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WTF is fracking and why are half of my FB friends against it?
fracing", or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of putting fractures in rocks, to release petroleum, natural gas , or other substances for extractionThis is a pretty good video put out by an oil company: _URL_0_', "Texan here. LOTS of fracking in my area. We've had small earthquakes become much more frequent in the past 5-10 years. I don't know if that's directly related to fracking, but it is an interesting coincidence. We get our water from a well, which pulls it up from aquifer about 100-200 meters below the surface. They've been fracking in our area for a little less than 10 years, and we've never noticed a difference in our water, so in terms of water contamination they're doing a pretty safe job .Tell your friends that fracking has reduced CO2 emissions in the United States to 1991 levels despite real GDP being twice as high. There have been some instances of wellhead leaking, but this is being addressed with newer technology and more impermeable wellhead sealsThe gas released has been shown to make some water flammable. _URL_1_
Why are the worst positions for your joints/muscles the most comfortable?
Habitualization. Modern life, whether computer work or sitting at home predisposes you to bad posture. It takes effort to keep your posture correct. Effort requires work. Work is hard. Therefore, people default to bad posture. After a lifetime of bad posture, it's just easier. Not exerting effort is easier than giving effort, hence the feeling of comfort, even if harmful. Rarely are easy things worth doing. #life", 'I used to have lower back pain. Tried every medication and exercise. Nothing worked, Then I developed my own solutions:- 1. If you wish to ease your lower back pain, practice to sleep with a thin pillow between your legs. Also take a near foetal position, not a hard one, but whatever degree of curling makes you comfortable. 2. Another hack. You can also try to lie on the floor on your back and then set your lower legs on a chair seat which will make your thighs . Adjust yourselves into the most comfortable position. This will take the strain off your back muscles and backbone. You can sleep in this position throughout the night. You may have to spend a little time and money in finding a chair with the exact height to suit your leg length.They aren't. If you learn to stand and move with functional alignment you'll see the difference. Adapting to wearing shoes all the time results in necessary compensation patterns , but these are high effort positions relying on dynamic tension among stabilizing muscles. In proper alignment of skeleton and fascia one is in relationship with the ground such that force is transferred directly to the bottom of the feet and verticality can be obtained relaxedly and effortlessly. This takes years of unlearning poor movement mechanics, but boy oh boy is it worth it.
How does a box of baking soda keep my fridge fresh?
The concept is that volatile organic chemicals react irreversibly with sodium bicarbonate. Butyric acid would react with sodium bicarbonate to produce carbon dioxide and sodium butyrate which is non-volatile and consequently doesn't smell. Many stinks are caused by organic amines and would not react with baking soda. Maybe it would be more effective to use a non-volatile acid and baking soda in separate containers. Kickstarter here I come!
Why not print MORE money? I understand half of this question.
There is a common misconception that money IS value, however, this is not the case, money is in fact simply an IOU from the government stating that they owe you [dollar value] amount of VALUE. Because these 'IOUs' are universal across the nation, people will accept them in exchange for goods and services because they know that those IOUs can later be exchanged for value. When currency was first developed in the US, the government backed up the value of their currency with gold, meaning that you could take a 100$ bill to the government, and they would give you 100$ worth of gold. Of course we now have too much money in circulation for it to be backed up by gold, so this no longer happens. Where all this is leading, is that there is a finite amount of VALUE in the USA, so we could print more money to pay off debt, but it would be worth less, because it would represent a smaller fraction of value. Of course, this is a very complex topic, and I am not sure I am explaining it in a way that will make sense to everyone.Whoever suggested research on the Weimar government/Republic, thank you. [This] definitely helped me understand and it makes more sense now. > Germany, 1923: banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper
Self-checkout machines have existed for at least a decade now. Why has the technology not improved at all over that span of time?
Profit margins are also tiny in supermarkets. I'm not sure enhancing their POS systems to be more consumer friendly would be worth the hit to their bottom line to upgrade them every ten years.
If your heart randomly stopped beating, would you be able to recognize that it stopped beating before you die?
I imagine it depends on the context. Several years ago I had a 5-inch tumor wrapped around my heart. There is not a lot of room under the breastbone and due to the pressure I felt my heartbeat *all the time*. The few weeks before I started chemo if I leaned against my left side in certain ways my heart would skip beats: thud thud thud THUD THUD. It was pretty disconcerting.
Why do American conservatives generally support Israel so much?
not all do. Ron Paul and the libertarian wing for example want to be less involved with the situation and he's even been critical of Israel at times. Anyway though, the main wing of the party I believe supports them because they are 'our only friend in the region' of the middle-east.Conservatives? What about the majority of liberals that do?', "A lot of Christian Conservatives like Israel because it's supposed to play a big role in the End Times. I think the bible says what's up in Revelation. But I don't know about the rest of the conservatives.The same reason every politician supports or opposes anything. Money. Their contributors tend to be Jews, or financially allied with Jews.
Is pedophilia caused by biology or culture?
It's a taboo question with a complicated answer. All I can contribute is that nobody called the colonists or ancient greeks and romans pedophiles.
As a kid I was taught in school that weed is bad for our health .Is weed as bad as they teach it in elementary school?
It's definitely not bad for you as long as, like all things, you use it in moderation. It's far far FAR less bad for you than alcohol or tobacco.
why is Mexico poor?
Mexico really isn't poor. The GDP per person is higher than China or India. $19,500 a year.
What happens to your car if you die while on vacation?
Dark thing to be thinking. Don't worry about it mate. It won't affect you either way. Have a nice holiday and try to be positive.
Who is rioting and what is the cause of the riots in Stockholm?
Like you're 5? Okay. Some people in Stockholm are angry because they feel like other people in Sweden don't care about them. And instead of just saying to the other people in Sweden that they're angry, they burn things.
Caucusing and why it was ok to decide a winner by a simple coin toss.
I think people are getting a bit too caught up on the coin tosses. Say a precinct is set to send 7 delegates to the state convention. Clinton and Sanders get the same votes in the room. That means each side gets 3 delegates, but there's that one left over. A coin flip was used to decide who gets *that* last delegate. In the big picture, one delegate means nothing. Allegedly, this happened 6 times, and Clinton won all six. Ridiculous statistical anomalies aside, a 6 delegate swing where there are upwards of 1400 delegates, still means little. These ~1400 delegates will meet to determine how to distribute the national delegates. Iowa has 44. Being that the race was so close, the distribution will probably be something like Clinton 22/ Sanders 21/ O'Malley 1. So Sanders will be behind 1 or 2 delegates in a race for ~1200 delegates. If you're a Sanders supporter, stop worrying about teeny tiny fractions in Iowa, and start worrying about how he's down double digits in South Carolina.
