console loads a game; instead they get a drink or snack, go to the bathroom, etc. Having to hit the start button on the controller lets the game know that you are sitting in front of it, and are ready to e... |
Why is it that I can seemingly eat what I want, do practically no exercise and stay slim, while others eat well and exercise and struggle to keep weight off? | Key word: 'seemingly'. You don't. I'll explain. This is very simple to disprove. You and your SO should go online and use a TDEE calculator to get a base level. Use the same calculator. Then, keep a food journal for a week. Write everything you eat in it. Literally everything. Even if you take a sip of your friends vit... |
What's the difference between LCD, LED, and Plasma HDTV's? | I work with selling TVs and I get asked this question daily. People get the most confused about LED and LCD. What a lot of people don't realize is that and LED TV is also and LCD TV. LED refers to the lighting where LCD refers to the panel material ", 'LSD. Well its a liquid, unless you know someone then is crystal and... |
My friend is drinking a drink in a picture but in his reflection he is looking at the camera, why is this? | Occam's Razor would have me believe this is a good photoshop. Occam's Razor, by the by, states that the simplest answer is should be the answer we investigate first. |
How does healthcare in the US work? | It doesn't work yet. I have insurance with a $5,000.00 deductible, paying almost $100.00 a month for insurance at a minimal job. If I have a health issue I will still go bankrupt since I can't afford the deductible. I eat unsold birthday cakes that were donated to a local food bank for dinner instead of having $100.00 ... |
What is it about guns that makes Americans so worried? Is it some eventual uprising that will sweep the nation, or what? | I am american so here is my POV I want my country to have guns so that the normal, good citizens can help protect the country. A common view is that removing firearms from civilians will lower the crime rates, but as seen with basically all of Europe, it doesn't help at all, and will wind up with more people stabbing o... |
The cult of Volvo owners. What makes Volvos so beloved? What makes them preferable/superior to other manufacturers? | volvos are frigging tanks. they aren't sexy, they aren't fast , they aren't luxurious, they aren't even cheap. but man they will last forever and ever. a family friend had a volvo. she got t-boned by a SUV at a stop sign in what we think is rear quarter panel. it spun her around 180degrees. we tried to find where on bo... |
If your heart just stopped pumping, how long would it take you to notice and what would stop working first? | In a few seconds you would go unconscious because of the sudden, extreme drop in blood pressure. The blood has to work against gravity to get from the heart to the brain, so without a pump no blood would get to the brain. After that, you can't notice much. A few minutes later irreversible brain damage would develop, an... |
Why when you defrost meat in a plastic bag in a bowl, does the bowl fill with blood? | If you leave the meat in its original packaging, understand that it's only shrink wrapped and not sealed, of course it's going to leak like a sieve. I suspect this is what you're witnessing. If you have it in a sealable bag, then the only liquid you'll see in the bowl is collected condensation or any liquid frozen to t... |
Why doesn't the Kindle accept epub ebooks? | > The Paperwhite can display HTML already and I'd buy one in a second if it did epubs. Seems odd. You know converting to/from epub/azw3 is [ridiculously easy], right? |
Have we halted "survival of the fittest" now people who would naturally be dead are surviving due to advancements in medicine? | I've often wondered that about fertility treatment. Obviously in the past those people who were unable to conceive, either for genetic issues or as a result of illness/injury were unable to do anything about it and remained childless. In modern times things are different, and so are we heading towards a 'children of me... |
Why do people say "basis points" for percentages instead of just percent (e.g. 5.25% to 6.25% is 100 basis points - not 1%)? | It's unambiguous. If someone says a 10% interest rate has increased 100 basis points, it has gone up to 11%. On the other hand, if someone says a 10% interest rate has gone up 1%, it can be misinterpreted to mean 10.1%, which is an increase of 1%. |
Why can't politicians be contractually obligated to fulfill their basic campaign promises? | What if circumstances change and what was originally promised is no longer the best alternative? We need to have politicians who analyze issues and respond accordingly, not robots who press predetermined buttons. True, many campaign promises get broken for less that stellar reasons, but that's the trade-off for giving ... |
why aren't we supposed to lock our knees when standing? | TIL we aren't supposed to lock our knees when standing.I no longer remember how I normally stand. Do I lock my knees? Do I not? This thread is like engaging manual blinkingThis thread made me more confused about the subject', "when you lock your legs you aren't using your leg muscles, your calves are like big pumps tha... |
If 2^-4 is 1/16, how come 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 isn't 1/16? | 2^-4 is the same as /2/2/2. Because the 4 is negative, the first 2 becomes the inverse of 2, which is 1/2. This applies to other negative exponents as well. I hope this explains your question. Automod pls don't kill me.Because: 2^-4 = 1/2^4 = 1/16 Or in general: x^-n = 1/x^n [Exponential Function rules]', "Because 2^-4... |
