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What happens to a bullet if it's fired from a gun and doesn't collide with anything? | A- still depends on the gun and round. Eventually, the bullet will decline until it hits the ground. B- no. It would be the same as dropping something from really high. If you shoot a bullet into the air, it will reach critical altitude at some point. From that point forward, it's just like dropping something. Gravity ... |
How come when you write on a page and the pen stops working it won't work again on that spot after fixing it | Perhaps in the process of trying to get the pen to write, you made a series of squiggly compressions in the paper. These compressions of the paper limits its ability to absorb initial amounts of ink, which in turn prevents further ink from flowing from the pen. The pen isn't the problem; it's the paper. |
Why do store brand products have very simple designs. | Store brands don't waste money on fancy designs and advertising - that's part of why they can offer at it a deep discount. |
Why is there oversupply in Oil right now? | Production has gone up. Mainly this is because of fracking. Fracking, within the past 10 years, has gone from virtually unknown to a major oil production method. Lots of places in the US have oil but it's locked in my gelogicial formations that prevent us from using standard drilling pratices. Now, with fracking we can... |
How does buying a house "build equity"? | It's a function of contrast vs. rent. You have to live someplace, and generally it's going to cost you money -- if you choose to rent, you build no equity, you're just paying after-tax dollars. If you can buy, you might have similar cash outflows per month, but you get some of it back in the form of equity. It's also m... |
How long will it take the world to run out of oil? | [I guess some estimates say in about 40 years.] Though I don't now how accurate that is. |
Why would the U.S. want to spy on Germany? | It is a safe bet to assume that Germany is also spying on us. Or really any country. Countries keep tabs on each other. I actually kind of wonder if other countries call us out on it to bolster their own populations approval rating. Or if they are saying no fair you're spending more on spying than anyone else.the intel... |
When people thought that the Earth was the center of the solar system, how did they explain planets moving behind the sun? | The Ptolemaic geo-centric model of planetary motion, developed to explain and predict planetary motion based on a geocentric view of the universe, was very complex, which is why Copernicus' model was so attractive to scientists. Wikipedia has an explanation of the Ptolemaic model.They believed the Sun was very small an... |
how do countries import or export electricity ? | There's a sort of secondary way to do this. If a country can generate more electricity than it needs, it can use the excess to smelt aluminum and then export the aluminum.As a technical matter, there are two main ways in which countries can import or export electricity: * They can join their AC grids together, which me... |
If the media and people know that Sepp Blatter is a corrupt crook, how is he still out there and in a position of responsibility? | I don't think the media and people do *know* Blatter is a corrupt crook. Both may think so but without actual proof that he's committed a crime, there is no reason to charge him with anything. He remains head of FIFA largely because he redistributes money from wealthy countries to poorer ones. Each country gets 1 vote ... |
How did Japan develop its "kawaii" culture that's very specific to Japan. | 1. The concept appeared in a well-known essay 'Makura no Soushi' written around 1,000 years ago.2. It would have been inspired from animism and Shinto-ism in my opinion.3. The concept was expressed in the first Manga drawn around 800 years ago.4. Most westerners such as Lafcadio Hearn, etc who arrived at Japan from the... |
If the baby boomers are retiring from the job market. Why aren't there more jobs available? | 1. They're not actually retiring. Poor saving habits or increasing retirement ages keep a lot of them in work, at the same jobs they've held for years, clogging the job progression ladder. 2. Outsourcing/automation of jobs, eliminating a lot of steps in that job progression ladder. |
If minimum wage is increased, why won't wages increase across the board? | If an employer's not forced to, why would they? A minimum wage increase doesn't obligate them to increase other wages. |
How did reddit get so popular and why there is no other competitior? | I disagree with competitors, you're just not familiar with them. But there is stuff like 9gag, chive, funnyjunk, and even imgur itself. There was a few factors that popularized Reddit. Prior to Reddit's boom, _URL_1_ and slashdot were pretty much kings. Don't forget about _URL_0_, which at one point was the most popula... |
Why did men play women's roles in Shakespearean times? | Acting at the time was considered to be a form of prostitution, and actors were very low on the social order. Actors were selling their body to perform tasks for someone. Instead of sex, they were acting. They wouldn't allow women to openly prostitute themselves. Edit: grammar |