Why do Brits and Commonwealth nations have such a deep passion for national pride and the Royal Family?
Speaking as a Canadian, it often seems that there's much more public fascination with all things royal in the US than here. I'm not sure your premise is valid. Australia nearly voted to become a republic a while back too. In the UK, the tabloids love them because they are celebrities whose family actually holds political power. Imagine how obsessed Americans would be with the Kennedys if they held some executive position by birthright As for national pride, we don't even come close to what one finds in the US. Having lived in both countries and travelled fairly extensively elsewhere, the level of patriotic sentiment you find expressed in the US doesn't really have a close parallel in the rest of the English speaking world.
Does "air" have a weight?
It may seem like it's not affected by gravity because it's just there, not actively moving towards the ground. It's just sitting on top of all the other air, so it's the same as us sitting on a couch.if i recall correctly, going 33ft under water is the pressure equivalent of adding another atmosphere on top of you. so yes, air has weight.
Why do we refrigerate mustard, if the base ingredients are all non-perishables like vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, and paprika?
I'm pretty sure here in the UK most people don't, it is certainly not something I would put in the fridge.
How does the Quartz in a clock keep accurate time? It's a dumb rock!
So there's this thing called piezoelectricty, where you apply a voltage and it bends a little. So you apply a voltage to quartz and it bends. If you make a long narrow crystal, it will wiggle back and forth at a frequency that I think only depends on the size of the crystal, if it's stimulated. Like a guitar string. The wiggling makes voltage, just like the voltage makes wiggling. So there's something that measures the voltage, and thus the wiggles, and thus the resonant frequency. And that's usually very high so you divide it down to get seconds and hours.Reddit ELI5: When Wikipedia takes 5 minutes too long for you.It's a mineral, and it probably thinks you're dumb too.
Why does writing have stricter rules for grammar than speaking?
Most speaking isn't as formal as writing, but if you're giving a formal presentation or making a pitch, you'll certainly be expected to use proper grammar and syntax.
If Israel is where Jewish people originated, why do the majority of them appear European in genetic origin?
On the risk of being downvoted, there's an *Israeli* scholar who might give you a different answer: it's cause they never originated from there. So basically, they *are* Europeans etc. Here's the [Wiki page] about his book. There seems to be no other written history about the exile other than the biblical records, which, being religious in nature, can't be taken for evidence. The whole Diaspora, according to this professor from the Tel Avi University, is a *modern invention*.
How can Uber, giving 1bn rides since 2009 be worth $62bn as a company?
Imagine I have a magical rabbit that shits dollar bills. Stay with me here. So this rabbit is 5 years old. When he was a baby, he only shit like once a day. As he grew he ate more and started shitting more per day. Hes now shitting about $4k per year, but since it grew over time, it's only been like $10,000 total over those 5 years. Now since this is a magic rabbit, we don't actually know for sure how long it'll live or whether it'll keep growing. We have a good idea based on existing rabbits, but we could be way off. Now, would you sell that rabbit for $10k? I wouldn't. If I hold the rabbit he might shit out hundred of thousands over the next 20 years. But he also might die next year. Magic is tricky like that. I have to weigh the option of taking money now without risks, or taking the risk that he could die and possibly making more in the long run. It's not shady business, it's just estimating risk vs. reward.
What's the case for voting for the presidential candidate most in line with your values vs one with the most in common with your values and a real chance to win?
OP's question is an artifact of a poorly designed election system. If the United States had [alternate voting] you could always vote for the candidate you like best without worrying about a spoiler effect.
Why are so many people interested in unboxing videos? Doesn't this defeat the element of surprise?
I watch videos like this on things I can't afford. Like when the new generation of video game systems came out. Still wanted one but know I won't get one for a few years so resort to living vicariously through someone on the internet.
What is a “knot” and how is it that a person can physically feel it in their back?
Let me ELI you are 5: muscles are like threads lying squished and bundled up together. A knot feels like when these threads are criss-crossed or lying across over each other instead of in a neat bundle. This could happen if you've overworked yourself or done some strenuous work. Massaging the threads or muscles, straightens them out again so ya feel gooooooooooooooooood."What is a knot?" Finally, a question I can answer!"and how is it that a person can physically feel it in their back?"wha? oh, that kind of knot
why do we have a different shoe sizes for men and women?
I'm guessing this is an american thing? I'm sure in the UK a 7 women's shoe is the same size as a 7 men's shoe
Why is NPR ad-free?
Because of listeners like me who support their local public radio by donating 5 dollars a month to get in on the vacation drawing and the free retro style mug. You're telling me your local station is Not currently slamming you with pleas for donations? Cause theyd answer you real quick. Funded by the listener and grants from the nationall emdowment for the arts fam.You will hear that at least every few months they will have a few day long fundraiser. They usually minimize how often they do this but it does happen. They get donations and reoccurring monthly donations from listeners
How does the lymphatic system work?
Your heart pumps blood through tubes that are a little bit leaky, like when you leave a paper to-go cup in the car all day and there's a puddle in the cupholder. The liquid that leaks out has to go somewhere, so your body has drains, like the storm drains by the sidewalk that keep streets from getting too full of rain. Also like storm drains, the liquid that goes through your body's drains carries gunk with it. There are places called nodes in your body where the liquid gets filtered. If dangerous gunk is found, these nodes call for help and security cells like policemen come and take care of the gunk before it can hurt you. Sometimes one of these nodes gets overwhelmed by gunk and a doctor has to remove it because the gunk has taken over. When this happens, the part of the body nearby has a little more trouble draining liquid but there are ways to help make it easier, so it's not too bad. When the liquid is all filtered and clean, it gets added back to the blood so the blood doesn't get all thick and crusty like old ketchup.Could you be a little more specific as to what you would like to know?How it works to facilitate the immune response?How it helps to circulate the lymph fluid?Something else?Like veins are vessels which carry blood, lymphatics are vessels which carry leftover fluid in the body . This fluid is pushed through the lymphatic vessels when you squeeze your muscles . The fluid goes through lymph nodes all over the body. These are small lumps with white blood cells which recognize and kill bacteria etc. The fluid then contunies and empties into veins. The veins carry the fluid to the heart. Arteries take the fluid to the kidneys. Then you piss it out like a gentleman or gentlewoman.Also, you don't necessarily get lymphedema if you get smaller ones removed. Only if a cluster of important ones, or a large one is removed. All the best for your dad!
Why are e-cigarette commercials allowed when regular cigarettes commercials are illegal?
E cigs aren't proven to be dangerous yet. The government shouldn't ban things that aren't dangerous
Why did the US drop two atomic bombs in Japan?
