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Why does my poop smell fine to me, but it smells terrible to other people? | Our sense of disgust is a way to stop us getting bad germs in to our bodies. This is why we don't drink gone off milk. Our noses are pretty good at telling us what is bad and what is good hence why we can smell whether food is good or bad. This sense is triggered when smelling a fart. Only the understanding that it was... |
Why is scalping illegal? | I didn't read the description and thought you meant the act of removing a persons scalp with a knife. Glad that's illegal. |
What would happen if an Earth sized planet crashed into another Earth sized planet? (Neither is inhabited) | Astronomers believe almost that very thing happened to the young Earth before it had a moon: it was hit by a Mars-sized body, which obliterated both, and the modern Earth/Moon system was born out of the debris. Such an event would have sterilized both bodies, if there had been anything living.It's hard to tell. They co... |
Why do humans enjoy laughter? | Laughter evolved as a group bonding tool. In small tribes or clans it was essential for the group to be cohesive in order to work together against larger threats or circumstances, and laughter psychologically strengthened the emotional connection to each member of the clan. As with all evolution, those who prospered br... |
California recently released black shade balls to conserve water. How does that work and wouldn't the black absorb the heat causing the water to evaporate faster? | The black balls are to prevent UV light from reaching the water, this prevents bromate from being formed. Pictures and a longer explanation [here]', "Below the boiling point, water can only evaporate at a boundary between air and water. This is because the temperature of a material is just the average temperature of al... |
How do professional DJs get the rights to play so many songs from different artists? | The original artists are usually members of a service like [ASCAP]. The DJ can then buy an ASCAP license. This fee goes towards paying the composers and artists for their music, and also gives the DJ the rights for public performance. |
Why do people's eyes get small/ squinty when they smoke weed? | Decreased blood pressure. In the eyes, a dilation of the ocular capillaries occurs, encouraging the blood flow through the\xa0eyes\xa0and effectively causing red eyes.Before I ever got high I used to laugh at one of my friends who would always hella squint whenever she was high. Once I got high for the first time , I'm... |
Why do banks not allow more than a 4 digit PIN ? | i'm assuming you're talking about your ATM card PIN, right? actually a 4 digit PIN is very safe. * first of all, a thief has to PHYSICALLY steal your card which in itself is a somewhat hard task.* then guess your 4 digit PIN in 3 tries WITH a security camera pointed DIRECTLY at your face.* additionally, there's general... |
Why do so many russians have dash cameras? | Insurance fraud is common in Russia. Having a video proves someone ran into the street and got run over intentionally, for exampleOk, its not quite as simplistic as some of these commetns make it out to be. Like most first world countries Russia has 2 types of insurance. from fake auto injuries, and generally bad drivi... |
Why does chloroform make people pass out when they inhale it? | Someone complained that henry82 didn't explain it like your five, so I'll try to. Basically the Overton theory states the the chloroform dissolves through the cellular membrane. Think of this like a small object merging into a bubble . The chloroform then either messes with the nucleus of the cell. The nucleus is like ... |
Why do Police officers dress so formally in every day wear, including ties? | It's probably regional to an extent. I've never seen a cop with a necktie in reality", 'Here in the UK when we used to wear ties they were clip-on ties so you were never really at a disadvantage.Because police officers interact with the public waaaaay more than those other professions. Just because you're a law enforce... |
Why does drinking coffee speed up my bowels? | [Pours 3rd cup this morning] "looking forward to reading the answers to this in about 30 minutes" |
what causes the white spots you sometimes get on your fingernails? | According to my parents it was from telling fibsIt usually happens because you 've hurt your finger somehow, close to where your fingernail's base is. Weeks later, the "scar" shows up. The phenomenon is called Leukonychia. There are lots of urban myths that blame these white spots on protein or calcium or another vitam... |
How do animals with white coloring on their bodies keep from permanently staining their fur? | 1) There's not a lot of common, naturally-occurring things that stain hair that readily. We need strong artificial chemicals to do it to our own hair. 2) The fur keeps growing. If you bleached your hair blonde, it wouldn't be permanent. Soon enough you'll grow more new hair. |
Why is jumping rope, a seemingly tiny exertion, so taxing from a cardio standpoint? | It's not a tiny exertion. You're jumping up and down repeatedly while swinging your arms.Jumping requires moving your entire body weight all at once UP against gravity Walking and running are actually more like falling In-fact a normal walk you are typically just tilting your center of mass and repeatedly catching your... |