Why are exotic cars so unreliable? | I'm no expert, but I think that regular day to day repairs that you make in your Honda Civic can potentially be exponentially more expensive in exotic cars. I really don't know what I'm talking about, but I've heard that an oil change on a Ferrari can cost north of a thousand bucks. Imagine having to replace the altern... |
Why isn't the UN doing anything significant about the bill passed in Uganda to imprison homosexuals for life? | What do you want them to do? They can look down at them and make that very clear but what if Uganda goes hostile? What if all of a sudden they want war? Now UN countries are at war with a country they don't need to be. Now soldiers from these countries are shipped off to a country they may die in for somebody they don'... |
Why do we cry? What is the connection of tears coming out of our eyes with sadness or even happiness. | When we're extremely stressed or laughing hard our lung muscles tighten up. We cry because sometimes when under extreme emotion we can't communicate it with sound so our body communicates it from ejecting water from our eyes and making it really obvious, so everyone else knows something is up even if we can't communica... |
Why is orange juice stored in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, while apple juice is not? | I've always thought that it was because everyone almost always drinks OJ cold, whereas it's not uncommon to drink apple juice at room temp. |
How do tv shows and movies that have tattooed characters make sure the tattoo is identical and in the same spots every time they are reapplied? | I had the joy of playing Agent 47 in a recent promo for Hitman , so had to have the iconic barcode tattoo on the back of my head. We got loads of them printed as temporary tattoos, and they applied loads until they got it perfect , then took a super high-res picture of it. Using the picture, they could position it in p... |
Piss shivers. Why do they happen? | It's been explained many times on this site. The most accepted explanation is a shift from the parasympathetic nervous system to the sympathetic nervous system. |
Why do military transport planes fly with an inboard/outboard seating configuration, rather than having rows with 6-11 seats per row? | [They can be configured in rows.] But if you're hauling more than just troops , it makes sense to line the seats along the walls and leave space to easily move cargo in and out. It's also much easier to load and unload troops carrying their gear into side-facing seats. |
Where do herbivores get their proteins? | Plant cells contain proteins, it's just that the cells themselves are very difficult to digest so creatures like us can't easily digest the cells and extract the proteins. Buffalo and other grazing animals have specialized digestive systems that are specifically designed to break down plant cells, thus providing the an... |
Why does meat from pigs and cows have specific names while meat from poultry/fish/lamb don't | I believe when the French-speaking aristocratic Normans ruled England a thousand years ago, they introduced the french words for animals. The Saxon/English farmers continued to use the words Pig, Cow, Chicken, Sheep, Chicken to refer to the animal while the french ruling class that ate the food used words like Porc, Bu... |
Why / How Linux Is More Secure Than Windows | There is about 80% of Windows users among the world. Windows is the most common operating system of all times. Therefore it is normal that it become a major target for majority of hackers and thefts among the glob.AntiViruses software is also being developed mainly for Windows platform in order to try to seal the holes... |
Are the different toothpastes actually different or is it all just a marketing trick? | A *huge* difference is that most mainstream toothpastes contain a chemical called Sodium Lauryl Sulfate . This makes them all nice and foamy when you brush. Which doesn't make a damn bit of difference as far as cleaning goes, but DOES make it far more likely to get canker sores. Years ago I started using Toms of Maine,... |
Why did Gandalf barely use any magic in both the Hobbit and LotR? Isn't he supposedly a very powerful wizard? | Wizards in the Hobbit universe are essentially Angels sent to guide the peoples of Middle Earth, not directly assist. The higher powers who created that world and it's inhabitants view the ring, the hordes of treasure , and the battles that resulted as a problem created by the inhabitants themselves and therefor left i... |
How do military personnel on covert missions (i.e. snipers, etc.), keep their noisy bodily sounds under control (i.e. sneezing, stomach rumbles, etc.)? | For the most part, when you're out on a three day patrol through hostile territory, you don't feel the urge to even poop . You could go a very long time without your body doing anything. I think it's the nerves of the situation that keep your body in check.To be honest, Not many departments will teach "how to be silent... |
