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Why do girl scout cookies have a cult following? | Perceived scarcity. Since they only come out once a year, people and our natural hoarding instincts come into play. Kind of like how people fiend for the McRib or the shamrock shake from McDonalds.It has all the makings of a Phenomenal Event: 1) Once-a year event 2) Unconventional accessibility - can't buy it off the s... |
How can a (forensic) pathologist tell if a certain injury was caused postmortem? | I thought it has to do with blood pooling and bruising. Like basic biological functions like that wouldn't exactly happen if you're dead |
In terms of meat why is chicken called chicken, but cow is called beef and pig is pork? | When English was established it pulled from other languages. The animals stayed in the Germanic terms and the food stayed in the Latin terms. Maybe the other way around. If you search the til sub it was in there about 6 months ago if I remember correctly |
why some people are "nightowls" even though humans a supposed to be active in the day time | In addition to what others say about how there are fun screens and toys and gadgets keeping us awake , there's also a theory I've seen floating around that there's supposedly a predisposition to being more active at night somewhere in our DNA as a result of us being hunter-gatherer tribes that needed *somebody* to stay... |
What happens to the money a site like Youtube would make off ads from a video later deemed illegal? | Im sure google does the only thing they can do with that money and that is give it to whatever company claims and can prove it belongs to them. Any ad revenue generated for your example would go to HBO. This is probably why they have such an aggressive copyright system. I know my own videos I have with music in them ar... |
Do the Green Bay Packers pay taxes? | The Packers are subject to federal and other state income taxes, but enjoy tax-exempt status within the state of Wisconsin. |
What causes unconsciousness when hit in the head/face really hard? | The brain striking the skull. There are particular angles that you can strike the head that have a higher percentage of making the brain hit the skull and making a person blue screen. |
Why really soft towels do not dry you off as well as rougher towels? | Absorption is a function of porosity. Compare a sponge to a similar-sized block made of the same material: the sponge has lots of little tiny holes in it that can hold water, whereas the block doesn't. Those holes also increase the surface area of the sponge. Since water has a relatively high surface tension, it is sli... |
Why don't anti-histamine and decongestants medicines work very well? | Not a ELI5 but Anti-Histamines work on blocking the allergic response from happening. Not reducing one that has already happened If the histamines are already released by macrophages then they will have already produced the reaction. Maybe look into prescription medications instead of OTC? |
How do central banks work? | The primary function of a central bank is to control the nation's money supply , through active duties such as managing interest rates, setting the reserve requirement, and acting as a lender of last resort to the banking sector during times of bank insolvency or financial crisis. |
LI5, why do flies love to gather on cows faces, and is there anything that can be done to stop it? | Most of the time they drink the tears and feed off of the bacteria in the eyes. They will cause eye infections but do keep the "sleep" or "eye booger" to a minimum. It is also easier to get to their sweat there because of less hair. |
Why aren't there any insect mega fauna? | Actually there were! Early in the evolution of land animals, there were things like dragonflies with three foot wingspans. I believe it has to do with the amount of oxygen in the air. Insects do not have lungs and don't breath. They get oxygen from the air through tiny pores in their bodies. Previously the atmosphere w... |
How do intestinal adsorbants like attapulgite (or charcoal) help with diarrhea ? | Adsorption is when a a molecule sticks to the *surface* of something . Adsorbents for diarrhea appear to work by adsorbing the toxins produced by the bacteria that cause the diarrhea. It is in reaction to these toxins that the intestinal cells release more liquid from the intestinal contents. Therefore, with the toxins... |
Why do so many Indians have the same last name (Patel)? | According to wikipedia, Patel means "village headman". It's similar to Americans being named Miller or Smith.Lol.. Most Patels come from a particular state in India called Gujarat. You will interact with most of them at a business like Dunkin or 7-11. Part of the reason for this being, Gujuratis are definitely more bus... |
Why can't the US simply stop importing oil from the Middle East? | The oil market is global. If we need more oil from Venezuela, then their current customers will need more from the Middle East. Shifting suppliers just doesn't have much net effect. What we *can* do: 1. Reduce the total amount of oil we need, through efficiency and the use of other energy sources.2. Increase the global... |