Why is there so little or no meaningful reaction or consequence to the US after the Snowden leaks? [FIXED] | Because the US is the 800lb gorilla of international politics. You have an economy so strong that there is no one who is super keen to piss you off. The US doing business with a place like Canada can make or break the entire Canadian economy. Economic sanctions are almost useless, because the US had the ability to bloc... |
- what is the difference between freedom of will and freedom of action? | I am free to will you harm but not free to actually harm you. I can will/want whatever I want, that's freedom of will. Expressing that will is an action and is far more limited. |
How the Recycle Bin on your computer works. | Your computer takes the data you "delete" and just sort of flags it. The flag basically means "Hey, I'm going to go hang out in the Recycle Bin. I'm still around, but overwrite me if you need to write something else." This is also how some data recovery applications function. They scan the disk for any flagged data and... |
Why don't Oreos absorb almond milk as fast as cow's milk? | I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but oreos have changed their recipe. They're using cheaper fats. They do not act the same in cow's milk, either. |
How does a HSA (Health Savings Account) work and compare to traditional insurance? | HSA is a bank account. You put your own money in it pre-tax and it can be used for medical expenses. Your employer can also put money in it. It's not insurance by itself, but usually a part of a coverage plan. |
Why are magazines like Playboy and Penthouse considered porn and mostly sold at the gas station while Cosmo has blatantly sexual content on the cover and is sold at the checkout at Wal Mart? | To put it simply, Playboy and Penthouse show female nipples and genitals while Cosmo does not. While Cosmo will allude to sexual situations, Playboy/Penthouse will explicitly describe them. That is the line we have decided to drawWomen look at cosmo for how to look Sexy. Men look at porn to get off. Do you see the vulg... |
Why you have to pay a "membership fee" to shop at places like Costco or Sam's Club? | Companies like that profit most from their memberships and keep their retail prices low through whole sale. The numbers work, Its a great business modelAnother thing the membership fee does is keep out the "riff-raff." Shoppers at Costco tend to be very affluent. The Costco special they just ran on CNBC said the averag... |
- why are flannel sheets so much warmer than regular cotton sheets? | Because flannel. The fuzzy sheets trap more air than a regular sheet. That's what makes them warmer. |
Why does birth control and/or the morning after pill only suitable for women under 176 lbs? | Body mass. These are hormones, a larger mass needs more dose. And as for the BC there are plenty that affect women who are over that.I'm guessing because the medication is only potent enough for so much body mass. Think of it like alcohol. Someone who is 300lbs vs 120lbs can drink a whole hell of a lot more because the... |
How does the Google Authenticator work? | First off, there's a security construct known as a MAC, message authentication code. It's basically a way to verify that a given message is both correct and who it came from . What is a message? It could be any data at all. Your name in text, your picture in jpg form, or even the **current** **time**, conspicuous boldi... |
What does it mean when a car's engine is, for example, a 2.0L? | It is the internal size of the cylinders. on a motorcross the size is given in cubic centimeters . Most often, higher volume means a more powerful engine! EDIT: 2.2L means internal volume of 2.2 liters! |
In a series circuit, why does the position of the resistor not matter? | The current is the same everywhere in a series circuit. The purpose of the resistor in that circuit is to limit the current which flows through the LED. For this purpose, it doesn't matter if the resistor comes before or after the LED, since the current drawn from the battery depends on the equivalent impedance of the ... |
Why can abused people spot other abused people almost immediately? | Can they? I'm not certain this is anything more than wishful mythery. Can you link to a study or offer some sort of evidence that suggests this is true? |
How is it legal to allow a criminal a lesser sentence in return for assisting the police/justice system. | Because it isn't *illegal*. No law says it cannot be done, unless a law specifically has a minimum allowable sentence and even then the justice system has ways to work around that. |
Why do most Americans despise jurry duty? | You are forced to take time off work and you get little to no compensation for it.Most people don't like being told they have to go do something for very little compensation. That said, it is one of the very few things that we are required to do to serve our communities, so everyone that is summoned should go do their ... |