How does the infamous NYSE "pit" depicted in many movies actually function? How can hundreds of people screaming and waving tickets actually work? | It's closed. It's all electronically now. The thing that was really funny is when they 'occupy wallstreet' was going to take down trading, they protested, closed down streets, but trading was done with computers with the biggest center in a bunker in New Jersey. There were 0 trades missed. I mean, common, you are prote... |
why do we sweat when we sleep. We are supposed to be inactive. | Usually because we get hot. Sweat is meant to cool us off, which usually happens when we are active but if you have ever sat in a hot car in the summer then you've experienced sweat without any activity. The same thing sometimes happens when you're bundled up under the covers. |
What actually causes such drastic changes in people's appearances when they do meth / other drugs? | Also, keep in mind that it doesn't happen to everybody. I come from an area horribly afflicted with meth, where several of my classmates would smoke it with their parents, you could buy it on street corners, and it was common for fast food employees to be on it. Several girls in my high school smoked it to lose weight.... |
Why do older people suffering from dementia etc. often get violent or aggressive, even when they are normally very gentle? | It's also a mix of frustration and in some cases certain areas of the brain which moderate behaviour are damaged by the disease. |
Why after a night of extremely heavy drinking do I wake up at a reasonable time contrary to if I was to go to bed without drinking? | Alcohol makes you sleepy, your body counteracts by producing chemicals to keep you awake. You go to sleep and your liver removes the alcohol, when it's gone what's left is the chemicals your body made to keep you awake, so you wake up. On a side note, 5 year olds shouldn't be drinking until 3am, take it down a notch ne... |
What percentage of Mexico - > US illegal immigrants would a hypothetical 100% successful Border Wall prevent? | Most estimates of the current undocumented population in the United States say that roughly half of them arrived by illegal border crossing while the other half arrived with visas and overstayed. If we pretend a wall stops 100% of all new arrivals then it could theoretically cut the new immigrant rate by around 50%. |
What's the difference between Emergency Care and Urgent Care, and why is EC so much more expensive? | Emergency rooms have lots of equipment and can do way more stuff. Urgent care centers have more standard stuff like in a regular doctor's office. All that extra equipment in the ER is expensive. |
What's so bad about scalping tickets? You own the tickets, why shouldn't you be able to sell them for what people are willing to pay? | The scalper is an unnecessary middleman who forces his way into the system and provides no value add at all. He buys up large numbers of tickets for the sole purpose of selling them at a higher price, when you could have just as easily bought the tickets directly yourself. If there were an unlimited number of tickets t... |
Why do American folks always go on about 'freeom' and 'American freedom' when they consistantly come outside the top 10 in the world freedom rankings? | It's the freedom to do very specific things like have guns and deny people abortions and not have fries from France. It's not the freedom to do other things that people generally care about like the freedom not be tortured, not to have all your privacy infringed on, to have your rape baby aborted, not to have to live i... |
Will we be able to make giant robots (like the ones in pacific rim or gundam) with the technology we have today? | This hasn't been touched on that I can see. There is no material we construct with that has the structural integrity to support bipedal movement at those sizes and weight. It's not just impractical, it's impossible. The metal would deform under the pressure. You couldn't have knees or ankles, and you couldn't stand on ... |
Why do kids seem to have so much more energy than adults? | 1. Childrens' bodies are working near perfectly, while adults' have suffered wear. 2. Children have less responsibility, leading to less stress. 3. Children don't hold in their emotions. |
If truffles are so rare why don't we just farm them? | One factoid I'm not seeing here is the fact that France used to cultivate truffles, but most of the farms were destroyed by the world wars.TIL that truffles are mushrooms too. I only knew if the chocolate treat kind. Edit:I admit I got a little exciting at the idea of chocolate truffles growing out of the ground.My fam... |
How are rivers freshwater when they run from oceans and seas which are composed of saltwater? | Rivers don't run from the sea, they run to it, often starting in the mountains which accumulate snow in the winter. The snow melts, and streams and rivers form.You have been misinformed. Rivers run *to* oceans and seas from higher elevations, typically from up in the hills -- not *from* oceans and seas. |
Why doesn't the US have no limit interstate highways? | While I'm no expert on this, I did see a documentary on the autobahn. It was fascinating all of the technology and money put into it. It costs a lot, and you have to pay to use it. I think the biggest reason we don't have one is because we can't afford to make one that would be safe. Parts of it anyway are very high te... |