I this topic is of interest then have a good read of Alex Wellerstein's blog [Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog] and perhaps start with his discussion entitled [Why Nagasaki?]. Answers offered include: 1. The second bomb was necessary to prove that the United States could manufacture atomic weapons in quantity.2. That two bombs were necessary in order to justify the decision to pursue both the uranium and plutonium routes.3. That it was known ahead of time that two and only two bombs were to be used. 4. The real question to ask might be: “Why did they stop with Nagasaki?” Lots more to read and consider on this high quality blog.The war in Europe was already over. We were still at war with Japan. There were significant concerns that an invasion of the Japanese mainland would result in catastrophic losses to both sides, as well as huge civilian loses, and prolong an already extensive war. Dropping the bomb was an effort to show the Japanese leadership that continued resistance would result in catastrophic losses because of our ability to wipe out entire cities in an instant.As shitty and horrible as it was it in turn saved more lives than versus a full scale invasion. I'm definitely NOT condoning it, but it had a purpose, not just for shits and giggles.
Why do western countries "scramble" Fighter jets when russia flies close?
First, you would need to understand why Russia flies close or into UK's airspace. They do it to test and measure reaction time and to let that nation know that Russia is capable of reaching, and therefore attacking that point. Scrambling fighters shows:1) That Russian/enemy/unidentified aircraft will be intercepted, and destroyed in necessary, at a distance too far from shore to be able to attack.2) Sends a message that the UK's air defenses are on alert and will react swiftly to any perceived threat.3) Sends a message the the intruding aircraft is not wanted and will not be tolerated.4) it also provides an unexpected drill for the pilots.But neither side is going to attack the other, its not like Russia is unaware of NATO military capabilities? I just find it difficult to understand why its so important to respond to them
How can India launch a mission to Mars, yet have so much poverty etc
It's not really like the money is the issue. Basically every country has millions and millions of debt, yet you have countries that spend money into infrastructure etc. and others don't so much. It's depending on your countries agenda set but the government / lobbyists. I believe the thing with India is mostly that every country that can provide rather decent education has globally competitive graduates at some point. You can either create work for them, and keep them in your country creating value, or you drop the issue and those elites will go abroad and your education is basically lost, leaving you merely with the low-end students.You can forsee your future if you go that path. This also applies to almost any other institution, not only for a space program obviously.
How do nature documentaries get such good sound? Do they use foley artists?
Small time indie film maker here. I would imagine its very similar to setting up a film shoot in a small diner . You scope out the spot. So for a lion documentary, you find a den where you know the lions will return. While they are gone, place microphones everywhere you can. Film crew sets up and lie in wait with telephoto lenses, and the microphones are recording all the time. Eventually, you strike gold when the animals return. Documentary takers don't just roam the wild hoping to find the animal they are looking for. They scope out the area, find the habitat, and setup.They also can record using shotgun microphones that are kind of "super directionnal" microphones. Definition from Sennheiser: > "Sometimes you cannot get closer to a sound than still pretty far away. A highly directional microphone captures it nonetheless. Perfectly clear, and in full detail. It is like building a sonic tunnel the sound is being pulled through toward the mic, protecting it from all the other unwanted noises so it doesn’t get lost in the din. As most audio professionals know Sennheiser shotgun microphones have always been extremely good at that."Many of these are staged. So the spot where the animal lay is rigged with cameras/nearby microphobnesPlanet Earth II has crazy sounds! I was thinking the same thing while watching it! I bet they use foley artists for some sounds.
In Youtube, why do I see a difference between the 720p setting and the 1440p setting even though I have a 720p monitor?
It has a higher bitrate=it's less compressed. That's because you need higher bitrate at higher resolution.
If the look of classic automobiles from the 50s and earlier is so well-loved, then why aren't modern vehicles made to look like them?
They kind of are using styling cues as throwbacks. Examples: Mustang Camaro Chevy HHR :edit: there are also full fiberglass bodies made of mustangs, Camaro's, ac cobra's, etc That one ugly chevy pickup Challenger
Why are time zones still a thing?
Time zones are more of a tradition. The time zones are generally designed to have the highest point of the sun at noon. Until it became normal to travel , each village maintained its own time 'zone'. When the countries became more connected, some uniformisation took place. For instance, until the Second World War, time in Amsterdam was UTC+0:19. That was later changed to UTC+0:20 . The Amsterdam time became the official time of the Netherlands. During the German occupation, the Berlin time was introduced, which we still use.This shows where it is day and where it is night _URL_0_ We have time zones so everyone can do things during the daytime when the sun is out rather than half the world doing things when it is dark out in order to do it at the same time as people on the other half of the world.because it is more useful to know reference points, like knowing that wherever you are, the sun will come up around 8, you'll eat lunch around 12, you'll go home around 5, sunset around 8.
How can open source software be secure if the source code is visible?
They CAN look for flaws and weaknesses. Then they exploit them, then the software is fixed. If the source was unavailable, they will STILL look for flaws and weaknesses, but it might take them longer to find them since they're operating somewhat blind. So at the beginning, having source available probably makes it more prone to people finding exploits. But by shining light on the flaws, you can fix them. There's also a purely mental aspect to this If you're a programmer who knows what he's doing, knowing your code will be public may encourage you not to take shortcuts that open up potential security issues.
How come sharks have survived from the time of dinosaurs, but other large sea creatures such as Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs did not?
I'm no paleontologist, but one reason might be they aren't all fish. Mosasaurs and plesiosaurs were reptiles. Perhaps something in the atmosphere caused problems for animals with lungs while those with gills survived. Purely speculation of course. Good question.
If testicles are so crucial for procreation, why are they so vulnerable and not inside the male abdomen like ovaries?
It's not really unprotected. It's between your legs, a fairly protected place. It's even more so on 4 legged mammals.if humans are so important why is it so easy to kill them', "Evolution isn't perfect thus while it evolved to keep the sperm temperature; it didn't account for protection because it happened to survive the adaptation changes which happen by chance & without any intentional purpose. Consider men have a G-spot in their anus due to the same reasons.
Why is it that some vegans don't consume/use products made from animals but don't consider fuel/oils an animal product?
It's not. It's mostly material from plant life that used to live in thick bogs. The animals at the time didn't have that much carbon in them so would not have turned into usable gasoline.
If I am listening to two audio streams, what is happening when our brain switches from focusing on on stream to another
If you guys don't mind a follow up question, I actually can't focus on only one audio stream. What is wrong with me?", 'This was covered in one of my cognition classed for psychology. When listening to two audiotracks simultaneously we can only attend to one source. Participants can however determine if the voice in the unattended ear is male or female, or if our name is said. When you switch attention to the other ear, not alot is happening your simply not attending to the irrelevant information and it never enters your memory store. Models of memory assume that there is a phonological loop for information and that only information that is attended to gets stored. There are tons of sensations entering our perception every second and many things are ignored like the feeling of the chair on your back, we ignore these things simply because everything at once would be overwhelming- attention adheres to a bit of a bottleneck effects in this way. making memories of your daughters first words or first steps would simply be filled with too much unrelated information if we attended to everything in that moment.Yeah when I'm working I can listen to a customer and load the programs I need to help them. By the time they are done explaining their issue I'm already fixed their problem and have been looking at imgur for the remaining time.