Why does boiling off all the water in a pan cause smoke? | It's not smoke, it's steam. Steam is water vapor. It only exists because you boil the water. |
Why is Apple just sitting on the largest capital in the world? Why not use it to invest, innovate, acquire etc.? | It's in the personality of Tim Cook. He is great at making things more efficient, optimising logistics, and other such things. He's also a rather careful person who wouldn't throw tons of money after ideas he isn't certain to be successful. Additionally, the money is probably not just lying around, but creating interes... |
How did "we the people" let the government and most of our politicians become so corrupt? | It's a bunch of nonsense to act shocked by this. The politicians match the people who elect them. The voters are greedy, and they get corruption because they demand it. If your congressman does not get you goodies and pork-barrel, then you vote against him next cycle for someone who does. This happens everywhere, and i... |
What exactly happens when you experienc that weird feeling due to negative G-force in, for instance, a rollercoaster? | Your organs are stationary before the force of gravity pulls them down. They're literally floating in mid-air. |
How can tensions between the USA and Russia be so high, yet the latter still allow the former to use their rockets for ISS missions? | Different departments of government. Picture it like this. Your high school and your rival's high school hated each other Well at least the jocks and cheerleaders did.. The geeks would rather help each other do something awesome than destroy the other's school.Remember back when Russia put short range missiles on Cuba ... |
Germanwings Flight 4U9525 Airbus A320 Megathread (with general aviation disaster questions) | More in relation to the flights that went missing / water crash landings- how come technology doesn't exist that sends real time flight recording data over GPS to a data centre, thus eliminating the massively expensive operation of finding the physical box on an ocean floor? |
Why do some dogs run away whenever they get the chance, while others will always stay near their owners? | I used to think dogs just ran away when they could. If I ever let a dog get out by accident, I'd freak out and start trying to chase it to get it back. I grew up, got my own dog, and now I've never been around a dog I couldn't just easily convince to walk back into the house by staying calm. I might not be the best exa... |
Why are bank cheques so common in the US, while they are pretty much extinct in Europe? | They aren't common anymore. Old people still use them sure. I only have cheques for rent and thats it. The majority of places in America don't take cheques. The reason my rent is paid by cheque is just because they dont have a system of letting me and my roommates easily split rent with bank transfers. A lot of aparmen... |
With all of the secret satellites in orbit around the earth, what ensures two do not collide? | you know how you drive on highways and there's like 4 or even 6 or even 8 lanes? imagine if there was a highway 10,000,000 lanes wide around the Earth. |
Why can't we take hormones or vitamins from someone's blood/body and give it to someone else? | Ohhh, I didn't know harvesting it from humans would yield such a minuscule amount. I guess that's the purpose of this whole thing. Thank you for your response! |
If forest fires happen in California every year why is there such a problem of keeping them under control if we know there is going to be a problem? | Part of the problem is that many of the trees that were planted in California are Eucapyptus trees whose seeds actually germinate in fires. The trees like to be set on fire and actually have oils that accelerate fires. The trees are native to the Australian bush which periodically requires burning every once in a while... |
Why do major competitors such as Burger King and McDonalds put their restaurants right next to each other? | Along with what the others have said, It's pretty low risk for the new one. If you sell the same product, it's not a difficult job to check roughly how much sales the existing place is doing. If you can see they are doing a lot, then you weigh it up with things like customer loyalty etc and then decide if you want to p... |
Why do rugby players get injured far less than NFL players when they where very little, if any protective gear? | I'm kinda curious about that too- I don't know much about the sport as it isn't popular in Texas- but it sure looks tough. Are there any stats on American football v rugby? |
What do those yellow camera looking tripods that land surveyors use do? | Hi land surveyor here it's basically just a type of computer that uses trigonometry to determine the location of object by forming a straight line between two points. With that line it makes a circle that when the angle and distance of an object is put together tells you the exact location of the object within that cir... |
If I drink so much water that my pee turns clear, is my body just functioning as a really complicated water heater? | Being well hydrated has several benefits. You will have more energy and better skin for example. I don't exactly know how it all works, but by all means, keep drinking that gallon a day |
