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Why does the appendix have to be cut out because of appendicitis, why can't it just be cleaned, what exactly is causing the blockage? | Imagine trying to clean out the interior of an inflated balloon without letting the air out, because that's what you're proposing would entail. Typically the blockage is because of its own inflammation as the bacteria inside your appendix begins to grow and multiple. The appendix begins to swell, bloated with bacteria ... |
How did the the first language start, or at least how we think it started? | i'm fond of Terrance McKenna's [Stoned Ape theory] which states that psylocbin mushrooms had a lot to do with humans evolving into humans, and the birth of language and spirituality. |
Why does flash photography damage mosaics? | That's mainly down to the fact that the space is so large and dark to begin with, a camera mounted flash will do very little to enhance the photo you are trying to take. The Basilica has the rule in place to make everyone happy and comfortable, try using a lens with a lower F stop, 2.8 should get you lovely shots witho... |
Why do some women get cramps and others do not? | I've had debilitating cramps and pain during my periods since highschool. I was on birth control for many years to help treat the symptoms. I recently started drinking around 100oz of water a day and have had almost zero pain. It could be endometriosis, or it could be something as simple as dehydration. Eating healthy,... |
Why did people change their facebook/twitter photo to the French flag to support France after the Paris attacks, but not to the Turkish one? | To begin with, it can be hard to predict/understand what trends will go viral, even when it comes to things like showing solidarity and mourning. Which celebrity death will go unnoticed, and which will cause a massive public outpouring of grief? It can be hard to predict. Secondly, it has to do with our perceptions of ... |
How can some animals detect earthquakes before they happen? And why can't people? | They don't. They detect them as they are happening. Some animals, however, are more sensitive than us in certain regards, and hence notice them more quickly than we do. |
How were battles fought during the American Revolution? | > I mean, do both side just line up in rows and fire one after each other? No, actually. They line up, and one side marches at the other. The attacker's plan is to march close to the defenders, pause, shoot their muskets into them, and then charge in with bayonets, hoping the defenders panic and run away. The defender'... |
Why is the Baby Boomer Generation, who were noted for being so liberal in their youth, so conservative now? | We, like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, thought that we could change the world. Kent State, Vietnam, Altamont, the assassinations of '68, the Chicago Convention, and a thousand other events proved to us that the crappy old world wasn't going to allow us to change it. Although there were a few Don Quixotes amongst us m... |
Why do we have separation of church and state, but still have people swear on the bible for government events? | Tangentially, I would like to add: I am a relatively new Atheist-to-Christian convert, so I'm not a theologian or apologist. But based on my own reading of Matthew 5:33-37, I would be rather cautious of swearing on the Bible or God to make your case: > ^33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL ... |
Why can't (or doesn't) Comcast, TWC, or I, for that matter, create a TV service where I pick and choose what channels I want? | ESPN is the main thing keeping bundles expensive. If all you want is ESPN, you really wouldn't pay that much less a la carte. |
How does whatsapp gains money if it is totally free? | Whatsapp doesn't always totally free, back then it costs $1 to download, then it used a subscription model, free to download and use for the first year but to continue using, you have to subscribe. The model is dropped in 2016 and the app is totally free after that. But whatsapp doesn't have in-app purchase, and there'... |
How will finding new particles at CERN effect my everyday life in the future? | As u/Bondator said, nobody knows, that's the nature of research. 100 years ago cutting-edge particle physics research was the discovery of the electron. That completely revolutionised our everyday lives in ways nobody could have predicted.You might end up being their test subject for time traveling through mini black h... |
Why can't Julian Assange claim diplomatic immunity | Countries tacitly acknowledge diplomatic immunity when they grant entry, and are free to deny entry if they don't wish to extend immunity. So even if Ecuador granted citizenship and diplomatic status, the UK doesn't have to acknowledge it under these circumstances. |
Honest question, if women get paid less for doing the same job as men, why don't businesses hire more women? | Because that's a bullshit fact that has been circulating forever. Businesses are in existence to make profits. You maximize profit by lowering expenses , which essentially craps all over that claim. |