How people get paid from YouTube, and the amount they are paid. | Youtube offers a partnership program to popular Youtubers which enables them to earn a share of the advertising revenue if they agree to follow a number of conditions . Some Youtubers also make deals with third-party production and marketing companies allowing them to earn money through product placement, sponsorships ... |
What is the purpose of using GPA instead of a percent average? | GPA is an easier way for people to tell at a glance, what grades you got more often at school: 4 is A 3 is B 2 is C 1 is D and anything lower than that, you fail at lifeCould someone possibly explain this to someone unfamiliar with the US grading system? i.e. me |
Highways, Freeways, Turnpikes, Interstates, etc. What distinguishes one from the other? | In some cases, the definitions can vary based on regional preferences. But here is one common view: Freeways, Turnpikes and Interstates are all types of Highways. An Interstate is a road that is part of the federal Interstate highway system. Much of the funding for the roads comes from the federal government, and the r... |
How does sunlight carry vitamin D? | It doesn't. Your body makes a precursor to Vitamin D and stores it in your skin until you receive sunlight and the UV rays trigger the precursor to the next step and then it eventually becomes Vitamin D. |
Why doesn't OPEC cut their drilling targets? | OPEC isn't the force it once was. With non-OPEC members being four of the top five oil producers, they just don't have the clout they used to. Cutting production might result in an increase in oil prices, but it would also result in loss of market share as those other countries kept plugging along. OPEC hopes to outlas... |
Why is my nose only stuffed when I am sitting/lying down but is fine when I standing. | A stuffy nose indicates that you have inflammation in your sinuses. It just means you have a lot of blood in your nasal area. When you stand, your blood pressure in your head decreases, allowing blood to drain from your sinuses and clear your nasal passages. When you lay/sit down, you increase blood pressure in your he... |
What is a 'whip' in US congress and what do they do? | The whip is a very senior role who ensures that the party leadership has the votes to pass their bills. The job is mostly informal with lots of behind the scenes negotiations over favors, election support money, and logrolling and other perks to ensure that the majority leader has the support of their party for their g... |
Why do companies make wild-looking 'concept cars?' | It is a mixture of both. These companies are showing off their creative genius blah blah. But as an engineer it forces you to design differently. I will use your example. Look at those wheels, they are crazy and require an entirely different way to transfer power to them which leads to maybe not better, but different d... |
Do skunks have to empty their stink glands like we do our bladder and then refill or do they stay full until they need to use it and then refill? | No they don't. They stay full until they need it. In fact, since a "spray" pretty well guarantees the skunk's survival against predatory mammals , they only actually use it sparingly. |
How does epigenetics work? How much can
your actions change the genes you pass on, and in
what way? | Your genes are made of DNA. We think of DNA as a pretty static molecule, that never changes or varies once we 've inherited it. As it would turn out, there are lots of chemical processes that can happen to the DNA . These can happen at any moment in our lives and might have to do with our lifestyle. For example, having... |
What are some real life examples of math-slopes? | Positive- Walking up a hill. Negative- Walking down a hill. Undefined- Climbing a ladder Zero- walking across your kitchen floor. |
How do iPhones and Fitbits track the number of steps you've taken? | Mobile Software Engineer here: An example of an algorithm/approach would be this We assume that taking a step causes a change in the accelerometer. And generally speaking people walk at an average pace. Therefore if we detect a rhythmic change of values being output by the accelerometer we can assume that it is a step ... |
How can the California drought directly affect us Californians if this condition continues over the next year or so? | For most of us we'll just have to limit our water use and pay big fines if we go over it. But your favorite local farmer's market might have paltry offerings if the drought continues and farms can't get all of the water they need. Also you might have to say bye-bye to your favorite California microbrews since those use... |
how do engineers make sure wet surface (like during heavy rain) won't short circuit power transmission tower? | They space the wires far enough apart that rain won't cause an arc between phases. If you were to hover between them, it might cause an arc. There was a lot of testing done to determine how close is too close for electrical safety. |
What is plasma and why do people donate it? | Think of your veins as rivers. Red Blood cells are like the vital fuel and resource freighters, carrying Oxygen. White Blood Cells are like the Navy, getting rid of any bad guys. Plasma is the water and smaller ships People donate differently than Whole Blood, because Whole Blood is used just to replace someone's lost ... |