If I want to support an app developer, should I buy the premium version or continue with ads? | Always buy. Here's how that developer makes money with ad networks: - They usually get paid when a user installs the game/app that is show in the ad. They 'd get anywhere from 50c to $5 per install - Sometimes they get paid just when a user just clicks an ad - To work it all out, most developers calculate their "effect... |
How does every single person have unique DNA? How are there so many variants? | Humans have over 19,000 separate genes, many of which may vary freely from one person to another. So the number of possible combinations is way *way* more than the number of people who have ever lived. |
Why is fathers day celebrated on the same day in US/UK, but mother's day isn't? | The UK combined a religious holiday, "Mothering Sunday" that was part of Lent, where you would traditionally return to the church you grew up in with the holiday celebrating your mother. The US, being more protestant and not as tied to the liturgical calendar as Anglicans and Catholics does not heavily practice the tra... |
"Taboo" religions/beliefs (i.e. Wicca, etc) and why they are regarded as such | Because the Christian church said they were. The Christian Church is a religious group, obviously. But during the Dark Ages and Renaissance, and even now, they are an immensely powerful political group. If the Church supports something, then that something is now significantly more powerful. And as such, they portrayed... |
[Theory of relativity] - The twin paradox | That's **not** the actual paradox by the way. The other people have explained how time dilation works, but here is the real problem: One twin flies away at near lightspeed, one waits on Earth. Time goes slower for the twin in the spaceship, he ages slower and so on. But if you see it from the perspective of the twin in... |
Why do super drunk people tend to lean way back when they walk? | Their equilibrium is off or impacted by being intoxicated and their brain / body is trying to compensate the only way it knows how. |
Why are some sleeping pills prescription only and others OTC? | OTC are generally just dimenhydrinate which is relatively low risk for side affects and safe to take. Moving up to something like Ambien, it's higher risk of side affects therefore a Doctor should weigh the risks vs. benefits to the patient.As with all pharmaceuticals it depends on the ingredients used. |
Why is it easy to look at dead animals and guts/gore, but it's hard/scary to see the same with humans? | Depending on what you previously have seen, it'll be worse one way or the other. If your, say, dog got ran over and splattered all over the sidewalk a few meters away from you when you were at an impressionable age, I'm sure you'd feel sickened by dead/gory animals. The example goes both ways. Gore concerning humans ca... |
Why is it easier to cycle when gears are changed? | Gearing alters the distance over which force is applied. Imagine trying to jump three feet straight up; you probably can't, right? But think about spreading it out by jumping three inches twelve times. That is much easier. It is much like using a lever, where you do the same amount of work but in a way you can exert mo... |
What methods do governments use to devalue their currency? | They sell it. Let's say you are the only one in the world who owns blue marbles. And you trade some of your marbles for other colors, but keep about half of your marbles in your safe at home. I am the only one in the world that owns green marbles, and i keep half of mine at home as well. However one day i decide to bri... |
For girls (or boys who know what it is) a band above your knee. | It's called a garter. Back in the day, stockings used to be made kind of like high socks, so girls would wear a garter on their thighs to hold them up . Now stockings and socks are made with elastic tops so they stay up on their own, but sometimes girls will still wear a garter because it's considered old fashioned sex... |
Why can't we put metal objects in microwaves but most of them come with metal oven grids? | Only metal with sharp edges/points are not recommended. So things like forks and aluminum foil aren't good to use, but since the rack has smooth edges, it is perfectly safe to use. Edit- Who's downvoting me? The rack doesn't have any sharp edges that would cause sparks. |
Why do teeth become yellow? What happens to it for it to look yellow? | Teeth aren't actually white. That's just vanity and marketing that makes people think they are supposed to be white. Teeth are porous so they can absorb substances from what you eat, drink, smoke, etc. - which can affect their color. |
What causes Rhotacism (inability to say R) and how can I get rid of it? | You could see a speech therapist. If it's not a physical problem causing your rhotacism, I'm sure they can help. When I was a kid I couldn't pronounce l's or th sounds, so I went to a speech therapist for a while and learned how. |
How can a tab in my internet browser prevent me from closing it, and essentially freeze my entire computer? | A bit of javascript is forcing the message to reappear with every click. [Example here] that is slow to relaunch itself, and not dangerous. You can see the code in the 'JS' box. Notice how when that alert message is visible it locks the browser? Those spam sites use a much more aggressive timing. |