how to TV shows like Breaking Bad, The Wire, Walking Dead etc... manage to maintain such a consistent tone/feel despite using different directors and writers? | The Walking Dead lost most of it's tone and feel imo after the director change, couldn't keep watching it, it's like they made things happen for the sake of there being more episodes. Too many things happened that had little to nothing to do with the plot. The first season was amazing because it kept the plot flowing, ... |
How do restaurants not suffer losses from giving away free ketchup, salt, pepper, etc..? | food is one of the hugest markups in retail. imagine you buy ground meat for $10 that can make about 20 hamburgers. then you buy a pack of 20 buns for $3. that's $13 spent. you charge $8 for each burger. that's $147 profit. you can throw a bottle of ketchup on the table hat will service 50 customers. drinks are especia... |
How does adblocker work? How come it isn't commonly circumvented? | The reason these haven't been well circumvented is simply because we have control over the content, our browser makes requests to the server and downloads the required files. If we wanted to block an ad, we would simply not download it or hide it on the page. |
Why is Jimi Hendrix considered one of the greatest guitar players? | He was innovative. He changed the scene with a whole new sound. Add to that, his personal skill; he was left-handed, and taught himself to play a guitar for right-handed people backwards. He could play it with his feet, or behind his head, and managed an impressive sound playing it with his teeth. His sound holds a gre... |
Why do people masturbate into socks? (As opposed to just using a tissue?) | A sock is cleaner but more expensive. I never use a sock more than once. You jizz ONTO a tissue, and INTO a sock. The difference is when you use a sock, you can directly stimulate all of the dick, including the head, without getting precum or jizz on your hands. And when you're done, you use the rest of the sock to wip... |
Why do bomb/mine defusers wear bulky armor and face masks? If that actually going to protect them? | Follow up question: Are there documented cases of the suit likely saving someone's life? How many? |
Why do people think that nothing can go faster than lightspeed? | Einstein thought up special relativity because new discoveries about electromagnetism didn't make sense with traditional physics. People began to believe it when experiments about the luminous aether, the biggest competitor to explain electromagnetism, failed. For the next several decades in physics, [dozens of experim... |
Why are the four parts of the UK defined as countries, but the fifty parts of the US are states within one country? What makes the two different when it comes to unified governing? | So actually there's one small sense in which American government is a little more like British law and Canadian law is a little different: In the US and UK, both the nation and its component states/countries have their own books of criminal law, whereas in Canada, criminal law is purely federal.UEFA and FIFA both recog... |
Why do chefs routinely handle food using their bare hands instead of using gloves? Isn't it unhygenic? | Gloves are only more hygienic than bare hands if they are getting changed frequently. Too often in busy restaurants this isn't happening enough. You'll see the deli guy handling the bread with the glove, then the turkey with the glove, then the tomato, then the knife to cut it, then the refrigerator door, then you may ... |
Why is there a negative stigma attached to PETA? | They're the mother Theresas for animals. They claim to be doing good, but their way of doing good is to kill all the animals they find in captivity. There's also hypocricy involved when they'll belittle you for wearing fur, but they drive around in cars with leather interiors. They also want to kill people for abusing ... |
Where the 0.00...001 goes if 0.999 = 1 | In normal Real number constructions, we say two numbers are equal if the distance between them eventually gets smaller than any constant. Not 0, necessarily, but smaller then anything that isn't 0. For example, the series is said to converge to 0 because of the following logic: Is it greater than 0? Clearly yes. Is it ... |
why don't porn sites end with .xxx instead of .com? | Because the porn companies can get more visitors on .com sites, since that's what everyone searches for, so that's what they register", 'To my knowledge, "xxx" is just as easy for a child to type as "com". Maybe easierIf I remember correctly, there was a campaign a few years ago to make porn sites end with .xxx. That w... |