why do people generally seem to dislike Piers Morgan? | If by "people" you mean "Americans," it's because he has a very stereotypical superiority complex. ELI5 for real this time: It's because he's a big know-it-all and likes to pretend everyone else is stupid, especially if they disagree with him. |
Why most social media apps/platforms are moving away from chronological feeds | Chronological feeds put items in an objective order, everybody knows 3PM is before 4PM. Other sorts of feeds allow the social media companies to let customers pay to change the order of items in your feed, so you see their item before some item they don't financially benefit from about cats wearing hats. More ways to g... |
Why does bad PR cause a companies stock to drop in price? | Because the value of the stock is based on the value of the company and if a company does something dumb or offensive against the public, business usually dropsIf the bad publicity results in losing a substantial number of customers or results in either a company policy change or regulation implemented that make the bu... |
Why do only some animals have recreational sex, while other animals only have sex purely with the intent of reproduction? | It has mostly to do with the mating behaviors of specific animals. If we're talking about higher vertebrates , lots of animals will engage in coitus if given the opportunity, presumably because it feels good and/or they have a strong natural instinct to do so. However, not all animals have the opportunity to engage in ... |
Why do I have real long dreams and I find out I have been asleep only for 2 minutes? | Your sense of time is already imperfect . Throw in unconsciousness and your concept of time goes right out the window |
Why Disney and Comcast are attempting to purchase major parts of 21st Century Fox, and why Murdoch family has no problem with handing off its valuable entertainment assets away? | They would never "hand away" valuable assets. They want to sell them for a gigantic fortune. Good deal!They are not handing away any assets, they are selling them for a massive amount of money. Your question is based on false assumptions. |
How could being near or farsighted help us? What is the purpose of having nearsighted or farsighted vision? | There's not a purpose; it's a defect. It's just a defect we've learned to artificially correct so it won't get weeded out evolutionarily. |
- Why i cant remember most dreams after i wake up | Dreams actually use up memory in the brain, but it is not stored in long term memory, only short term - like a phone number from the chinese place. So when you wake up your brain starts erasing the short term for new memories. So, when you wake up most dreams get erased and new memories take their placeLearning lucid d... |
what is the difference between democrat and liberal in the American political system | Republican and Democrat refer to members of specific political parties. "Liberal" and "conservative" are socioeconomic and political ideologies. The Republican party tends to be more conservative than the Democratic party, but they're not always entirely conservative, or conservative on all issues. The Democratic party... |
If we all eat different foods, why is everyone's pee yellow and poop brown? | Both pee and poop can change colors. For example, if you eat foods high in iron, your poop will be green/dark. Pee can range from dark yellow to clear. There are even foods that change your pee color. |
Why does the sun get darker/more red as it sets? If it emits white light, then where do all the other colors go? | Firstly, the light emitted by the sun isn't pure white, it's on the yellow side of the spectrum. When light passes through the atmosphere, it is diffracted and dispersed by the gases and particles contained within the atmosphere. This changes the quality of the light. When the sun is directly overhead, the light is tra... |
At what point did countries in the Middle East become extremist muslim/militiary? | In the 50s the USA pulled down a democratical elected Man in Iran from his power because he were against the interests of the west and then they placed a western-friendly dictator, the shah of Iran, who were in fact not religous but authoritarian. One time people of Iran had enough of him and they began to protest. Som... |
Why doesn't Reddit's "rising" tab work? | *Not an answer*. But i think someone a while ago found a simple error in the website's code. Something to do with the time when calculating votes, where it should have been a divide rather than a multiplication; or something along those lines. Reddit just kept it in because everything is working "fine". I suppose that ... |
Does a bank have the power to directly edit the value of a bank account? If so, what stops them from doing so? | The thing that stops them from doing so is the audit trail. They have to account for every penny that passes through them. If $90 appears or disappears, they have to explain it.Well, they have the power. But it is illegal. And stupid. If they change the value from $10 to $100 in an account, then they are out $90. What ... |