If temperature is the agitation of molecule, why stir my coffee makes it colder faster? | With the agitation you add a minimal ammount of heat to the coffee, but by moving the coffee that's touching the walls or that's near the surface you also increase the rate at which it cools down. |
Why do musicians make weird poses when singing or playing an instrument? | I suspect that it's the effect of the music, which makes you want to dance or jump around. The crowd is doing that, and the music makes you want to participate. But you can't, because you're playing an instrument, so you just do the best you can. |
Why can't I sell my organs? | Mainly moral reasons. Certain people would never get a transplant, though it certainly would satisfy the current shortage of organs and organ donors . A program for buying and selling organs was proposed in 1983 by an american doctor, barry jacobs. Jacobs proposed buying organs from citizens of third world countries an... |
In a non gay marrying state, If a married woman changed gender to a man would the marriage be nullified | It's iffy. A lot of places who are against gay marriage are also against Trans marriage and have a rule saying that ones gender is what it says on their birth certificates. So they really couldn't stop it, but you know they would try to. |
How can Banksy STILL remain anonymous? How is that even possible in 2013? | Banksy doesn't design on the wall directly. He creates stencils in advance which are then painted on. So perhaps Banksy himself never directly applies the graffiti, but just has his agents do it for him. His art is popping up in NYC right now, but he may very well be back in England, designing remotely. If he's famous ... |
Why are drone strikes "worse" then normal tactical bombing. | They are not. Drone strikes take out a building. Standard tactical bombing take out a block. Bombing runs with planes take out a city. Drone cause a lot less collateral damage than any other bombing technique. The issue is that by having it automated it seems that people are not in control of it and that it is not fair... |
What does "forensic testing" of a computer's hard drive entail? | When you delete a file, it isn't actually erased but the space it occupies is marked as available for use. There are many 'forensic' tools out there that let you recover these deleted files provided that the space they occupy hasn't already been re-used for something else. A savvy bad-boy uses a 'proper' delete program... |
Why does it feel like your finger is "purring" when you run it along the surface of some laptops. | This happens on a MacBook because of the aluminium casing. When the laptop is plugged in to charge, rubbing the case will make it feel like it is vibrating. As you run your finger over the case you are producing very minute static fields which are amplified by the charger and cause the purring feeling. Unplug it and it... |
in the simpsons series 3 episode 17, mr smithers goes to don mattingly's house ... | I think it's just an inversion of the usual trope that celebrities / athletes are unapproachable. Don Mattingly was at the peak of his career when that episode was made, the joke is that rather than living in a huge mansion with a gate and servants, he's acting more like a bored housewife, doing the dishes and inviting... |
how do "answer bot" accounts work? | Reddit allows other programs, including bots, to interact with it via the [reddit API]. API stands for **A**pplication **P**rogramming **I**nterface, and is basically a series of commands that a program allows you to issue to it. Developers can be given access to this API, allowing them to use parts of the program whil... |
Why aren't lie detectors used in the U.S. court of law? Wouldn't that make it a lot easier to decide rulings? | Because lie detectors have not been conclusively proven to be effective. All the evidence suggests that they are prone to being fooled or giving false readings. For that reason they are not applicable as evidence in a court of lawBesides the dubious reliability of the polygraph, I think most people would be freaked out... |
Why do ISPs charge wildly different things across companies and service packages? | The cables your ISP uses to connect you to the internet can't transferunlimited amounts of data. These cables are shared by many customers so letssay one cable can transfer 100 Mbit/s . Your ISP offers 3 packages: 10 Mbit/s, 25 Mbit/s or 50 Mbit/s. If 2 customers order the thirdpackage, the cable would be occupied. The... |
What is that shivering feeling you get right after you finish peeing? (Male) | It is actually known as post-micturition convulsion syndrome, and there are two schools of thought, but no definitive answer, since I guess scientists believe they have better things to study. Firstly, some believe it's a response to a sudden drop in temperature. The loss of sudden warm pee from the body and the fact c... |
Why are my new towels not as absorbent as my parents' old ones? | new towels have all sorts of chemicals in them. You have to wash those chemicals out through repeated use. It's like breaking in any other new item.new towels have fabric softeners and other chemicals in them that end up making them less absorbent. after a few washes they will start absorbing better. |