Why did colonial armies fight by lining up in large blocks and attacking head-on? What were the advantages? | The non-bored musket was not very accurate across large distances. Combined with the tactics of the previous era that generally called for block formations marching against one another. It wasn't until the innovation of the bored rifle that you would be able to shoot accurately from a much greater distance that the blo... |
why do they say to not wake a sleep walker? | It is said that the shock of waking up in a different place from where they went to sleep can be shocking and dangerous, e.g. cause a heart attack but it's largely just a myth. It's much worse to let them continue sleepwalking. |
If marine mammals like dolphins and orcas breathe through their blowholes at the surface anyway, how come they die when beached? | Except for beaching via hunting accidents and mass beaching events, , the majority of other whale beaching events involve animals that are already sick or injured. Basically they're probably going to die anyway and getting beached just finishes them off. The reason beaching will kill a whale is mostly that they collaps... |
Why do you have to lift up your windshield wipers every time it snows? | Snow accumulates on the ledge made by the 90 degree angle between your windshield and the wiper. As it gathers, any residual heat from your interior or engine causes that snow to melt and then refreezes as your car continues to cool down. The ice freezing to your rubber wiper blades can cause them to stick completely t... |
- How do the tiny fragile hairs on my face cause a sharp metal rasor to become dull? o_O | You're looking at two factors: 1. The thinness of the razor. -Someone already mentioned this with an analogy to an aluminum baseball bat and aluminum foil, but it goes without saying: Due to the small, thin size of the razor itself, it's easy for the blade to deteriorate/become dull after multiple uses of shaving. 2. C... |
Why Nazi Germany was chosen for the 1936 Olympics? | As has been said, they won the games from the IOC before the Nazi regime was in power. People have asked why opressive regimes and less-than-friendly nations have hosted the games - Beijing, Sochi, etc - and the answer in the modern era is mostly lobbying money. Whoever throws the most money around will generally get t... |
Why do orgasms get weaker and weaker the more you masturbate in a single day? | Because if they didn't everyone would just spend all day masturbating and nothing would get done.I'm no scientist, but my thinking on it is if you compared it to something you eat. What if you ate chocolate cake, all day, everyday? By the time you get to your chocolate cake at the end of the day, you are probably just ... |
Why is it such a big deal that James Comey was fired? | IMO I think it reflects a conflict of interest, how can you fire the person that is investigating you? Imagine you're a suspect but could fire the detective. |
How were last names created? When did this start and how did we get our last names | In spanish we have last names derived from animals from places and from the names of someone's father . I'm not really sure about this being correct, but I think I am pretty close. Hope it helps :) |
Why / How does an infant have nightmares? | My earliest memory is a nightmare I had as an infant . In my dream, I was in my crib. The mattress was tilting wildly and I was afraid it would hurt me. I remember crying for my mom. I also remember being dirty, hair messy and in need of a change. I was around a year and a half old. So I guess the things I was anxious ... |
Why does the USA have 5k/10k runs if we are not on the metric system? | Metric units are still used. I've bought 2-liter sodas, 9-millimeter ammunition and various medicines measured in milligrams. Metric units are often convenient, and may even be a standard in some instances. |
Yes, a question about the penis. | There really is no true 'flaccid length' for any guy, because it all depends so much on temperature. The skin in the genitals is designed to significantly expand and contract to maintain as ideal a temperature as possible for the production of viable sperm. So theoretically Guy A and Guy B could be the same person, jus... |
Why is salt iodized? | It's added to salt because it is a salt itself . You can get it in tablet form as well , but it's more convenient to just add it to what you are already eating. |
Why Do People Support Ron Paul? | Ron Paul thinks we would all be better off with a much smaller government because the government does not produce anything and its excessive spending is a drag on the economy. People would be better off keeping more of their money and not sending it to Washington DC. Many people like a large government and so they call... |
What is the US currency based upon? | Like most social constructs, we implicily agree by using money that it has value. It's a sort of economic shortcut that allows us to exchange labor for value. |
Why is the body so good at storing excess calories, but not vitamins? | Having lots of vitamins can cause health problems, and it also doesn't help that many of them are water soluble and are carried out in your pee. |