Won't the Oculus Rift and other VR systems effectively half the graphics processing speed since it needs to render two images from distinct angles?
I'm a VR developer. Yes, it does. Actually, VR is even more graphical demanding than you think, for a number of reasons. Here are some of the big ones: * You have to render the game once for each eye* Due to the uneven magnification of the lenses, you have to render at a much higher resolution overall to ensure that the center of the visual field has enough pixel density* In order to avoid blur, frames have to be displayed for very short intervals of time -- in order to avoid flickering, games have to be rendered at 70 - 120 fps.* Resolution goes farther on a monitor than it does when it's wrapped around your entire field of view. You need something like 8K per eye before pixels become imperceptibly small. In general, VR is much more intensive computationally than traditional game rendering, and will require graphical tradeoffs for a long time . While there are technologies that could potentially reduce this discrepancy , that's all a long ways off.
If holding elections entirely online would be less costly, more eco-friendly, more accurate, and yield a higher number of voters, why doesn't the US government do it that way?
Actual cryptanalyst, so I have a far better understanding than most. It is not about securing the central servers those are not the weak points. The week point is right in front of you, your computer. So here is how I would design the attack. Given that there is a lot of money to be made, there is a lot of money to be spent, consider that the last presidential election cost $1 billion. So I would spend the prior few months actively buying zero-day vulnerabilities on the open market. Now I have the attack vector on your computer and I'm the only one that can use it, I buy several just in case. Design, build, test, a fast moving virus for the day of. At the same time buy huge amounts of DDoS capability for the day of. Day of goes like this. Mount the DDoS attack on the antivirus vendors. I only need a few minutes undetected. Now immediately release virus. Compromise as many of the vote points as possible . The virus turns off your antivirus, and waits for you to vote. When you go to vote it changes your vote to my choice. From there I don't care about detection, the supreme court has already ruled that votes the day of have to count. Even assuming a significant number of voters aren't compromised, I will have successfully swayed the vote. The contentiousness of the vote allows my votes to matter more. All it would take is enough money and someone would do it.
Why do people think the moon landing was faked?
Some of the reasons I've heard: - The technology to actually land on the moon didn't exist at the time. - The US wanted to beat the USSR to the moon both because the US feared what the USSR would do if they got there first and to show dominance in rocketry and space technology. Faking it achieves the second of these goals *and* has no possibility of failure. Failure would undermine NASA's abilities and future space exploration. They believe in these arguments so greatly, they believe the US wanted to beat the USSR to the moon *so badly*, that there can not possibly be any evidence to the contrary. Any such purported evidence is part of the conspiracy to cover up the hoax.
Given a constant stream of oxygenated blood, can a brain think by itself (with no body attached)?
There's an Italian doctor preparing to do the first head transplant on a Russian client in a hospital in China in 2017. What can go wrong.. _URL_0_
how are we supposed to keep our ears clean if q tips are bad?
They're for cleaning your ears, not your ear canals like many people assume. You need that wax in your ear canal Q-tips aren't bad - stupidity is!
What is the real world significance/ benefit of calculus?
A very long time ago I took an accounting class . There was a chapter in the text about inventory management, that had a formula for calculating the least cost ordering strategy. IIRC, given a fixed cost per order, any discount for bulk, and storage costs, the formula calculated the order size to get the lowest unit cost. Since I'd just finished a year of calculus, it was obvious how the formula was derived: take the formula for the cost, and figure out where the derivative is zero. That gives you the lowest point of the curve, so the minimum cost. I told the class, they laughed nervously. We moved on. Those first year accounting students had no idea that they were using calculus to get the lowest inventory carrying cost.
Why is the discredited Laffer curve still so prevalent in conservative economics?
The laffer curve is perfectly credible, it just isn't actually useful. We don't understand economic systems well enough to determine what the real shape of the curve is, so people just use it to argue for whatever position they already believed, in the case of conservatives: lower taxes are better.
Why are soap operas/daytime television shows aired at a much higher frame rate than other shows/movies?
Because they're filmed at a higher frame rate. Soap Operas, being fairly low budget, are filmed on video and not filmstock. Video records at a higher frame rate, but is much cheaper than filmstock, so they used a higher frame rate. Video would be like recording directly onto a VHS tape rather than onto 35 mm film. It's not as high of quality of an image, but it can film faster.
Why does breathing suddenly seem to become "voluntary" the moment we think about how involuntary it is?
I was taught in biology that there are three types of action: voluntary , involuntary , and actions which can be automatic or manually controlled. Unconscious breathing is controled by clusters in your brainstem, but it's not really understood how the switch works, nor exactly where the conscious breathing is controlled.
Why are police lights sometimes only visible from behind the vehicle?
Former cop here:Sometimes cops only turn the rear lights on when theyre backing up another officer. First car makes the stop, second unit pulls in behind him, shuts off headlights and activates rear emergency lights. That way, your fellow officer is extra blinded. We'd also turn off the front lights when performing field sobriety tests.
Why do some people constantly sway side to side when standing in one spot?
I have no idea but I hope someone knows. I do this and get on my own nerves. But I literally can't stop. It's like laying in bed without switching sides or positions only more constant. I've wondered if it's related to spine/nervous system because I'm not an otherwise antsy person. I can sit without fidgeting for long periods during trainings, etc.
Why do people posting pictures of cars black out license plate numbers? If you've ever parked your car in public thousands of people have seen it
Nobody cares if their license plate is one of a thousand in the parking lot; opinions change when they're the car singled out in a photo shared on the internet.
The importance in the increase of NASA's funding
They're doing some very important work if you consider the survival of the human race to be important. It's pretty clear that we will eventually overcrowd this old ball of mud. We will need somewhere else to go and who else is working on that? [Please don't reply 'the guy with the Mars reality show' pretty hard to take that seriously.]
Why is men's fashion so much more limited than women's?
A variety of reasons. First, more expensive places and lines of clothing will have a lot more variety because someone who's willing to spend more actually cares what they look like. The value lines usually cater to the larger majority of men who don't want or need to care how they look.Secondly and more importantly, even in the higher end fashion women will buy more items and spend more overall than men. There are of course many more reasons and subtleties, but these are the largest two for a company deciding on what to carry.