Why do our bodies produce excess mucous when we are sick, and what would happen if our bodies didn't produce mucous? | Bacteria get stuck in mucus, which is then expelled from the body. We produce extra when we are sick so we can get rid of the bacteria infecting us. If we didn't produce mucus we'd be eternally ill, Because there wouldn't be much blocking the microbes from reaching our cells. Additionally, the majority of mucus is foun... |
Just in time for Christmas; why aren't women's dress sizes standardized like men's clothing sizes? | Couple things to consider: "Dress" is a very, *very* broad term. You can have a number of different styles within that category. And each of those styles involves a number of different variables - waist, chest, length top to bottom, length somewhere else, I don't know really. But think of it this way: "dress" as a cate... |
How do PEO companies work? | The PEO becomes the *co-employer* . They take on many of the obligations of HR, payroll and insurance. The general benefit is that they get to take advantage of the economy of scale on things like worker's comp insurance, health benefits and other services like payroll. Technically they employ all of the employees of t... |
How does this captcha stop a bot when all it does is click a box? | I am not sure if it is known exactly how this works, but it appears to basically analyze how you pressed the button. Did your mouse instantly jump to the center of the button and press it, or did it move at a normal speed along a not straight line? Are you actually on a browser or just issuing web requests? It is prett... |
Why's there an established mafia in Italy? how did they come to be? | In the annotations to "The Leopard" by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , they mention that the "hallway guards" of the Sicilian aristocracy were the origin of the Mafia - armed men who used that power to bully people into paying protection money. The Italian state has during many periods been comparatively weak and politi... |
When did "Rick Rolling" people on the internet become a thing and why that song in particular? | The first known instance of a rickroll occurred in May 2007 on /v/, 4chan's video game board, where a link to the Rick Astley video was claimed to be a mirror of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV . The joke was confined to 4chan for a very brief period. By May 2008, the practice had spread beyond 4chan and beca... |
If a person were to time travel from any time in history, pre 1800's, and ended up in modern day NYC, how would this affect their health, particularly their hearing? | Unfortunately, as hypothetical as this is there is no true answer or explaination to your request as it is revolving around a hypothetical on hearing. There is no relevant explaination that could be given to your query. Now general health, that is different. People prior to the 1800s suffered from a variety of differen... |
Why are humans the only creatures to wipe their behinds? | To my knowledge, we're the only animals to have an exceptional need to do so, due to our bipedal build. Most quadrupeds don't have buttocks of the nature of those created by the way our legs connect to our torsos. Feces drops directly from their anuses to the ground, without need to pass between two large slabs of musc... |
Why should I say "an historic event" but not "an history class"? | It apparently stems from where the stress falls in the word, e.g. his-TOR-ic vs. HIS-tor-y. Plagiarizing from the Mac dictionary app's entry for "An": > There is still some divergence of opinion over which form of the indefinite article should be used before words that begin with h- and have an unstressed first syllabl... |
If the solar system revolves clockwise in the galaxy and the earth revolves counter clockwise around the sun, are we traveling in 2 directions at the same time? | If you're on a bus that's moving forward at 55MPH, and you walk from the front of the bus to the back, are you moving in two directions at once? No, you're moving "forward" at slightly less than 55MPH. That said, we're *technically* moving in three directions at once, since we have three spatial dimensions. Four, if yo... |
Why does blood taste like copper even though Iron is by far the most common metal in blood, and even then there is not much? | Blood tastes like "metal" because it has a lot of iron in it. We call it a "coppery" taste, but it is the iron that you're tastingSodium is by *far* the most common metal in your blood. There is actually very little Iron in it. Moreover, the iron in your blood is bound in molecules like Hemoglobin. Saying it should tas... |
Why can't the UN put sanctions on the US for not adopting climate change policies, given the disproportionate impact it will have on the rest of the world? | The United Nations sanctioning process goes through the Security Council. The US, Russia, China, France, and the UK have veto power over any item that comes through the Security council. Those 5 countries are effectively unsanctionable, atleast through the UN. You could go outside the UN but there isn't a political wil... |
What will happen in the spratly islands now that China has refused to acknowledge the Hauge's verdict? Will there be military conflict? | According to their PRs, China won't heed the decision, thus things will continue as normal. As for military conflict, the Philippines' new President, Rodrigo Duterte, is planning to conduct talks with the Chinese so there won't be any, at least in the distant future. Also, Duterte has ties with the Chinese, and might j... |