Why is fusion energy not yet a commonly used energy source? | We haven't come up with a means of production that would result in getting out more energy than what we put in. |
Why did war airplanes with guns behind the propeller, not hit the propeller? | The Slo-Mo guys on youtube covered this recently with their cameras and it was really interesting. Can't link it now as I am on my phone. Check it out! Edit: _URL_4_ . Here ya go.They used an interrupter gear. A simple cam system tracked the position of the propeller relative to the muzzle, and would prevent the gun fr... |
How is Ebola able to spread the way it has during the current outbreak? | An Example: Imagine that in the past, the primary outbreaks weren't in East Africa, but in Montana in the dead of winter. In towns like Bearcreek, Melstone or Flaxville with populations under 100. Snow keeps people from venturing out of the area and any outbreaks are limited. Except this year, some dude who got infecte... |
Why don't we learn how to take care of our body in school? | Maybe it's something that parent should be doing. You shouldn't have to off-load parental tasks to schools. School was created to educate us in reading, writing, arithmetic and other subjects that were easier to teach in a school. Nursery school for continence training, maybe? |
How do you convince a solider to shoot at the civilians of his own country? | Just like you convince a soldier to shoot at anyone else - you tell them the people they're shooting at are their enemies, and the enemies of their homeland, and that it's their patriotic duty to protect their homeland against its enemies. If that doesn't work, you remind them they're in the army, and if they refuse an... |
If a meteor killed the dinosaurs, and only 10% of the ocean has been explored, why couldn't aquatic dinosaurs still be living? | I honestly don't think anything from so long ago that lived that close to the surface could survive to present day, but I also don't think people should be so quick to dismiss it. We know less about our oceans then we do about the surface of the moon, and I'm not just talking about the Abyssal zone. Just last summer a ... |
Why it is easier to sit with a hunch than your back straight? And how to sit with back straight without feeling uncomfortable? | Watch this google talk by Esther Gokhale: _URL_3_ I bought her book. I applied her techniques for some time, and it can get pretty comfy but I always found myself hunching again. In the end I didn't bother. But then I never had back pain problems.Your spine was not designed to be perfectly straight. If you look at a sk... |
Why motherboards are green in color? | They come in many colors. Asus usually makes black or yellow boards, MSI usually makes red ones, gigabyte likes to make blue ones. At least in the motherboard I've purchased over the last couple decades. |
On oil rigs in the ocean, what is the big flame for? | The big flame is called a flare, and it is GENERALLY used for emergency situations where there is a potential for pressure to accumulate past the safe operating limits. In cases like that, the safest option is to just direct the gases to the flare and burn them off. A rig might also choose to send gas to flare if it is... |
Why is it some people stay in shape with no exercise while others have to constantly exercise to stay fit? | If we are equating 'stay in shape' and 'stay fit' here with physical strength, endurance and stamina then there are no humans who can do that without exercise. You either build muscle through exercise, whether that is skeletal through weights or smooth muscle through cardio, or you don't. If we equate 'stay in shape' a... |
Why isn't HTML5 taking over Adobe Flash on streaming sites? | I removed Flash from my system, and I keep running into big sites, like major news networks, who haven't switched to HTML5 and want me to install Flash. Seriously, folks. It's 2016. Upgrade your sites already. |
How do countries with nukes know they'll still work if tried to be used? Is there some kind of shelf life? | They do regular missile tests, randomly choosing a few missiles to fire at a prearranged target and then seeing how effectively they're working. Missiles are reasonably complex pieces of hardware, so it's expected that some of them won't work properly. As long as that number is below whatever percentage the military de... |
It's been 12 years since the tallest roller coaster was built. Is there a limit to roller coaster heights, or what is the reason why there hasn't been more competition? | It's probably twofold: The economy sucks. Theme parks are a bit of a luxury good - > people are less inclined to pour money in to them during hard times. I'm pretty sure that whilst not technically impossible to build bigger rollercoasters, the cost gets exponentially higher as you get bigger. Would not at all be surpr... |