why are people so against drone use when its no different than an FA 18 dropping a bomb? | For the record, I agree with you, and I think that people need to remember that drones are very similar to normal aircraft, and do the same things. If we didn't use a drone, we likely would have used another aircraft. HOWEVER, there are some problems that arise from the fact that the pilots are not in the aircraft, but... |
there any 'science' to choosing which scenes go into trailers? | No, there's no science. Film is an art form. The point of a trailer is to entice the viewer to see the movie by showing some of the cooler/funnier/more exciting parts of the movie and implying that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The problem arises when the trailer actually contains the only good parts of the movi... |
How did pain tolerance work? Is it mental? | Endorphins. Your body releases Endorphins when you experience pain, which has the dual effect of a kind of analgesic to temporarily numb pain to a degree, as well as giving you a kind of "high." The effect is similar to opiates. This is why people can experience a "workout or runner's high," and why people actively see... |
What is a thread in programming? | Imagine every thread being a worker under you, that has an individual timetable. A normal program gives you one worker by default, doing the stuff the source code wants it to. Each thread you open "hires" another one, where you can assign work to it, splitting some calculations you need basically at the same time, for ... |
Can someone explain what tax deductible means? | The money you make is called income. You don't pay taxes on ALL your income, but just on a part that's called taxable income. Certain things you spend money on, you get to take away from your income to figure out your taxable income. So let's say my tax rate is 20%, and my income is $1000 dollars. Then I'd owe $200 in ... |
Why do we as humans need such varied diets when animals in the wild don't. | Well Lions are carnivores. Humans aren't. That is one big difference. Take a look at [Gorillas for instance]. They've been observed to eat over 200 different types of foods > The food range of the western gorillas is very broad: they eat about 200 plant species. They particularly like plants belonging to the ginger and... |
How do stocks and shares earn a person money? | > do they only receive money if they eventually sell them and someone buys them? No. Companies give out dividends sometimes. > What if no one wants to buy your shares? Then they lost their investment, the stock is worthless, for now. Maybe it will become worth more later though. But I don't know if a stock will ever be... |
How come we give drugs that can be fatal if overdosed for people depressed and/or suicidal? | The idea is that if they take the correct amount initially then they'll be much less of a risk as the treatment continues. People in extreme cases can be cared for in hospitals where doctors will control dosage.\r\rThere are very few drugs at all which are 'safe' to overdose on. So there isn't really an alternative on ... |
How is it that aircraft engines can handle large amounts of water and sand during ingestion tests but are incapacitated by small birds? | For the same reason that your lawnmower can flawlessly cut large amounts of grass without any issues but if you were to say, run over a stump it might break a blade. Yes, a bird is a lot less dense than a stump. But aircraft turbines rotate much, much, much fasterApparently, commercial aircraft engines are supposed to ... |
Why would Putin and Obama leave something as important as their Crimea negotiations to ambassadors? Isn't it way too important for anything less than Sec. of State or Russian equivalent? | The Secretary of State is like the captain of a team, it doesn't mean they are the best ball player. Also, ambassadors are specialized in certain areas. An ambassador to Russia would have a lot of experience dealing with Russian bureaucracy and culture, which gives them an advantage over a generic representative. |
Why when I have a migraine does pushing on certain parts of my skull make the pain go away? | There aren't pain receptors in the brain itself, but in the meninges, the membrane around in that connects to the skull. When you push, it disrupts those receptors. Its in the muscles and veins of the head and neck where tension develops, so by pushing you are artifically relieving some tension that results in pain |
Why it's called a semi truck. | The "semi" doesn't refer to the truck. It's called a semi truck because it's built to carry what's known as a semi-*trailer*: a trailer which doesn't have front wheels on it, because it just slides on top of the truck. ', "I believe it's short for semi-articulated. A rigid truck is one where the frame of the truck does... |
How do the web sites that charge for reverse number lookups and background checks get their information? | They buy the information from other data aggregators.Basically, any time you give your phone number , it's collected and sold. The pizza delivery you ordered is a great source for current phone numbers. Source: a few years in collections and skiptracing.There are several companies that collect information on people suc... |
Why is it that rope does not unwind or untwist? | The natural state of string is to be straight . So all the strings want to be straight. They are individually twisted and then straighten out by twisting into each other. So their new natural state is twisted together, but they are acting as if they are straight so they don't come unwound. |