Why do we pee through our genitals and not through the butthole? Wouldn't it make much more sense logically and hygenically? | urine is sterile. It's very hygienic as it is. Feces on the other side have a lot of bacteria that wouldn't go well crawling the urinary track up to the kidneys.Evolution is an inherently chaotic system, influenced ultimately by how successful you are at fuck-making. |
In monster movies, humans always see the monsters move slowly. Is that accurate? Do ants 'see' humans as slow-moving? Where is the line that crosses the boundary? | You can probably Google how they do model based special effects and find some good results . I know in older sci-fi stuff like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet they'd slow down model buildings blowing up/falling over etc to help convey scale. It's also why in Team America when the Eiffel Tower falls over, it intentiona... |
What do peaceful marches actually achieve? | The only thing that demonstrations and protests can achieve is increased public awareness, both of the topic at hand and the degree to which a portion of the public feels strongly about it. Nothing else can reasonably ever be expected. Powerful entities seldom change their course of action because enough people with si... |
Why would google (who owns Youtube) allow it's own web browser (Chrome) to block ads. Doesn't this just cannibalize their profits? | Adblock is not made by Google or offered by them, it's a third party add-on.Because Google has a vested interest in being seen to be trustworthy. Many of Google's offerings including Adwords and Gmail would be highly susceptible to any public distrust of Google. Google's "Don't be evil" motto might sound like a gimmick... |
Why isn't there an official Reddit app? | Note: We've had to delete many comments already. The premise of this question is correct; reddit does not have an official app. In addition, comments solely advertising a specific app will be removed. You can mention apps that currently exist, but low-effort comments that do not answer the question OP asked are not all... |
Android is Open Source Linux, right? Why can't we download an Android distro installer and install it on any phone with appropriate device drivers? | Plus several parts that aren't part of the operating system but your phone needs to function properly are not open source. Like the baseband processor firmware that allows your phone to actually be a phone is almost always closed source |
Why is it so hard to remember dreams? | Not really an ELI5 answer, but interestingly enough if you take too much melatonin before going to sleep, one of the side effects happens to be vivid dreams. I've had it before where I couldn't remember if I slept or not, but I remember just about everything I was dreaming about for a good while back. |
What are the differences between the branches of Communism; Leninism, Marxism, Trotskyism, etc? | Incidentally, communism as a general philosophy or movement doesn't need a capital C but you can use a capital C for Communism as in the Communist Party or a specific regime. |
Why is transporting more than $10,000 cash illegal? | It's not illegal to trasnport more than $10,000 in cash. Check out this link from the government [CTR Reporting Info] edit for more info: **What is the Currency Transaction Report?** A report that must be filed with the IRS for currency transactions valued at more than $10,000, or multiple transactions if they result i... |
How does Australia now have a new Prime Minister without an election? | It is the same thing as what happened with Julia Gillard. No, we don't vote in a new Prime Minister whenever we want. In fact, we don't even vote in a Prime Minister directly at all - that position is filled by the Party Leader of the party that holds the majority of seats in Parliament . In Australia , voters are choo... |
How does GPA work? How is it possible for so many to get 4.0? | The grading system is not based on how many people are getting those grades. It is the average of all of your grades together. If your average grade is a 91%, you get an A, which translates to a 4.0 It's subjective to how difficult each professor / teacher's is. If you get less than 60% on an assignment then you have f... |
Why does weed still smell in an airtight ziplock bag but feces inside our bodies does not smell? | It may be that you or someone else touched the weed and then touched the outside of the bag, and what you're smelling is the resin left there. |
If babies crying are supposed to make people want to help, how come I want to strangle babies when they cry in public? | If it was just you and you found a crying baby, you wouldn't strangle it. It's all about sociological context. |
Why are glimmers of reflected sunlight, that are not in the focus of a camera, hexagonal? | They aren't always. You can change the shape of bokeh. [Here] is an example of heart bokeh from Scot Pilgrim. |
What exactly causes hallucinations during sleep paralysis and why are they always scary? | They are scary because you are awake enough to panic about your muscles being paralysed yet asleep enough to start dreaming. When you panic, your conscious mind starts imagining things that aren't there and your sleeping mind plays along by faithfully recreating all the scary things you imagine. And since you are still... |
Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with tax records? | Nobody is obsessed with tax records in general, only the tax records of Donald Trump and his cabinet. The government requires that significant information regarding a person's business dealings be disclosed on their taxes. Concern over conflicts of interest have prompted Trump not to release his tax records, and that r... |