"Hearing" my own thoughts
I don't actually think in any audible way. I form sentences and think of the words, but nothing is 'heard'. My guess is that when you hear speech, the same cognitive functions in your brain are firing that understand and interpret those words as when you are forming word based thoughts. When you think those thoughts it is similar to hearing them, because similar neurons are firing when there was obviously no audible stimulus.
Why/how distinct gear upshift sound with CVT?
It is used to mimic a geared transmission so that drivers don't get confused thinking they have a slipping trans or that there is a problem. Too radical a shift from geared to completely gearless. Our '16 Impreza has the CVT and does the 'gear shift' thing. I don't get it - if it's a CVT then be a CVT - don't fake out like you're a slushbox just so the cavemen don't get confused.
Doesn't Guaranteed Basic Income just cause crazy inflation? Is there any evidence that GBI actually works in the long term?
No one can say for sure yet, but I think that it won't cause inflation. Or at least, it won't be too bad. The total money supply will remain roughly the same, as will the purchasing power . Of course, it all depends on what is the GBI. It can't be too high . It certainly shouldn't be higher than the minimum wage. All in all, it will mostly only put a strain on the national treasury, which will be most likely paid for by taxing the wealthier demographics. My personal opinion is that it's leftist nonsense, but the harm shouldn't be that bad.The inflation will come from greedy shop owners who want to punish people for qualifying for basic income
What would happen to the US economy if traditional businesses switched from 5-day work weeks to 4-day work weeks?
All the studies I've seen that talk about the benefits, seem to focus on white collar jobs. I haven't seen too much done on blue collar or the service industry. So it's hard to say from a macro view what would occur.This was actually trialled in Utah. They found that as long as you could guarantee employees a three-day weekend, you get great results. You work either Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday, four ten hour shifts. _URL_0_', "There would be an initial shock at the drastic change of business practice. Eventually people would get used to it and you would have increased sales in certain industries like hospitality and entertainment. That's all.My Professor said that if hours remained unchange GDP would go slightly down due to fatigue.
Why is Singapore so successful when it's democracy index is 6.14 and oil industry is responsible just for 5 percent of the GDP?
Geography and diplomacy, with a hint of the good kind of totalitarianism. Even before colonial times Singapore was a local trading hub and friend of China. They even sent ships to defend Singapore from the Majapahit Empire. We were extremely lucky to have had a great team of people at the nation's birth who weren't corrupt and actually knew what they were doing. Our location alone would have brought us far no matter who was leading the country, but it was Lee that prevented Singapore from becoming just another run down South-east Asian country. Furthermore, we don't have the kind of political circus like Washington D.C. blocking progress. A lot can be done when politicians are not distracted with fighting elections. Lee's heavy-handedness and incorruptibility was a large part in making so much progress in such a short time, where other countries get stuck.
If people are wired for survival, why is it fun to live reckless (skydiving, motorcycles, surfing, rollercoasters, etc)?
Humans are an oxymoronic people. We value safety/security but we are also risk takers. Why do you think ancient people got on a raft and set out onto the ocean just to reach land they can't see (those islands off the South American coasts for example.
Why the Boston bombers are considered 'terrorists' while the shooter from the Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting is just a 'white supremacist'?
Basically one is an action and one is a political ideology. A terrorist is someone who's general aim is to inflict fear and violence on people , whereas white supremacy is really just an ideology. Terrorism evolves as a response to a political ideology whereas white supremacy is an ideology itself.
Why america is focused on the race issue when the rest of the word has class issues.
Because our upper classes fuel our race issues, so they don't face unified opposition from the lower class. It began with strike breaking ownership pitting one cultural or racial group against one another with blacks being the strike breakers of last resort. But more recently the phenomenon has emerged of wealthy Americans [using racism to discourage white working class people from supporting the traditional party of labor].
EI5 Why would it be a bad idea to raise children as gender neutral?
Think of it like speaking a different language. There is no problem/difficulty with it as long as you stay within that group, but when you venture outside of that group you may have issues. I think it's very progressive, but things like this are incredibly hard to implement on a big enough scale to make a difference. It would be nice to not be burdened with a gender role or have gender specific items. Skirts look hella comfortable, and I bet some ladies out there would love boxer briefs.
What's the difference between a civil war and a revolution?
A civil war is a war all within one country. It may or may not be a revolution. A revolution is the **successful** overthrowing of a government. It doesn't have to be a war, it can be a coup. Where it gets confusing is revolution is **also** used to describe a colony, territory, or otherwise subordinate portion of a country achieves independence through extra-legal, usually violent means. It is almost never called a civil war. Examples: * If Hillary Clinton led an armed uprising and kicked Trump out of office, that would be a revolutionary war. If there was prolonged fighting, it would also be a civil war.* If Texans took to arms to become an independent country, that would be a civil war, but not a revolution.* If Puerto Rico took to arms to become an independent country **and** won, that would be a revolution.Not much really. One man's revolutionary is another man's traitor. Generally speaking "civil war" is reserved for internal conflicts while "revolution" denotes a people splitting away from a foreign power. There is a lot of overlap between them though.
Why is it racist/closed-minded to find people of a race unattractive?
If you happen to not be attracted to certain features, and those features tend to be present in black women, then you're not racist. If you're not attracted to certain features *because* they tend to be present in black women, that's racist. Problem is, it's not always clear to a third party like the two black women who overheard you which of the two it is.
Why are so many video games requiring the user to be Online, even if they want to play a single player mode?
Long story short; the modern gaming industry does not give a *shit* about their customers. This is why they release unfinished games, this is why they release day one DLCs, this is why they develop newer and more terrible DRM and anti-piracy tactics. They just couldn't care less. And do you want to know why? No matter what happens, casual chumps with an obsession for a certain franchise will end up shelling the sweet $60+ for the same, rehashed, annual garbage.
Why do we know Jeb Bush is running for POTUS when he won't "officially" announce it until the 15th?
Most candidates do this. If they just say 'hey guys, I'm going to have a press conference on friday', they won't get a lot of attention. If they go 'hey, I'm going to have a press conference on friday to announce that I am running for president', suddenly they get a lot more attention. Which means there will be a lot more press present when they make the official announcement with the big speech.
Why does CO2 make a drink like Coke feel 'fizzy' while nitrogen gas makes a drink like beer/ale feel smother?
I haven't seen yet addressed much the effect of saliva. Saliva contains a catalyst called carbonic anhydrase. What it does is very quickly degas the dissolved carbon dioxide in the soda and speed up the reaction that turns it into carbonic acid. This is why the cola stays gassed up in the bottle but isn't really gassy in your stomach as it has been converted from a dissolved gas to an acid. The carbonic acid is interpreted as fizzy by your taste buds. If you take a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor like topimirate, it slows down this reaction so you get less carbonic acid and soda tastes bitter and flat and you burp after drinking it. Nitrogen gas doesn't create carbonic acid so does not taste fizzy.