how accurate was HBO's series Rome? | The consensus seems to be that the depiction of the city and its subjects is excellent. As far as the occurrence of events, liberties were taken for the sake of story telling. For example, Octavian/Augustus was not in Rome at the time of Caesar's death, nor did Cleopatra come to Rome at this time. Despite her prominent... |
Why is there so much hate towards comic sans? | I have asked this myself and the answer I was given was twofold: * 1- It was, and often still is, overused. As a standard microsoft font it's seen as the go to "wacky-fun-font".* 2- It's used inappropriately. As a wacky-fun-font you probably shouldn't use it for your flier about breast cancer or email about your aunt's... |
Why do we like things that terrify us? | Adrenaline. Identifying with characters gives you the sensation they are feeling in the story. I play horror games sometimes and figuring out the best way out of a lethal situation is exciting because you feel the intense stress and adrenaline build up and then a release as if you are experiencing the situation. At the... |
The "odor" coming from Jahi McMath. | Just went to read the article and it looks like that part has been edited out. Just fyiThe testimony is here, and explains it pretty well: _URL_0_ Some of the odor is probably from gunk, but in this case there is a good chance that yes, some of it is decomposition. With no brain stem activity controlling digestion, etc... |
How do painkillers like Ibuprofen work to relieve pain? | It is basically a blocker of certain chemicals in the body which directly mediate pain, inflammation, and fever. By blocking these chemicals you therefore block the pain and inflammation. The minute details honestly aren't super interesting unless you like learning about cellular communication.It acts by inhibiting an ... |
What is the difference between NoSleep and CreepyPasta? | NoSleep is supposed to be for true, scary stories. The problem is, you don't have to verify your stories, and no one can claim a story fake, thus people who want to give people a good scare post here. CreepyPasta is just scary campfire-like stories. I used to love NoSleep, but unsubbed a few months ago because the stor... |
How can we put an estimated time until death on our own sun? | we can estimate/calculate the mass of the sun. we know how gravity and temperature works. we know the rate of consumption of hydrogen. from there, it's just making a model of the sun and running the calculation forward until it starts expanding. it's not like the Sun in 234224324.34 years will suddenly explod. it'll be... |
What is going on with the British election right now? | The most likely outcome right now seems to be that either Labour or Conservatives will become a minority government. It's unlikely either will have an absolute majority, and some parties don't seem too keen on having a formal coalition. The SNP have said they don't want to enter a formal coalition, but they will suppor... |
Why do countries around the world have different outlets? Why couldn't we have decided on one before? | > Why couldn't we have decided on one before? Who is we? The United Nations or even the League of Nations before it existed long after Electricity became a thing. Plus even if they had the foresight for it there would be no consensus, the world would probably be split into two or three sockets surrounding the political... |
Why is there a big deal over Russia attacking Syria? | Technically speaking - the Russians are allied with the legal Syrian government . Russia has been assisting the Syrian government in counterrevolutionary military operations. The Russian strikes have been against enemies of the Syrian government, which include Al Nusra, Al Qaida, and ISIS/ISIL. Since the beginning of t... |
We know that vision is light reflecting from into our eyes, sound is vibration. But what is smell, what is going in the molecular level that makes a substance produce odour? | The presence of actual molecules themselves. When you smell shit, it's because there literally are tiny pieces of shit in your nose right now that are bumping into a special kind of neurons.A volatile compound is evaporating off of the \'object\' to be smelled. It then travels through air currents and hits a receptor i... |
The history between China and Taiwan | Taiwan was long a part of China until the First Sino-Japanese War, when the victorious Japanese annexed it in 1895. It remained under Japanese occupation until 1945, when Japan lost WWII, and it was returned to China. When the Communist Party of China won the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the government of the Republic of... |
Why is security clearance not required for POTUS and many other "powerful" politicians? | If there were such a requirement, it would effectively mean that the military or the government can restrict who can be elected president. That doesn't sound like a good idea.The Executive branch is the branch in charged of giving out security clearances. The President is the head of this branch, and therefor he sets t... |