Why do people with tourettes syndrome with tics of swearing shout swear words rather than random words? | They don't. It's a misconception, and quite a few people get annoyed by it. Most tics are very simple. I personally have one related to blinking, one that's a very quiet throat clearing sound, and one related to raising my eyebrows but these are my experience only and not to represent anybody else. That being said they... |
Why does the House vote on a bill, then it gets modified for a Senate vote? How can they pass a bill if they're all not voting on the same bill? | If the Senate passes a version that's different from the House bill, one of two things happens. 1) the Senate version gets sent back to the House, and the House approves the Senate version, and then it goes to the President's desk. The House can also reject the Senate version, in which case the bill might be dead in th... |
why can't we use a balloon like the Red Bull space jump to get into space and then a smaller amount of fuel to get into space, rather than a rocket? | A balloon like that only works if it isn't carrying very much. And the balloon only gets you stationery in the air. If you want to orbit the earth or go to another planet you still need TONS of energy to get away from ~~the pull of~~ the earth, or to get into orbit. That still requires a lot of fuel, which is a lot of ... |
Why does my dog go absolutely insane over people food, even though I feel her plenty? | I think your food just legitimately tastes better than mass produced dog food, especially things like meat. It's certainly the case that my dog liked to try things I gave her to eat, as other posters have suggested, but her behavior most strongly correlated with times we were cooking things you'd expect a dog to eat in... |
Why are Chinese people in the UK buying so much baby milk powder? | No one trusts the baby formula/milk poweder in China, so there's a huge gray market for the imported stuff.They do the same thing here in NL. In the supermarket where my brother works they bought up all the baby food; now you can only buy one jar per person. Our theory is that they send it back home and/or distribute i... |
Would I drown if I walked through a cloud? | Think of a cloud as being like a light fog, or mist. maybe a little heavy to breathe, but you certainly won't drown in it. |
Why do people hate Floyd Mayweather but praise Mike Tyson? | One word; Excitement! I've never fell asleep watching a Tyson fight, I've now done this twice during Mayweather fights, why I keep forking out money for his borefests I'll never know. |
The point of the Wall Street protests (#OccupyWallStreet, etc.) | Everybody's down-voting the post making fun of the protest but they still haven't answered the question. What are they protesting and why? Please convince me why I'm wrong. |
What's going on with Brian Williams? What did he do? | He told a story about a helicopter he was in being shot down, which proved to be untrue. He claimed he just mis-remembered, but a lot of people feel it intentionally exaggerated to get some some war correspondent street cred. Either way, a journalist, especially the face of an entire news organization, who can't keep i... |
Men who enjoy watching their wives have sex with other men. | My boyfriend LOVES to watch me with other guys. He says that he loves the thought of me turning on another guy. For me, watching my guy with another girl is different. I enjoy seeing the pleasure he gives someone else and when watching from a different angle it is so different. Whilst they can fuck and she can blow him... |
What exactly was the danger of the Y2K bug - what are the consequences of a computer recognizing '2000' as '1900'? | You're getting a lot of legit answers here, but not really the whole picture I don't think. Sure, there were minor code issues to be fixed with older programs. But in reality, practically everyone saw this coming and had it fixed years ahead of time. But the media sold it like, OMG your car won't start! your alarm cloc... |
How does reddit gold work and why do people spend money on it? | The main perks are: * you can turn off ads .* you get to go in /r/lounge * you get a notification whenever someone mentions you in a comment * you can see up to 1500 comments at a time .* reddit will remember the links you have visited across multiple computers * you get a cool badge for your user page * you get the wa... |
How is the "type" of a road determined? (e.g. Street vs Boulevard vs Avenue) | My dad works as a civil engineer and I have asked him this before. The answer is that they are named by whatever sounds best. City's can make up a system if they want, but other than that they are free to call it what they want", 'The suffix rarely, if ever, gets changed, at least in my experience. In San Jose CA, Bran... |
Why does garbage have a distinct smell when it's such a large variety of waste items? | Going to make an analogy although it isn't really a great explanation. If you keep mixing paint colors you always end up with black |
What is stopping owners of banks just taking all the money and leaving the country? | This actually happened recently, but in a fictional economy. There was a player on eve online that opened up a banking system that provided many different bank like functions. Everything was going well and his bank was becoming very popular, but then one day he dumped the entire bank into his account, bought the bigges... |