Why are parts of our bodies bone and others cartilage? | Cartilage is more flexible than bone. When you're born, you have more cartilage than bone because you need to be bendy to get out of your mom. As you age, you need something hard and stiff to do things like walk and run, so your body replaces cartilage with bone. Not all of the cartilage is replaced because there are s... |
Why is traveling in outer space so difficult? Specifically, why can't we shield our frail bodies from radiation? | Lead is usually the best shield but it's very dense and heavy. And weight is at a premium when you are talking rocket launches. Because you only have so much fuel, you can only launch so much pay load. And everything like structure or shielding takes away from the science part of the payload. Which also means no fat as... |
Why aren't bidets common in the US? | As an American, after reading this thread I really feel like I'm missing out.Once you get a Toto toilet lid you never go back.Because they're not common in the UK and our culture mostly derives from them. They associated the bidet with the snooty French. So the bidet never made it across the pond. Even today, we associ... |
What causes the urge to dance when music is heard? | They might not explain it like you're five, but I bet you get some better answers to this in r/AskScience. |
If a brain is faster and more efficient than a computer, why is it so hard for most ordinary people to perform mental calculations such as multiplying a three-digit number by a three-digit number? | Two reasons really. One, the computer is just a math machine. It performs no function other than math. A 3 digit problem? If you got an iPhone 6 you're looking at millions to billions of calculations every second, more with most Android phones. Second, our brain is performing a lot all the time. The best supercomputers... |
Why nowadays up to 60% of the people in developed countries have some kind of vision impairment? | I don't believe there is a 'right' answer to this. My opinion is that much more work is being done on computer screens that are incredibly bright and a close distance from your face. This can be reduced by some simple things like taking 'eye breaks' from a screen, turning down the computer monitor's brightness, or even... |
other than sounding good, why do musicians count down (1,2,3 2,2,3) before a song? | It's so they know where they are in their rests. If I have eight measures of rest I can count 1,2,3 eight times, but it's easy to lose track. If I go, 1,2,3,2,2,3,3,2,3 it's much easier to keep track of how many rests I've already had. |
What happens when a power company generates too much power? | The generator pays for the excess fuel used and no one has paid them for the excess energy from the normal market, so directly only the generator pays. Beyond that, there are certain costs/benefits to the system of the generator generating more than was originally contracted, depending on how short/long the market was ... |
Why aren't leading zeroes significant figures? | imagine there's a measurable value that's exactly 0.00000982643 units. due to the uncertainty of your measuring tool, you report it as 0.00001 units. now let's say that you want to convert that measurement to another unit, that's exactly one onehundredthousandth of the original unit. if there were 5 significant figures... |
how MMA fighters can cut over 20 pounds in a day | You're body is something like 60% water. If you significantly dehydrate yourself, then shed as much weight as possible, shit, piss, sweat etc, you can lose a significant amount of weight |
Amps, Volts, Ohms, Watts. | Imagine you're dropping bricks off a roof, because you want to smash something down below. Volts = the height of the roof. More volts = higher roof. Amps = how fast you are dropping the bricks. Watts = how much damage you're doing on the ground. Ohms are a little hard to fit into this analogy I guess a good one would b... |
Can we really clean pesticide off fruit by just rinsing them off? Wouldn't that mean rain would rinse it off all the time? | Actually, pesticides aren't really the reason we rinse fruit. The biggest danger are actually bacteria and virus like E. Coli, Salmonella and Norovirus. Contrary to popular belief there's actually a bigger risk of these things in organic products than conventional. |
Why/How did early civilizations build the same things when neither had contact with one another. | Pyramids are a little different, but if you're thinking about things like Ziguratts and temples, the collective unconscious agrees that all religious beings are up somewhere higher than us. Be it a plane of existence, or altitude, this opinion seems to ring true throughout. This being the case, all religious buildings ... |
why the US seems to be more Christian than the UK.....? | No one can answer this for sure, and there are probably multiple causes. One that's been suggested is that the fact that the US has no official religion has lead to competition. The most effective religions gain more converts, and the overall populace gets more zealous. |