What makes a country determine what side of the road people drive on? | What I heard was that the sword was the weapon of choice for many years in, for instance, England. Horsemen and pedestrians tended to pass to their left so their sword side was not exposed. In North American the pistol was popular so people leaned towards passing each other on their right so their holster side was not ... |
How is it that so many chemicals found in nature just happen to be perfect fits for receptors that exist independently in our brain? | * Describing ligand-receptor fits as "perfect" is generous. Pretty much all the time they're more of a "Eh, close enough" affair, and there's a lot of room for different molecules other than whatever the receptor usually binds to fit too. In fact, it's often precisely this imperfect matching that causes unusual effects... |
What makes mucous slimy? | Mucus is slimy because it has lots of proteins and other chemicals in it that like to stick together. That's really all it is. * *Mucus* is the slimy stuff. *Mucous* is the quality of being like mucus, or of having or producing mucus. The difference is important. |
How do split depth GIFs appear to be 3D | Basically, it's forced perspective. Because the bars that are placed in the GIF that are edited to make them appear as a reference at a fixed plane in space. When something crosses the plane, it appears as if it has come closer to you. |
Why do photos appear to be farther away than they are in real life? | Because of the focal length of the lens used. Our eyes are approximately a 50mm focal length. Using a 50mm lens on a full-frame camera will result in an image that is spatially very similar to the perspective of the photographer. A wider lens will make distant objects seem further and close objects seem closer, while a... |
When one has migraines, why (occasionally) is there areas where vision is lost? | I know this one. There are blood vessels near the optic nerves specifically where the nerves from each eye come together. During the migraine the blood vessels swell and push on the optic nerve. This pressure on the nerve is what distorts the vision. First time it happened to me I thought I was going blind forever. |
Why does water at 55 degrees Fahrenheit feel so much colder than if it is 55 degrees Fahrenheit out? | Your body generally does not measure temperature. It measures heat flux. Heat flux is the rate at which heat is transferred. Water happens to conduct heat far better than air, which is why the effect you described happens.What do you mean by '55 degree Fahrenheit out'? |
After you shave, why does that area feel numb? | 1) The nerves in your skin have been stimulated continually by air moving on your facial hair, and thus have tuned out to some degree. When you shave, that stimulation goes away, and your nerves interpret relative lack of input as numbness. 2) Some shaving creams can contain menthol and other ingredients that have a sl... |
How come does my battery lose charge if I don't let it drain completely before charging again? | This isnt as much of a problem as it used to be. If your device has a li-ion battery, and most do these days, it has no "memory effect". The memory effect wore down battery life with improper charger use because plugging it in early would screw up the delicate chemical reaction in the battery, and lower its efficiency.... |
Why there are so many land mines in Africa? | They're a cheap, easy way of keeping people out of areas where you don't want them to go. There's been a string of wars in Northern Africa where landmines have been used to block off enemy advances. The problem is that people aren't always very good about keeping track of where the mines are or leave and just don't bot... |
I thought the jury decides guilty or not. Why does Judge Judy reach verdicts by herself? | You can have a trial by jury or with just a judge. That said, Judge Judy is actually acting as an arbitrator in a civil law case , where the participants agree to be on tv and live with her decisionsJudge Judy isn't actually saying anything about guilt or innocence, thats for a criminal trail. These are civil suits, wh... |
Why do domesticated animals (dogs, cats) like to be pet? | It is a relaxing experience that reminds them of when they were young and being groomed by their parent Edit: spelling', "It's grooming behavior. For dogs, it's common in pack environments. For cats, it's reminiscent of how a mother cat will groom her kittens. People take those places. For a dog, it's just a pack with ... |
why does where a player in the NFL went to college matter more than in MLB? | It's largely in part because there's a lot more pedigree associated with football colleges than baseball colleges. It also has impacts on schemes/playbooks for offense and defense that they were brought up in, whereas there aren't too many "styles" of baseball play.Baseball has a multi level player development system, ... |
Why do people enjoy singing along to songs? Whats going in our brains that gives us pleasure when we accompany a song? | And why can't we stand it when the other person in the car with us decides they want to sing along too |
Why does time seem to speed up as we all get older? | Grandpa described it like this. "When you're young, each day represents a large part of your time on earth. When you're 5 you 've only had 60 months alive, and most of them you don't remember anyway. But when you're 50, there's been 600 months. Each day is a lot smaller slice of the pie of life then when you were 5." G... |