If student loans are the only type of loans that never go away no matter what, why don't they impact your credit score more significantly? | First of all you can get away from almost any loans at any time by simply leaving the country and never coming back. Thats something many people do, even if you dont consider it. Student loans do make an impact but not as much as others because it isnt considered the same kind of credit. The regulations are different, ... |
If suspended in space, could you cup your hands together and blow into them like a sailboat to move? | In a word, no. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If youre blowing outward on your hands, youre blowing yourself backwards at the same time with identical force. In essence, your hands and body are being pulled in opposite directions with perfectly equal force. you will remain stationary. Howeve... |
How are smoking accessory shops legal in states that still consider Marijuana illegal? | Because they're not "bongs". They're "tobacco water pipes".They are selling them under the impression the buyer is using them for tobacco, which we all know is bullshit. They try to deter from talk about marijuana in their store. It's a technicality thing. |
Does putting black strips under your eyes help with light in your eyes, and if so, how? | Some light reflects off the top curve of your cheeks and into your eyes. This glare is reduced by those black strips.Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: How does putting black charcoal marks below your eyes help you see better in sunlight? ]1. [ELI5: How does eye black that athletes we... |
How do websites like facebook, reddit, twitter etc. legally protect their terminology? For example "tweets", "karma", "wall" etc. | As an interesting side note, Twitter was not the one that coined the word "tweet". It was the creators of the first Twitter clients - [Twitterrific], which is made by [IconFactory].They can't. None of those things are legally protected trademarks, just the names of the companies are. |
Why do phone cameras (for example) make close objects appear much further than they really are when compared to the naked eye? | There is a principle in photography called "compression". Why I cannot explain the actual physics of the situation, I can explain the end result. The wider a focal length of a lens the less compression. The more telephoto the focal length the more compression. The focal length of a cell phone camera is quite wide leadi... |
In a game as beautiful and detailed as GTA V, why the hell do the vehicle mirrors not work? | Mirrors are super hard on either the lighting or npc count depending on the method the game designers decide to use there are 2 shit tons of cars in that game so there are 4 shit tons of mirrors to keep track of, that's a little too much for a simple aesthetic. To incorporate that they'd have to remove a lot. |
Anonymous and What they do. | the "Name" anonymous comes from the default name on 4chan when you can opt out of identifying yourself on it's forums. You can literally post JUST your reply/opinion, and that's it. This format was unheardof in the western internet before 4chan came about, and it sort of took on a life of it's own because unlike the ot... |
Why beer, wine and spirits are exempt from requiring a Nutritional Facts label in the USA? | I believe that beer/wine/liquor fall under ATF or some branch of government and the labeling is an FDA standard. I'm sure the FDA would love to be able to regulate booze but changing from the ATF to the FDA standards would take years and be a huge mess. Even if the FDA came up with a full proposal to regulate them fair... |
Why does liquor come in volumes of 750ml? | A "fifth" is a traditional volume for liquor bottles. 750mL is a metric volume which is very close to a fifth_URL_0_ > A quart or one fifth of a gallon was a common legal threshold for the difference between selling by the drink and selling by the bottle or at wholesale, and thus the difference between a drinking saloo... |
How were books printed and published from handwritten manuscripts? | Back at the start of printing people would read the manuscript and manually clamp together blocks with individual letters on them to form lines, then entire pages. Those pages were the actual printing surface. |
Why do people dislike white lighters? | _URL_0_ TLDR: They have a weird superstitious stigma. Most people probably don't know the origin, and have just heard that they're unlucky. |
What's the purpose of feeling sad? | You cannot feel happy if you haven't felt sad. everything in life has it opposite . If you only ever tasted very sweet things, but never anything savory or bitter, you would never know what you were tasting was sweet. Same goes for feelings. |
How does squinting your eyes work? Specifically when you are looking at something and without closing your eyelids, blur your vision? | This question ask been asked and [answered] many times before. I'm linking to an [askscience] answer here since it's good and quite simple, but there have been many other answers in eli5 too. |