Why does my computer always need to restart or close the app I'm using to install an update? | This is one of the more commonly asked questions here, so I'm going to remove it. Please use the search bar and you'll find several answers to it. There's no rule against reposting questions, but please be sure to indicate that you've searched and haven't found your question listed. Thanks a lot. |
How was wrestlemania 1 shown on closed circuit TV? | I was at a closed circuit viewing for WM1. It was a clusterfuck, with something going wrong with the main theater screen so that they had to bring in a basic pull-down projector screen like they have in schools. People weren't happy, especially us in the nosebleeds. It was like watching a 10-inch television through a l... |
Why are us humans naturally afraid of the dark? | It takes a really, really long time for evolution to do it's thang. Our ancestors before electricity would associate it with danger and the unknown. And their danger and unknown was way more fucked than ours. We still have hair and clothing has been around even longer. Also wisdom teeth, man-nips and appendixs. |
why is my beard hair so scraggly when my head hair is pretty straight. | Thanks everyone for the answers. You've answered a question that's been on my mind for a while now! Marking this explained now. |
How are people able to cliff dive from extremely high places and not die or get injured from impact on the water? | People who do regular high dives don't go completely unharmed. During the olympics I read several redditors talking about how their skin on their legs is fucked from repeated shearing impacts. I'm sure cliff divers have it worse. I'd typically not respond with hearsay but since there are only 2 top level comments, I th... |
If a pipe was pushed through the earth from one end to the other and I jumped in it, would I stop mid-way and...float? | I think you'd be crushed and cooked before your compressed ashes got a chance to float.You would be harassed by the TSA firstSo did you watch Total Recall earlier today???', "Yes, you would stop half-way, and here is why. Skydivers generally reach what is called Terminal Velocity, TV for short. For a spread eagle posit... |
Why people with hazel eyes appear to change color from blue to green or vice versa. | My eyes are blue and often change to green, so I don't think it's just people with hazel eyes.Lighting differences and color reflection off your clothing will bring out the colors matching it within your iris. Moods sometimes change how dark or light they are which with hazel eyes may bring out certain colors more than... |
Why are they trying to remove Earth monitoring from NASA's budget? | Because they don't want to pay for climate change regulations but can't argue with the facts. So what do they do? Hide the facts. Goddamn disgusting. |
How can the game "Flappybird" get away with using the exact green pipe art from Super Mario bros with seemingly no legal problem? | They may end up embracing it, as it reminds people they haven't played Mario in a while. Also, flappy birds isn't necessarily a replacement for Mario games so it doesn't really step on anyone's toes. |
Why does the smell of my own fecal matter not bother me, but the smell of someone else' makes me want to vomit? | Funny thing is the smell of my own poop doesn't bother me, the smell of my kid's poop doesn't bother me, and the smell of my dog's poop doesn't even bother me. But my wife's poop makes me wanna puke. |
What is it about audio from the 50s-60s that makes it so unique? | More often than not, the audio you hear has to do with the quality of the recording and playback equipment from the same time period. It's that same reason why many audiophiles will go great lengths to purchase equipment like amplifiers that still run on electron tube circuitry. That uniqueness and high fidelity often ... |
What is meant by Balkanisation of a nation? | The Balkans are that region of Europe Southeast of Germany and north of Greece. They have a history of being very heavily divided on cultural, religious, and ethnic grounds. For a while, many of the countries in the Balkans were united into a state called Yugoslavia, however, in the 90s, Yugoslavia broke up into many d... |
Why is it racist to say black people like KFC & Watermelon? | Look at it this way. Tell us what country you are from and we'll tell you you must conform to the stereotype of people from that country. Irish? You must be stupid. Italian? You must like pinching women's bottoms . Swedish? You must be blond, dress like ABBA and spend all day in the sauna. Not true, right? Do you see n... |
How does the concept of "cooties" circulate amongst children? | I think your question is assuming a false premise: That the children are spreading the cooties. Children don't spontaneously manifest knowledge in cooties any more than they spontaneously manifest knowledge in Santa Claus. It is the adults that introduce the concept to the kids. I would imagine the childlike curious 'w... |
How do people in China put things in alphabetical order? | Chinese can be organized based first on stroke number, then next on radical ordering. Radicals are the pictographical part of the Chinese language. In simpler characters one part tends to be associated with the meaning, while another will be associated with the phonetics. However, this is not always the case with more ... |