An explanation on why this wouldn't work. (About boats/ships) | Others are pointing out that the size of these bags, if they were to keep the ship afloat, would be massive. However, I'd say that ships *do* have something like this. They are called lifeboats! Like the airbags your dad has proposed, they are designed to keep the crew and passengers alive, while sacrificing the ship i... |
Do K-9 Police dogs have a salary? If so, who get the money? | In the UK, [police dogs will get a pension] after they retire. According to a couple of posts I just read on some forums, their handlers typically don't get any additional money, and are responsible for their care. |
What are the people in Syria fleeing from? | Syrians arent just fleeing from ISIS. ISIS is only a part of the problem, there's no longer a think called freedom or privacy in Syria. If you don't pick a side, you'll end up killed in no time. All the basic necessities of a normal life are gone, food is hardly found, medical attention is hardly available and if avail... |
why does breast cancer awareness receive more marketing/funding/awareness than prostate cancer? 1 in 2 men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime. | eli5 : how do i write the most sensationalist title possible for my post? i mean i'm not actually looking for an explanation at all, i'm just being a shill |
Why do we get black circles under our eyes when we don't get enough sleep? | This isn't 100% but it it's because when you're awake more often, you; 1. Don't receive the proper amount of oxygen your body needs, and blood flow begins to thin out. This thinning out will shrink your blood vessels at and near your eye or possibly bleed, causing the black tint. 2. Your eyes move around a lot, so the ... |
Why is it a crime to attempt suicide? Doesn't punishing a depressed person make them even more depressed? | So first responders have legal backing to enter a room/building without the attemptees consent to stop them. Too many police & EMTs got sued by people they stopped from killing themselves for breaking the people's doors down to do it.So "illegal" might be a strong word. As long as you're not endangering anyone else it'... |
How do people live "off the grid" is that legal in the US? | Almost all land is parcelled to some extent and therefore for sale. In most states, almost all of which fall into the category of being viable to support someone off the grid, you can do almost what you want on your property as long as it doesn't damage someone else's property. This means that if you have the know how,... |
Why do I sleep for 8+ hours and feel tired all day, and other times sleep for 3 hours and feel fine all day? | Sleep tends to go in cycles of roughly 1.5 hours. If you wake up at the end of a cycle you will have been in light sleep, and are likely to feel refreshed and awake. Waking up in the middle of a cycle leaves you groggy and tired. Dehydration could also be an aspect - people often are unaware of how dehydrated they are ... |
How did old gaming magazines figure out cheat codes? | Don't forget for every legit code that got passed by word of mouth, there were dozens that were pure BS. I'm looking at you [Ermac] And you [Secret Cow Level] |
Why can't we build arrays of solar panels in space and then beam the electricity to earth like cell phone signals? | We probably could, it'd just be enormously expensive and not necessary. We don't have a shortage of energy on Earth now. We just have a shortage of clean energy. Overall solar panels are pretty clean and renewable - even factoring in the cost to produce the panels - but other forms of energy are cheaper. Over time as t... |
Why do people build houses in areas prone to natural disasters and then expect goernment aid to rebuild? | The right answer requires some background. Most home owners insurance covers all damage like fire, wind, trees, with the exception of water. The reason is because flooding is so difficult to model and so destructive that most insurance companies simply won't underwrite for flood. Some do offer coverage but it is exceed... |
How do water towers work? How has technology not progressed to make them obsolete? | What's wrong with water towers? They are perfect. A water tower does not just store water - it stores ENERGY, which is just as important. The water is no good if you can't move it.All you have to do is pump the water up there once, and it stays forever holding the potential energy you put into it like a battery that ne... |
Doing arithmetic in your head quickly | It's okay. Doing math in your head is never a good thing anyways. Once you get to higher math, such as calculus, doing derivatives and integrals in your head will be so much slower than just writing it on a piece of paper. There is no easy way to do math in your head, you are either born with a very large memory buffer... |
How do you sharpen a diamond knife? | In reality, diamonds are cut by grinding them with a constant stream of diamond dust. I cut other gems, the equipment for diamond cutting is similar, it is just an iron grinding wheel with a constant drip of oil with diamond dust mixed in. After rough shaping with a laser, tt takes 12-24 hours to grind a 1 carat diamon... |
Why are Middle East countries apparently going broke today over the current price of oil when it was selling in this same range as recently as 2004 (when adjusted for inflation)? | A few things to note, for context, before we begin 1. They are run as national entities, and can therefore choose to make a loss2. They have strong reserves and can afford to make a loss3. They can produce oil more cheaply than shale4. They as producers are threatened by shale oil and smaller scale producers Essentiall... |