How do they figure out/determine exchange rates? | It's mostly supply and demand. If a lot of people who own American Dollars want to buy stuff sold by people in Europe who use Euros, and the people in Europe don't want to buy much stuff from America, they don't want American dollars as much.So, since they don't want American dollars as much, they will ask for more dol... |
Iran relation to 9/11 and the recent court order | This was a *default judgment* that was automatically granted to the claimants. Iran never showed up in court or attempted to defend itself because US courts don't have jurisdiction over foreign governments due to the international legal principle of Sovereign Immunity. The US has been trying to make an exception to the... |
Why do we never fully complete our dreams? | That's a difficult question, as dreams are not something fully explainable or rational. In fact to the best of my knowledge we don't entirely know their purpose or mechanism beyond "continuous activity and sorting of memories and thoughts through dreams is a way for the brain to sort through information". Based on the ... |
The difference between the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system? | The innate immune system is just a general and primarily local response to a "foreign" invader. The main players in the innate immune system are white blood cells called granulocytes, such as basophils, neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells. These cells release chemicals that cause inflammation and set the stage for... |
What does an engineer do? | He solves problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?', because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.He solves practical problems.Compare scientists with engineers. In general, scientists figure out ways that things can be done at all, while engineers actually do them. So computers, inte... |
Why does water have warm/cold spots? | Water is much better than air at retaining heat. Oil, for instance, will heat a lot faster in a pan than the same amount of water will. It will also cool faster. So when in an ocean, a current or tide might take water that was warmer , you can feel the difference in water temperature as you pass into that new flow of w... |
Why does the United States government (and the international community in general) seem to care more about ISIS than what's going on in Mexico? | The issue isn't the brutality, but what poses more danger to the United States and its interests. Because of the instability of the Middle East region and the potential impact that instability could have on US interests, ISIS is a much bigger threat. |
What was Japan's end goal in WWII? | > Hitler wanted to take over the world and implement the master race. No. The closest thing he had to an end-goal was to depopulate what is today Eastern Europe and settle German farmers in their place. He also wanted a negotiated peace with Britain that left Germany the dominant European power. The "master race" stuff... |
How do seedless watermelons reproduce? | Seedless watermelons are either of two 'varieties'. Some have little whitish, and soft, seeds that you don't feel. These can sometimes reproduce through those seeds. They're not truly seedless. The vast majority of seedless watermelon however, are hybrids. They've been bred to stop producing seeds. As a result, they'll... |
Why doesn't water stick to your body. | Water does stick to our body. If it didn't, we wouldn't need to use a towel after a shower. What makes you think water doesn't stick to our body? |
When it's hot out and you're driving, what is it called when you see reflections of things on the horizon and what causes it? | It is called a Mirage. _URL_0_ Copied from the wiki:Cold air is denser than warm air and has therefore a greater refractive index. As light passes from colder air across a sharp boundary to significantly warmer air, the light rays bend away from the direction of the temperature gradient. When light rays pass from hotte... |
What would getting rid of the national deficit do for an average American's daily life? | so, are you asking about the annual deficit in spending, or the total national debt? Because they are different. It would come down to how it gets paid off. Increase taxes and no more borrowing would be the quickest way to paying it off, but that is lose-lose for everyone. Having debt is not a bad thing. Where the debt... |
What exactly determines the color of lightning? | The color of a stationary light source is based on the temperature of the light source, and the color of any lenses/materials the light passes through on its way to you. Lower temperatures make redder light, and higher temperatures add through the rainbow until you have white light from all the colors combined. Lightni... |
How are males and females born at such an equal rate? | When a child is conceived, the sperm cell and the egg cell each contribute one chromosome. If the child gets two X chromosomes, it becomes a woman and if the child gets an X and a Y, it becomes a man. The egg cell, coming from a woman, can only give an X chromosome. The sperm cell, coming from a man, can give either an... |
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