What is a third eye? | In terms of anatomy, a third eye is a light sensitive patch of skin that is part of the brain of some animal species. It's probably used to regulate circadian rhythm as well as hormone production to regulate body temperature. It is called a parietal eye if it can sense light.Here's a couple Wikipedia links for any more... |
Why do people tie shoe laces and toss them over power lines? | I once saw a a pair of skates over a power line. It's Canada. It's what we do.Tofino BC, hundreds of pairs of shoes on wires beside skate park! _URL_2_There is a video called "The Mystery of Flying Kicks" that looks at possible answers to this very question. _URL_3_', "It's mostly has r.i.p on them a sign of respect fo... |
Why do some retail stores want 3+ years experience for a position that doesn't require much experience, such as a cashier? | Because the last 10 people they hired were deadbeats who didn't show up for work and were rude to customers. If you find someone who was able to hold a job for 3 years, that's a step up. |
In C#, what's the difference between classes and methods? | I'm majoring in InfoSec so I would be of no help to you friend. Sorry. By the way, [this] is what I think programmers do. |
Why doesn't Mexico just legalize Marijuana to cripple the drug cartels? | Your asking why the Cartels don't cripple themselves?", 'Wars on drugs are not about the drugs. The war part allows the government to use extraordinary powers to take action as long as drugs are involved. Having a constant low level of war lets them slowly steal rights from citizens. America has had a war on drugs for ... |
How do astronomer's know the density/weight of stars? | Stars are giants balls of mostly hydrogen that are so massive, atomic nuclei in they core get crushed together, releasing tremendous energy in a process called fusion. We understand the physics of fusion quite well. We know how big a ball of gas has to be before fusion can occur, we know how quickly the reaction will o... |
Why can't files (documents, pictures, presentations etc.) open in some program be moved to a new folder while they're open? | That depends on the program. The operating system provides the ability for a program to lock the file when open, not all programs do this. A program will do this if it's going to flush content to the file, like if your document editor has an auto-save feature, for example. |
Why are untested medical treatments not allowed to be used when no known treatments work and the patient is sure to die? | Simply put: Side Effects. I know what you're thinking 'but the patient's going to die anyway'. Sure, but that's not what I'm referring to. For example, let's say we make a drug that causes a cell to make a specific type of protein. Let's call this protein YOLOp. This protein kills a specific virus. Let's call this viru... |
Why does my nose get blocked every morning? | It's very possible that you have an allergy to dust mites. They are found in nearly all pillows and bedding. I have this allergy and wake up with congestion/runny nose if I do not use a prescription nasal spray before bed. Pillow/mattress covers are also made to help keep the little guys out of your nasal passages. _UR... |
Bailouts, what they are, and why they are so outrageous. | Basically, the government deems a large corporation too large/important to fail . So they give them money so that they *don't* fail. You should care because it's your money, as a tax payer, that they are giving to the companies. Basically, a short summary of the other two comments. |
Why have we stuck with binary for computers? | If you want to play around with the idea of ternary computing, try [Tunguska]. There's no reason why ternary computers cannot be created, but there's no market for them at the moment, which is why you're using a binary computer. Plus, ternary computing is a different animal, and there's a very small pool of people who ... |
How does tor bypass network logging? | It does have to come back to your network, but you only see your connection to the next layer of the onion. You don't see the actual destination. |
How does the current self-driving cars know to do the more 'complicated' things like starting up at a green light or yielding at a 2 way stop. | The most complicated scenarios are driving in snow where you can't see the lines and when a traffic light is out and a cop is directing traffic and each cop's signals are different. Because of these situations automatic driving cars will always need a human to take over in some scenarios.Following basic traffic rules i... |
Why do American keyboards, for the most part, not have accented letter shortcuts, when many words have accented letters (which have been adopted from other languages)? | I like to imagine that when designing the QWERTY keyboard the originator took into account how often those accents versus other characters and symbols are used when typing US English. I can't remember the last time I've needed to use an accent on a word and I spend a majority of each day typing. |