Why are people not bothered by being forced to get car insurance, but are bothered by the whole health care mandate thing? | I think people understand the car insurance more because it could hurt them. If I hit someone else and don't have insurance then who is going to cover that victim's car? Thus people can understand why insurance to cover damage you cause is required. |
Why cannot we fold paper (symmetrically) more than 7 times? | Each time you fold it, you're doubling its thickness. Let's say you start with a standard piece of A4, that's near enough to 0.05mm thick. Fold it in half, and it's 0.1mm after 1 fold. Let's extrapolate that per fold: 2) 0.2 3) 0.4 4) 0.8 5) 1.6 6) 3.2 7) 6.4 8) 12.8 9) 25.6 10) 51.2 11) 102.4 12) 204.8 13) 405.6 14) 8... |
Why do people find the dark so fearful? | Yeah there is probably some lengthy psychological discussions out there. However: People don't like the dark because they can't see. |
On avrage 400 police killings/year in the US. Why are American police involved in so many killings while it's so uncommon in Europe? | 1) there are a lot of people here and significantly more guns. Situations where a officer will act in self defense or the defence of others will happen more > Wouldn't shooting the suspect in the leg be enough? No, if you are going to shoot your gun then you have reached a point where there is no other option and the s... |
What are the consequences of getting a medical marijuana prescription? Would I be in a database? Could it affect me getting a job? | There are plenty of other natural and pharmaceutical sleep aids that don't have the same associated costs that medical cannabis has. |
Why can't we send a satellite to orbit other planets? | We've been doing that since the 1960s. We have or have had orbiters around the Moon, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn. |
Why some people suffer from fear of flying when it is the most safest way to travel long distance? ? | i probably can find irrational fear in your life too. everyone is scared of something. and yes, flying is safe, but planes sometimes fall. like many here said: you're high, you're going fast and you're not in control and probably don't even know what is happening with pilots. probably you don't even know about malfunct... |
Do people with 'crazy' or 'lazy' eyes see more, less or differently to other people? Or exactly the same? [serious] | I have strabismus, which causes my right eye to be drifted towards my nose when I have my eyes focused. When I'm not focusing my eyes, they are both straight, so I can do this thing where I only move one eye by focusing and unfocusing my vision. Everyone seems to assume that I can see out of both eyes and that I'm seei... |
How do stampedes occur and what are solutions to stop it? | Well sometimes a predator such a a hyena well spook a few animals in a heard such as a water buffalo, and once one water buffalo starts running the rest do as well to avoid getting caught by whatever prompted the first water buffaloes to start running. Once they're all running none of them want to stop and be the slowe... |
Can firearms be computerized? | The generic term for this sort of thing is a [Directed-energy weapon] The navy is testing laser systems, and they are upgrading the power systems on their new ships to allow energy based weapons. The military also has an [Active Denial System] that uses microwaves to heat up the water in a person's skin, causing debili... |
Why do people in their mid-30s generally start to crave less partying in their lives (bars, clubs, etc)? | I've craved less partying since I was 22. It's just boring to me to drive somewhere, park the car, pay for overpriced drinks, then worry if your car hasn't had car doors slammed into or been broken into and hope your dd didn't have a few drinks. Even worse, someone has to BE the dd. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate dri... |
What is so bad about Norton Anti-Virus? | It costs a large amount of money, does most of the same things that cheaper or free AV software does, and it's very difficult to remove from your computer if you don't know what you're doing. Source: Sold Norton Antivirus in an electronics store. |
Why can't you train cats like you can train dogs? | You know why? Because a cat doesn't give a shit about your approval. Also, they're not food motivated because they know that if they get hungry they can just eat you. |
Why is suicide stigmatized so much by society as opposed to a natural death? | People with suicide ideations seldom understand the impact their action may have on family and friends. I'm not speaking about the terminally I'll, infirmed or those enduring physical anguish. Many others however resolve their situations by seeking and end to their life as a solution without regard to the collateral da... |
What is the advantage of reloadable public transit payment cards, either to riders or the operator? | It's more convenient for the customers. First, because it's regional, I only have to carry one thing to ride two ferries, three buses and a train. I will _never_ have the correct change in my pocket and I will often not have time to buy each of those tickets at a different machine. Second, because it's reloadable, I do... |