Why does a wet washcloth stick to things, even a fairly smooth tiled shower wall?
Water is made out of water molecules, just like a lego house is made out of lego bricks. Water molecules are positively charged at one point, and negatively at another point. So basically water molecules are like tiny magnets. When you stick a wet washcloth on the wall, water molecules in the wet washcloth will be attracted to the watermolecules on the wall. That attraction is strong enough to hold the washcloth in place. So basically it's like sticking tiny magnetic lego blocks together. EDIT:This is ELI5, of course I will oversimplify, but that's kind of the purpose of this sub. Hydrogen bridges, molecular energy, electrostatic attraction and van der waals forces all play part in this progress. That's way too complicated to explain to a five year old and thus should be avoided.
How is that in basketball, where everyone agrees taller is better, we repeatedly hear about teams (such as the Golden State Warriors) getting an advantage by "going small?"
The NBA has adopted into positionless basketball where you have players like Andre Igoudala playing power forward as opposed to his traditional role as a small forward. Playing small and positionless allows for teams to have better floor spacing, speed and quickness at power forward/center. Another reason teams go small is to counter another team's lineup. For example in the Golden State-Memphis series, the Warriors found success only after going small against a team like Memphis that has a traditional lineup with Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol. Memphis couldn't match up with the Warriors speed and quickness on the perimeter. Going small negates clogging in the paint. For example if Harrison Barnes is at the power forward position with Draymond Green at center than Tristan Thompson and Mozgov have to guard those two on the perimeter as opposed to guarding someone like Bogut in the paint. This allows for pick and roll spacing and it also allows players like Steph Curry and Klay Thompson get to the rim without a big man who can block shots to come over to help. It's much easier to guard the paint/rim when you're guarding someone like Bogut who stands near the painted area as opposed to guarding Harrison Barnes or Draymond Green at the 3 point line. TLDR; floor spacing, limits other teams help defense at the rim, speed and quickness for fast breaks", 'A few reasons. By "going small", GSW is focusing on speed, ball movement, and shooting. The Cavs can't afford to leave the back court unguarded now with an entire team that can make 3s. The Warriors would certainly benefit from a taller guy who wasn't lacking in these areas but they are pretty hard to find in the NBA, and they are paying the price for it. Without bigs, they are struggling in some ways with defense, screening, and most of all rebounding , but in this particular matchup the trade off seems to be worth it and is helping them to win. Even without a big guy in, they can still hold their own defense with guys like Draymond and Iguodala.
How could a small group of protesters shut down a rally attended by thousands?
Anyone can make reasonable conversation impossible by shouting over the person trying to speak. If you're in a public place, there aren't property rights that let you solve that by throwing people off your property.They were not able to shut down the rally. These were just empty threats. The reason they were not removed from the premises is just that the organizers decided to not involve the police.
What would happen if I was to fill a air mattress with helium, would it be able to lift my weight or would it fail to even lift itself?
If you're talking about those cheap little air mattresses that you use at the beach, it might lift itself, but not you. A higher quality air mattress would probably be too heavy to lift itself.Having actually done this, the answer is no. We bought a large tank of helium one time to inflate a large number of balloons for a party. Even after a couple hundred, we still had quite a bit left over. We were having house guests and got out our air mattress and then had the bright idea of inflating it with helium instead of air. This made it much easier to move around, but it never actually floated on its own. One big downside is that the mattress deflated much more quickly than with air, just as regular balloons do.
There are 1 Billion Hindus also from relatively poor countries. Why dont they have any terrorist incidents against the West like Islamic terrorists?
Three religions fall under the same origin story, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. All three of these religions have an underlying tenet embedded into their belief structure, which is that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Judaism dropped conversion and war fare thing a long time ago. But Christianity and Islam didn't. In either's books its stated some where that its the faithfuls job to convert unbelievers, and unbelievers are going to hell. This is why super crazy right wing christian groups are are so out there. And the same goes for Islam. Hinduism doesn't have this. Its a multi-god structure that encompasses alot of different beliefs. To my knowledge none of them are expansionist. Plus you've got Sikhs, which are all about helping and protecting people. So yeah, over all much less prone to creating violent extremists killing people. Killing another person is a big blow to your karma, unless they are trying to kill you, or somebody else.
Why are mice seen as cute yet rats are universally hated and feared?
Rats have creepy tails and they seem enormous. That's why I didn't like them before I had one as a pet.
If Hydrogen and Oxygen are both gases, then how come when combined they form a liquid?
Chemical compounds aren't just mixtures of their component elements. The elements are bound together in ways that change their properties. In fact, the properties of compounds are often the *opposite* of those of their component elements: fluorine, for example, is very reactive but fluorine compounds like Teflon are very stable. Think of it like a super clingy person. Left alone, they'll quickly attach themselves to anyone who comes along. But once they find a friend, they'll stick to that person like glue and will totally ignore everyone else.
Will someone explain why the election in France is so globally important?
Pretty sure that it has to do with the EU. France has the number two economy in the EU after Germany with the U.K. already out of the mix. A lot of French people seem disenchanted with the main political parties and have shown so by going with the two that have been chosen for their run-off. If they were to leave the EU it would be a pretty big blow, I'd imagine.
Why do hiccups occur, what causes it to stop, and why does it sometimes hurt?
What I've found to work exceptionally well and immediately, is forcing a burp. I feel the force and the burp around where the adam's apple would be . It's just a tiny little pop in your adam's apple area if you put your finger there. I don't drink fizzy drinks, you have to force it from nothing and it'll come. Then viola, hiccups gone!
Why is the ozone layer higher up than oxygen gas? Should not ozone(O3) weigh more than oxygen gas(O2) and therefore closer to the earth?
Gonna be quoting this [site]. It's not that there isn't ozone near ground level because you're right it has a higher density. It's that ozone is typically formed in the upper levels of the atomsphere due to O^2 reacting with free radicals of oxygen which are generally formed from the solar radiation that is constantly shining on Earth.
what made jimi hendrix arguably one of the best rock players of all time?
He had his own unique sound and voice. A style which many other musicians studied and used to discover their own voice. He is part of the bridge between blues and the later classic rock. As a musician his ideas are just beautiful; out of this world. Songs like Little Wing, The Wind Cries Mary, etc. As a guitarist, his rhythm and lead are human. He's not a robot nor is he doing a random things. He represents guitar at its very best; guitar as it should be. A vehicle for self discovery and self development; free of the rigidness of other classical instruments. When listening to Jimi, you're listening to Jimi. His music is that unique.Hendrix took a lot of things that Electric Guitarists had been trying to not get their guitars to do and used those things to make the guitar sound unlike anything else done with the instrument before. Using feedback, clicking squeeling and other types of sounds that were before considered "noise" he changed how everyone played the Electric Guitar since.He's still the only soloist I've ever heard on any instrument whose improvisations sounded like they were written beforehand. He was a technical and songwriting innovator, to be sure - but his *ear* is what made him the greatest, and profiency of that level can't be taught. It was a gift from God or space aliens or who knows where.