Do I really need to change my oil every 3000 miles? | Ignore what the oil companies tell you, go by your cars instruction manual. For a newer car, it's probably 6-12k depending on how you drive and whether you use synthetic oil or not. |
Why is it still so difficult to definitively determine the source of major rivers like the Nile and Yellow River? | You watched Top Gear. They stage most of their stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but I think it's about watching the guys be really dicky to each other. |
Why does listening to depressing music when you're depressed make you feel better? | Depressing music matches your mood, justifies it by giving you something to related to, and levels you out. Also, when I'm anxious, I'll listen to heavy, aggressive music and it calms me. Music is medicine. |
Why can't Android be installed on an iOS device, and vice versa? | Actually, Android does run on an iPhone. There was a proof of concept back with the iPhone 3G when, I believe it was planetbeing, ran an Android 2.x version on an iPhone. Didn't work too well but it is possible in very certain situations. |
Can water expire? If so, how? | Water is a solvent, it's the universal solvent and like most solvents, if you put it in contact with something, it will tend to try to dissolve it. The shelf life of potable water depends on what it is stored in. The material needs to be resistant to corrosion and solvents otherwise the water will leech chemicals and m... |
Why do people keep 'black books' if the information could harm them? | It's so you can blackmail the other party? and/or it's a record of the transactions/deals that were made. |
what is the kind of skill required to be an F1 driver? What really makes the greats like Senna, Lauda and others? | Old Top Gear did some clips on this, in particular, Hammond had a go in the Renault F1 car and he described the challenges he had as a mere mortal and what's required of an F1 driver. It will be on youtube somewhere. |
How did we evolve to be hairless if being naked in large parts of the planet would lead to death from exposure? | The simplest explanation is the fact that human males are attracted to [neotenous] females, and primate infants have little body hair. Human infants take a lot of effort to raise - more than a single female could do during most of our evolution - so she needed help from the father. The female who got the highest qualit... |
Does making eye contact go against your biological instincts (in cases where you're not trying to be threatening)? | Eye contact is certainly a form of aggression in most mammals. The eyes are called 'the window to the soul' for a reason. Our eyes developed a large white area so we can better communicate and understand what another person is looking at, whether it be a threat or food or anything else needed. So the idea that we are w... |
How can U.S. Police Forces and Marshall's seize enormous amounts of personal cash and property without due process without being immediately challenged for violating the 4th Amendment? | The same reason every other institutionalized egregious miscarriage of justice goes on unchecked: we allow it to. We continue to re-elect politicians who vote for laws like this to begin with, and then continue to support them. Short of an actual armed invasion, you don't wake up one morning and the country is suddenly... |
- the full relationship between Jean-Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher. | It's fairly simple. Jean-Picard is God. Beverly Crusher - Virgin Mary. Wil Weaton - Jesus. |
How are there so many "obvious" errors on the engraving of the Stanley Cup? | Human error is always a factor, and often with engraving you can't fix an error. /u/Zombietimm explains how the mistake may have happened. I'm pretty sure the Rugby World Cup base sheath is replaced and re-engraved regularly to preserve the consistency, without doing this you're virtually guaranteed to have some imperf... |
In the U.S., why is milk sold in gallons, but soda is sold in a 2 liter? | Milk doesn't go flat. They tried soda in 3lt bottles but people complained the soda was flat before they could finish it. |
Being so close to the south-pole, why doesn't it snow in South Africa or Australia? Southern Chile? | They aren't that close, really. Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, the southernmost cities in South Africa, are about as close to the South Pole as Los Angeles or Beirut are to the North Pole. Australia goes a bit further south, so that Hobart, Tasmania is comparable to, for example, Marseilles in France. South America goes... |
Why does every other church (and some old banks) put "First" in front of their name? | My high school is called 'First High School of - Girls' The explanation given to me is that it's the first girls' high school in my city. ", 'Thank you for asking this. I was thinking about this on my drive to work about a week agoIt's because "Baptist Church" doesn't have the same I WAS HERE FIRST, BICHES feel. |