Why do some cultures use similar alphabets? | It's to do with trade routes. The 'western' characters were original distributed by their use when recording trade as trade spread through the globe. |
Why do my dogs run in terror from the vacuum cleaner but just chill in the grass next to the lawnmower? | Vaccuum cleaners produce some really high frequencies we don't hear. Mowers are usually more low end frequencies. Dogs are more sensitive to higher frequencies than we are, so maybe it's too loud for them but we just don't notice. |
Why is Gold considered to be valuable and not copper? | Copper is abundant and readily accessible in comparison with gold. The resources expended to retrieve 1 ounce of gold are much higher than those expended for 1 ounce of copper. Copper is available in the Earth's crust at a concentration of 50 parts per million, while gold is typically available at 1-5 parts per million... |
How come we as humans can not remember the first few years of our life? | i don't think half of the comments here were typed by people with brains that are fully developed.Because that would be dangerously close to remembering coming out of your moms vagina, and nobody wants thatWhen my younger brother was around six, he told my grandfather about a memory from "a few summers ago" when he bro... |
Why do roosters crow in the morning? | Most birds are vocal in the morning. My guess is either food, mating, or enemies .or maybe they just like to sing. Sorry if this isn't helpful. I just like birds. |
Why is it that when you drop a slinky, the bottom doesn't fall until the top reaches it? | a slinky is equally tight throughout. when it's relaxed, the rings dont overlap, they comfortably sit on top of eachother. so when it's dropped, it pulls together. the top rings pull to the middle, and the bottom rings pull to the middle. when you hang it down like in that GIF, the bottom is moving upwards, towards the... |
What causes weight gain in different parts of the body? | Alpha and beta receptors on the fat cells. Wherever the tissue is alpha receptor dense, that's where fat goes first. Stomach and chest for guys, hips and butt usually for women. estrogen levels are purported to effect fat distribution, such as in beer. It actually can concentrate fat gain from studies I've read. Also, ... |
Why does twisting off things like Oreos or cheese crackers work so much better than simply pulling them apart? | Twisting, you are moving along the thickest direction of the cookie wafer, where it's about 3 cm across, thus strong. Pulling, you are moving along the thinnest direction of the cookie wafer, where it's about 3 mm across, thus weak. |
Why in some places where sea meets desert, the desert doesn't "drain" humidity from the sea? why is it so dry? | I don't think a desert is defined by its humidity. A place such as Qatar, for example, can be a desert *and* have extreme humidity due to it being surrounded by water on 3 sides. The months i spent there were ridiculously humid, stupidly hot, and I didnt see drop of precipitation. It was kinda like living in a sauna. |
Why is the PS4 version of GTA V 51 GB, while the PC version will be 65 GB? Where's that extra 14 GB coming from? | In the case of some games they don't compress the audio files on the PC versions of things. For example Titanfall.. |
how 'acts' work in movies and plays. | A television producer once described the 4 acts in a detective show thus: Act I=We have a problem.Act II=We have a bigger problem.Act III=I think I know who it is. Let's go get him.Act IV=We got him.From Wikipedia: In film, each individual act is usually separated with a break in the action or plot development. Traditi... |
Why do Islamic extremist groups hate the US? | In addition to the other major items, this has not been mentioned: If you want to keep your followers focused, you need an enemy. Whether it's Tea Party Conservatives, or fundamentalist Islam, you have to be constantly winding people up for their support -- financial and otherwise. So, even if the US isn't really the b... |
Are men who get a sex change and become women able to retire earlier? | A large proportion of trans people who live as a gender they were not born as do not go as far as to get their legal documents changed. This is because it's very difficult to legally change one's sex, and generally it can only happen if one has had a surgical sex change operation. Since a lot of trans people never have... |
Why can't you be paralyzed from only the waist up? | You become paralysed when your brain is no longer in contact with a part of your body. If the nerve in your spine are damaged you will be paralysed from that point and down. So there is no real way for your upper body to be paralysed which wouldn't also parlays your legs. |
the bible(for science.) | A collection of traditional stories passed down through hundreds of generations. These stories contain information that was important in the historical time they were written in the fields of genealogy, customs, laws and of course spiritual matters. The stories include stories passed down orally for hundreds if not tho... |
when you hear stories of stranded mountain climbers who get dehydrated and can't get water, why can't they eat snow to help? | Eating a lot of ice isn't a good idea when you are right on the edge of freezing to death too. |
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