What does Tesla opening its patents mean for the future? | It's basically in Tesla's best interest to help promote the spread of electric vehicles in the country, and opening other manufacturers to access the Superchargers or use Tesla patents will help that. First, there's environmental reasons; our cars put out a lot of carbon, and Musk claims to have interest in helping fix... |
Can someone try to characterize the three waves of feminism (USA)? | Broadly, 1st wave: Women should be accorded simple dignity like voting rights and property rights. Susan B. Anthony was sort of the quintessential 1st wave feminist 2nd wave: "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle" Women are every bit equal to men and anything that says otherwise or any data that would point ... |
How do video game hacks work? | Basically, anything that is installed on your pc can be read, written or be modified. So they aren't exploiting weaknesses in the game code, rather, its impossible to prevent someone with admin rights from altering the game if they desire. What online games CAN do is simply not tell the pc the information it needs unti... |
The difference between clinical depression and circumstantial depression, and the effects on the brain. | The short version: Circumstantial depression - you are sad, because something happened that made you sad. If you told anyone else about it, they would understand why you feel sad. Clinical depression - your entire emotional system is depressed, in the sense that it is functioning at a lower level than normal. You are n... |
How is radioactive contamination "cleaned up"? | It's mostly just soil that's picked up and put in barrels. If it's woods they can't reach, or houses, they burn them and then put that in barrels. Animals sometimes get bburned up with it and they just go into the barrels too. A lot of water can go into barrels if it's a lake or something. |
How do authors like Stephen King write so many books in a lifetime? | Compared to other writers, Stephen King is notorious for writing a lot of material on a daily basis. He's also just a creative guy who has established a very clear-cut and distinct style. And finally: he has a huge following. If he writes a book with the intention of publishing it will get published. |
Why is the ocean blue, but clouds are white? | Clouds are made of tiny water droplets that disperse the entire visible spectrum, so we see them as white. The ocean is blue because of the reasons stated, though when you're thinking brilliant blue like in the tropics, that is partially the reflection of the sky. |
How do Swamp Coolers work? | Understanding how they work relies on understanding one basic point. Evaporation takes energy. Usually the energy it uses is heat. So put another way, the process of evaporation uses heat as its energy source. This is how sweating cools you, it isn't the liquid on your skin, it's that liquid evaporating, taking heat fr... |
Why do bubbles/lather help get things clean? | Soap helps with cleaning because the soap molecules have two ends, one which likes to stick to water and one which sticks to oil. Oil and water don't normally like to mix so using water to wash off oils doesn't work well, but the soap can enclose tiny bubbles of oil with their oil-loving side in and their water-loving ... |
Explain LI5, the difference between 'centre' and 'center', also 'meter' and 'metre' and 'liter' and 'litre' | > Are they just English and American spellings of the same exact thing? Yes. The same is true for color/colour, fiber/fibre, analyse/analyze, and others. As a general rule, the "re |
Humans land on a new planet, teeming with life. How do we efficiently find out what plants and animals are safe to eat, and what ones are toxic? | I'm reminded of some science fiction stories by Vonda McIntyre, where the ambassadors from Earth and from the Four Worlds had their first, tentative, gathering: the hors d'oeuvres were water and cotton candy—of all five species present, those were the only things compatible with everyone's metabolisms. The answer reall... |
why I see little floating lines when I look at solid colored surfaces? | They're called floaters, and they are imperfections in the vitreous humour . You just aren't always aware of them. _URL_0_", 'Also if you look up at the sky the little dots moving around are white blood cells. |
what the hell is system of a down so mad about? | They are mad about the Armenian genocide.. For one. Edit: they are doing a reunion tour and free concert in Armenia for the 100th anniversary of that genocide. Screamers is a 2006 documentary by director Carla Garapedian conceived by Peter McAlevey and Garapedian and produced by McAlevey..[1] The film explores why geno... |
What is the force that keeps a race car on the ground during a banked turn when the surface is frictionless? | There is not really a surface that is actually frictionless There are 2 forces pointing downward on a race car: gravity and 'downforce.' I'm going to assume you know what gravity is Downforce is a racing term and is probably easiest explained this way: the race car acts as an inverse airplane wing, ie using the air fri... |
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