Why are Back to the Future-esque self tying shoes not common place yet? | If you watch the Abstract episode featuring Tinker Hatfield, you'll get some insight into Nike's attempt at that technology. In short: it ain't as easy as it looks. |
Why do printers do "something" for 1-2 minutes each time I want to print a paper that prints in 5 seconds? | It's a scam by the printer companies to sell more ink. Unclogging the nozzles by using more ink, depleting it so you have to buy more. |
Why is the US banking system so ancient? Why have they not adopted new technologies yet? | maybe just your bank? my bank has had online transfers for years. my credit card's been smart chipped for years too. |
If my kids are vaccinated, how are non-vaccinated kids a threat to them? | Not all people should be vaccinated, especially with attenuated organisms which could still cause harm to them. Now, you have a group of people which cannot be vaccinated, and another group of people who are immunocompromised and will have a hard time fighting off an illness regardless. You have these two groups of peo... |
Why we can't just fly to the edge of the atmosphere in a plane then light off a rocket to boost it to a stable orbit? | I think we already do this with booster rockets being what would be the planes flying the rocket to the atmosphere. Just adding another sentence so this doesn't get deleted right away. |
Why the US has 2 major political parties while most other nations have several? | The US has a winner-take-all system. Most other democracies have a proportional system, where if you get X% of the vote, you get X% of the parliament. The proportional system allows for many parties - when no major party has a majority of the parliament, it needs to go to minor parties for support, so with as little as... |
How do homeless people register to vote, get a drivers license, or fill out forms that require an address? | To be fair, many just don't. Some jurisdictions and states have been active in attempting to put up roadblocks to voter registration for various risk populations. This is a matter of debate and controversy. Certain voter registration legislation that has been proposed in some places include such requirements as already... |
Why do we tilt our head/eyes to one side when thinking or trying to remember about something? | This happens often when you are talking to someone and are trying to remember some detail of the story you are telling. The human brain has an amazing capacity of distinguishing between faces, but it comes at a cost of a lot of attention and focus required when looking at that person.The brain is almost captivated by t... |
Why do some things melt when heat is added, such as ice, and others harden, such as clay? | Your premise here is incorrect. Clay will melt just fine if you add enough heat to it. Of course, for water the melting temperature is 0 degrees celsius. For clay that temperature can be well over a couple thousand . In fact, *most* substances will melt when you get them to their melting temperature. Again, water's jus... |
Why is one person more prone to mosquito bites than another? | I got piss drunk while sleeping outside, only one nottoget bitten alive in the night. Mossies don't like drinking vodka and arak. |
Why the American Public School System is so highly funded, yet so poor in overall performance. | The district north of me has the absolute highest amount of money spent per student and the absolute worst test scores in the entire state. Sometimes money isn't the problem. Find some school report cards and look over them, they have very interesting information.How the money is spent is often a contentious debate and... |
Is marijuana really less dangerous than tobacco and alcohol? | There was a document stating that scientists couldn't make animas OD on pot, so they said you would need to consume 15,000 lbs in 30 minutes to OD |
How does a Galaxy S4 cellphone cost $450 when a decent laptop costs $300? | There is no such thing as a 'decent' $300 laptop; when that cheap, they're shitty. |
Every planet is round, so why does earth have HUGE, DEEP dents full of water? | Every planet is round . also every planet is generally pretty fucked up on the surface. Mars has mountains and craters that make Earth's look like a joke.Mars and venus have the same type of elevation differences, they just dont have water. If you dumped water on them it would look very very similar to how earth is. Th... |
what's happening in my brain when I'm reading something while thinking about something else and not retaining anything I've read. | Your question contained the answer. Your eyes have been trained to track the lines of text. You aren't focused on the words, and don't retain anything you've read. |
We don't have veins running EVERYWHERE under our skin, right? So why independent of the place of the cut, we always bleed? | Our veins run from anywhere our body needs blood. i.e. any part of our bodies that isn't a finger nail. Our tissues need nutrients, but they also need a way to get rid of waste. |
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