What is happening when time appears to be passing slowly, or faster than usual? | Part of it has quite a bit to do with endocrine system and the release of hormones. Adrenaline enhances our rate of time perception to assist in fight or flight scenarios, so our mental 'clocks' would be going faster than actual, giving us the experience of 'adrenaline dilation'. Commonly experienced in skydiving, wher... |
How do deserts form? Where are those sands coming from? | As the others have said, it's erosion due to wind. A modern example of this happening, and happening fast, would be the US Dust Bowl of the 30s. Farmers overplowed the prairie soil and paid for it. An ensuing heat wave and drought dried out the soil, making it looser, and the prairie winds did the rest, creating desert... |
How is suspended WITH pay a punishment? | It's not a punishment. Just a step in the investigative process. The career that some people have is not ALL about the money either.For civil servants , the purpose of a suspension with pay is to get these people off the streets while simultaneously eliminating the risk of a lawsuit by the suspended employee for wrongf... |
why people put up with Democrats and Republicans redrawing voter district lines to skew elections? | Because districts do, on occasion, need to be changed as populations shift. So normally when gerrymandering occurs, it's under the guise of a necessary redistricting. |
If salt is so bad for cars, why do we use it on the roads? | Not everyone uses salt; where I am, we use sand and dirt - not because of the refreezing issue, but because it's a semi-desert environment and I think the salt is ecologically problematic. Having lived in New England where they do use salt, I can say that it is REALLY much better at dealing with ice than sand is. It's ... |
If R=(V/P)+G How do we find P? | You can add, subtract, multiply or divide by the same thing on both sides of the = at the same time . If you do that the equation will still be true. So first you subtract G on both sides. giving you: R- G = V/P then multiply P on both sides: * P = V divide with on both sides: P = V / Hopes that makes sense. edit: a sm... |
The uncontrollable quiver you get in your voice when public speaking | This is really weird to me to hear because I've been involved in theatre since I was 6 and thus have never been nervous about public speaking. Makes no difference to me if I'm standing up in front of 6000 people or my best friend at the dinner table. I'm just talking. To people who are saying they get nervous, might I ... |
.. Why can i mimic someone elses voice perfectly in my head but cannot make that same voice out loud? | Why can you imagine yourself throwing the game-winning touchdown in the Superbowl but cannot even make it to the big game in real life. ", 'Same reason I play guitar like Slash in my head but play like Abu Hamza in real life. |
Would training under increased gravity, be it strength or otherwise, be beneficial to humans once they returned to normal gravity? | This question would probably fare better in an askscience thread. That being said, I would have to say that any training done in a specific environment would also constitute acclimating to that environment. Your body will be training in heavier gravity and so you will adapt to heavy gravity, and I'm not sure how well t... |
can organs be strengthened through trauma (e.g., if an obese person lost a ton of weight, would his/her heart be stronger than average)? | This will be somewhat long but hopefully answers some part of your question. Organs are different from muscles in that unlike muscles, damage doesn't lead to an increase strength. For example, the heart serves a specific function and that is to circulate deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood to the rest ... |
Why In the Christmas song "it's the most wonderful time of the year" do they talk about telling " scary ghost Stories?" | During Victorian times, it was a tradition. This [article] links it to the fact that the timing of Christmas for Christians is tied to pagan winter solstice celebrations. We don't really know an exact date for the biblical stories, and the early Christian church tied it's major celebrations to the major celebrations of... |
how it is possible to infect your pc by just visiting a website? | In addition to downloaded executable code, there is possibility that virus spread by downloading of a picture. Data isn't just data, it has to be loaded into a program to display it. |
In the NFL, why are quarterbacks primarily white, whereas most other plays are primarily black? | A lot of it has to do with role models. If you are a 22 year old entering the NFL in 2015, you likely started getting serious about football in 2005, and were more likely to model yourself after someone of the same race. That year, the top 12 passers were white, while the top player at just about every other position w... |
If speakers vibrate to make a sound, how can they produce two or more pitches at once? | _URL_3_ Look at the last soundwave in the illustration. Your speakers aren't producing a single sound wave for every sound. Instead they all get added together and the sound wave produced looks like the last one. |
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