Why do people randomly twitch for a bit when they first fall asleep?
I like to think that it's the body's way of roll call for body parts and to create a manifest of issues to fix for the night.Simply put, your brain wants to make sure your limbs are still there as you fall asleepNot known for sure. There is a theory that this is a tensing up muscles, primal instict to protect us from falling of the tree or any other high up object. Usually it happens when our brain goes from awake stage to sleep "mode" , when the feeling of falling occures. But it was disputed many times and there are different theoriesAs you drift off to sleep, sometimes your brain thinks your dying, so it sends a jolt to snap you out of it. It`s the same thing that causes the falling dreams.My understanding is that our body's relax too quickly and our brain registers it this as a fall so we have a jerk reaction as if to jolt us to action. As someone below me said, to keep us from falling out of trees when we were further back in our evolution.
Why have main stream computers stopped at 3 ghz? What stops us from making 100ghz or even 500ghz
Computers have stopped at 3ghz mostly for practical engineering reasons. A computer than runs at 100ghz would melt because of issues with heat and power. There are overclocking competitions where people can get computers up to double or triple their natural speeds, but it pretty much always involves cooling with something like liquid nitrogen. Also, there would not be as much benefit as you would think from having a processor so fast. A 10ghz processor is not 10x as fast as a 1ghz processor with an equivalent architecture. The reason is that while the faster processor may be capable of performing 10x as many actions per second, the processor has to spend a much larger portion of its time waiting for the rest of the computer. It takes time for data to travel between a computer's memory or hard drive or network connection and the processor, and the processor might have to sit there for anywhere from nanoseconds to milliseconds waiting for information to get to it. Most modern advances in processor design have to do with the processor being able to handle more tasks simultaneously , being smarter about reordering the things it is being asked to do so it can still work while waiting for information to come in, storing more information close to the processor , and things like that.
Why are disposable coffee lids designed in the shape that they are?
There are tons of different designs. Most of them are designed like that to stay on the cup to prevent spilling but allow consuming. The little holes are there to let air in so there won't be vacuum causing the bubbly effect like pouring from a bottle.
What is the difference between a starting pitcher, a relief pitcher, and a closer (baseball)?
Starter - The first pitcher for each team. He generally has a lot of stamina and can through for many innings. In the old days, starters would pitch the entire game. Nowadays, they generally are in the game for perhaps 5-7 innings, depending on how well they do. Each team usually carries 5 starters on the team. Reliever - Any pitcher who enters the game after the starter. Closer - A reliever who generally pitches the last inning of a game . Most closers come in when the game is tied or their team is winning by a small margin. The typical closer is really good, but can't last more than an inning or so. Setup Man - Kind of like a closer, but he comes in the 8th inning, trying to preserve the team's lead before the closer comes in. A team may not necessarily have a designated setup man. Generally a setup man has the same skillset as a closer and will become the closer if the closer is hurt. Lefty Specialist - Pitchers have an advantage over hitters if they have the same handedness. In other words, lefty pitchers do well against lefty batters. A lefty specialist is a left-handed reliever who only pitches to a few batters and rarely faces right-handed batters. Long Relievers - Relievers who have enough endurance to pitch for many innings. They're usually used if the starter gets hurt or is doing badly early in the game. Short Relievers - Relievers who only pitch for 1 or 2 innings at a time. Many pitchers start out as starters then move to relief later in their careers. Mariano Rivera, for example, was a starter for the beginning of his career. Closers tend to throw really hard and have a couple of good pitches. They're not in the game very long, so they don't have to worry about stamina. Starters tend to have a larger variety of pitches and can conserve energy throughout the game. In other words, there are some unique skillsets, but it's not unusual for a starter to be converted into a reliever.
What's the difference between bits and bytes, and is there an easy way to remember?
Bytes are 8 bits, by eight = byte. That's how I learned it, apparently my previous answer was too short so yeah.8 Bits = 1 Byte 1 Bit is either a 1 or a 0 For example, the binary code of the ASCII letter "A" is 01000001 Each of these these letters is 1 byte made up of 8 bitsA bit is a zero or one in binary; by itself, capable of notating 2 values. A byte is 8 bits,capable of representing 256 values Also, interesting fact, there is also a nibble, which is 4 bits, or half a byte.
How in the hell does quicksort work?
The pivot point can essentially be chosen at random. Obviously it's most efficient if the pivot divides the list into as nearly equal parts as possible , but since it's not sorted in the first place we can't actually know where that midpoint would be, so we don't bother. The visual demonstration on [the Wikipedia page for Quicksort] takes the easy route and just uses the last element in the partition. Might want to read up on that page and see if it answers your questions.
How do people find complicated Easter Eggs in games?
Not really Easter Egg hunting, but my brother and I would mess with the power switch on our Atari 2600. If you turn the console on/off/on very quickly, you can get some truly epic ROM loading errors. The game is playable, but different. /Yars Revenge yeah, I'm old.Most of the CoD eggs are hinted at in gameplay. Especially Bo2 zombies eggs, they all have Richthofen guiding the player through it.A lot of Easter eggs are found from the thousands of people playing a game at once, eventually someones going to find them. However the zombies ones were found through cracking the games code. If i remember correctly Moon's Easter egg was on Wikipedia about 40 minutes after the DLC was released.
What is going on with Isreal and why are we talking about them so much lately?
The US, and other countries, are talking with Iran, working towards a deal about Iran's nuclear program. Israel is worried about this because they don't trust Iran, and there is a real fear that if Iran develops nuclear weapons, they will use them to attack Israel. Because Israel doesn't trust Iran, they've been more hostile towards the US, particularly President Obama. The current PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to Congress against the wishes of Obama. He also said some pretty racist and fearmongery things to help himself win the election this week. Oh, yeah, Israel just had a general election on Tuesday, and the incumbent won. What with his recent face-off against Obama, that's led to a lot of news coverage in the US.
Why hiphop artists/fans are so obsessed with the Illuminati?
I don't think I have ever heard any of that. Also look at Old rock n roll it is filled with references to the Ocoult and stuff.
Why does sleep paralysis occur?
When you're in REM sleep you are usually dreaming. Dreaming requires motor function like moving your arms and walking. Your body knows that this can be dangerous in a multitude of ways, and therefor, prohibits movement while in REM sleep. For some people, sometimes the paralysis occurs slightly before or slightly after going into REM or even falling asleep, making you notice it. Everyone who sleeps gets sleep paralysis. Most just don't notice it.
What does cancer benefit from developing? If it kills the host, doesn't it kill itself?
Cancer is not a pathogen. It's not like a virus or anything that's survives within its host. Rather, it's some cells which have screwed up and multiply rapidly, producing a tumor.That's my ELI5 explanation to go with my ELI5 understanding.
Throughout history plenty of buildings made of stone/marble have apparently "burned down". How is that even possible?
Marble breaks down as heat drives the carbon out of it to form carbon dioxide. It's made of calcium carbonate so there is plenty of it to be released. Brick doesn't combust exactly, but fire weakens it and thermal shocks will shatter them.
Why are some shows allowed to show people doing illegal things?
Vice can because it's Journalism. They don't take part in the activities but they do document it.
Why do high-end fashion designers make those ridiculous outfits for runway models that no one will ever wear?
Other people have made great points about artistic expression, but I think there's another aspect to it as well. Various elements of the clothes from big names that go down the runway—shapes, patterns, colors, fabrics, etc—start showing up in other collections. Trends become clear, elements get watered down to a certain extent, and then all of a sudden something totally kooky that you saw on the runway a few months ago has become an extremely popular, more wearable item that you can find in any store. There's a pretty good explanation in the movie The Devil Wears Prada actually. Here's the link to the scene: _URL_2_
How does gun spinning work?
Several reasons has already been mentioned, but once hasn't yet: The balance of the gun. The force isn't spread uniformly in all directions, you spin with the finger resting on the side opposite to the heavy side. Hold a gun by hanging it on the trigger guard. It will hang roughly upside down, with a slight tilt to the back. The point where you now hold the gun will be where most of the force will be when spinning. Simple comparison: Put a weight in a plastic bag. Put a finger in the handles and start spinning it. Notice that your finger always push at the same point, the point opposite of the centre of gravity. The same goes for a gun.Most of the weight in a gun is in the rear, behind the trigger. This means, if you just put your finger in the trigger well/guard without gripping the pistol, the pistol will slide away from your finger so it rests at the "front" and "top" of the trigger area without toughing the trigger. When you spin the pistol , the weight will pull the rear towards the outside of the spin and, thus, pull the trigger away from your finger.
Why are mammals never brightly coloured?
Mammals generally have bad eyesight compared to birds or fish. This is a generalization, it also is a question of how you define 'good'. Depth perception is more important for a hunter than colour eg. but colorwise - fish, insects and birds can generally see more of. Early mammals evolved as nocturnal creatures that mostly ate insects and their eyesight was less important. Some lost it almost completely. Smell developed to be one of the most sensitive senses. After the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 65 millions years ago , mammals spread to other biological niches. Some of them regained good eyesight, though smell is still very developed for most mammals. Primates and especially apes are an example of an exception where a long snout and an advanced sense of smell where lost in favor of a bigger brain. TL;DR - mammals started out as having bad eyesight but good sense of smell. Some have since developed better eyesight but still not on par with birds or insects. Some have also lost their good sense of smell.
Why do people cringe at certain sounds while others don't get bothered? I am fine with nails on a chalkboard but metal clanking makes me cringe.
Try reading [this]. It's some of the best research in this field to date.Markers on paper. Gets me every time. Actually, it makes me want to vomit. So to further the question, is it just high pitched sounds, or are there cases of low frequencies as well?Thinking of the sound teeth would make smacking concrete makes me cringe worse than anything else.Mine is the same but with paper products. Napkins, paper towels, toilet paper, etc. I can't stand to touch it, think about it, or even hear someone crumple it up. I get goosebumps and cringe
All the different kinds of alcohol, what they are, how they're different, what each one kinda tastes like, etc. etc.
**Mead** This is a very old and often forgotten drink. It is believed to be one of the first alcohols, beer would be it's contender. Mead is made from honey, with the addition of other botanicals as well. Many people refer to it as honey wine because of its taste and i would agree. It is usually sweet, but with a little twang at the end and can be flavored with different honey and fruits to make it even more exotic, some have even been flavored with hops and won beer medals because [of it]. The term honeymoon actually comes from mead. Back in the medieval times newlyweds were given enough mead to last a moon cycle in the hopes that they would consummate a baby hence honeymoon. overall they run between 8% and 15% abv.
What is the science behind birthmarks. How do we get it? Why do we have different birthmarks?
I'm not sure if this is pertinent or not but there is more than just one type of birthmark, there are port wine stains that are more of a vascular/ blood vessel abnormality that frequently leads to other vascular complications around the affected area. I'd be more than happy to answer any question to the best of my abilities I've seen specialist for close to 14ish years now I believe it is Source: Was born with a large port wine stain and KTS as a following complication of such vascular abnormalities
What are the negative effects of LSD?
Maybe it's mentioned and I don't see it, but the greatest danger when taking LSD is that it isn't LSD. LSD is often augmented with speed and other stuff like that which means the drug you think you're buying is often not the drug you're buying. So like with all drugs that have a high risk of being stepped on or just mislabeled , you should really trust your source, and ideally have an experienced drug user sample what you bought first if you are a truly cautious person. People are going to pipe up beneath me and say I'm being alarmist, but I am speaking out of years of experience with taking drugs, not as a DARE representative or something. And I'm answering the question as it is asked: this is the main negative effect of LSD - not taking LSD and thereby subjecting your body to an unexpected outcome. The only bad times I've had with acid are times where I wasn't right with myself - like I was depressed or just socially uncomfortable - and took the drug anyways. My two real cautions with acid are that you should feel and be safe when taking it, and not make any plans for at least 24 hours after taking it. Not that it will last that long, but it could wring you out like a sponge, and that takes time to recover and get healthy from.
Why is the consistency of my ice cream different when it melts and I refreeze it?
Ice cream is frozen foam. That's a big reason why it tastes so creamy. When it melts and refreezes, all the bubbles that made it foam had time to escape, so it refreezes more like ice, and the texture is completely different.
Why are organic transplants much more common than synthetic transplants?
Evolution has honed biological organs for billions of years. Artificial replacements are very rarely even as good as biological ones. Viable artificial implants are primarily stuff like cornea and simple joints whose main purpose is just to not fall apart. Biological transplants don't last forever, but as anyone who has ever owned a car can attest to, neither do machines. An artificial heart has to be absolutely 100% foolproof or the user is going to die, and a complex, low-power, lightweight bio-compatible device is hard to make even if you don't take into account that it has to operate flawlessly and autonomously until the user's natural death. [This] machine does the job of a few kidneys. You can see why incorporating that into the human body is not a trivial task.