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<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some animals (like spiders or lizards) spend so much time just doing nothing? What is happening and why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most organisms are in a constant struggle for energy. Obtaining energy is dangerous, you have to leave your save burrow or go risk injury in a hunt. Tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what makes pain differentiate into various sensations such as shooting, stabbing, throbbing, aching, sharp, dull, etc?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant How big the area causing the pain is, plus the method of damage of the tissue e.g. are the cells too hot, or physically cut, and therefore which t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Can someone explain money laundering? Someone on YouTube was explaining money laundering, which is basically getting “dirty” money, and doing a bunch of things to clean it up. My specific question is, how can money be dirty? I just don’t understand<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's say that y...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 why is it called 'Nucleic ACID' when one of its components is a Nitrogenous BASE?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The acidity comes from the phosphate groups used in forming DNA and RNA molecules. These phosphate groups are quite similar to phosphoric acid. The only difference there is the replace...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why older cartridge games freeze on a single frame rather than crashing completely? What makes the console "stick" on the last given instruction, rather than cutting to a color or corrupting the screen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The way games usually work is that there is a large part of the...
<|im_start|>user Today I found what appears to a be a plant that repaired a broken limb with as smaller support limb. What is going on with this? (Pics inside) So I am calling it a buttress, but I don't really know what this phenomenon is called. I have been unsuccessful in googleing any information on the matter. P...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we close our eyes when we hear a loud noise? For an example when someone is hammering in a nail.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your eyes are the single most important part of perception as a human - People who cannot see are massively disabled and their entire life changes. Likewise, it...
<|im_start|>user How do we recognize what language we hear is even if we don't know it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant All languages have characteristic sounds and sound patterns. This is called phonology. Languages also have characteristics beyond just sounds such as stress pattern, length of each sound, and pattern ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is female circumcision so much more frowned upon than male circumcision? .<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Female circumcision is something of a euphemism, and the term covers a large variety of different practices. These are rarely analogous to male circumcision, where for example just the c...
<|im_start|>user People can learn many complicated things. Given this, how does the big-5 model represent a "truth"? Can't I just train people to have different traits? Arguably this happens when people * join cults or manipulative relationships where they are "changed" as people * are influenced through advertising t...
<|im_start|>user [Counter Strike] Why are elite police officers allowed to paint their weapons in such flamboyant manners and why do they need to buy them before each mission, even when a nuclear power plant is in danger?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Every soldier is given a sort of requisition budget before they go...
<|im_start|>user How do satellites know their precise location?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We can track satellites using ground based stations (IGS) and use the data to make corrections to signals from things like GPS satellites. This data is not always transmitted back to the satellite, so not all satellites kno...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how can NASA connect to distant planet rovers and far off satellites but there are still dead zones to cell phone coverage and internet connectivity on Earth<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant NASA's satellites have a clear line of sight between whatever's on Mars or in space. On earth there's a t...
<|im_start|>user Can someone please explain solar flares? How large are they and how long do they last?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant To be brief on what is an amazingly deep field: Solar flares are the visible manifestations of magnetic explosions in the upper atmospheres of the Sun. Where a chemical explosion take...
<|im_start|>user How did structuralism lead to post-structuralism? If it did it at all? Thanks :)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Structuralist like Claude Levi Strauss were interested in discovering laws of human society and behavior. They did this by studying the history and anthropology of the world, especially plac...
<|im_start|>user Is there a mutation that adds new genetic information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As a basic example, you can have duplications. Instead of having one copy of gene A in the haploid genome, a duplication gives you two. Now, the two copies are free to accumulate different mutations. Say, A stays rel...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do medics keep you awake when you’ve had a traumatic injury? Why would being unconscious be more dangerous?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Until the patient has time to get to a hospital and get good diagnosis, it is hard for anyone in the field to determine (other than gross external injuri...
<|im_start|>user Any advice for a someone who aspires to be a philosopher? It is the one thing I always loved. It is called philosophy. And for the first time in my life ( 17 years old ) I have started reading it and watching lectures about it. Yet I feel like I am missing something or doing something wrong, perhaps I ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If Affirmative Action's purpose is to help minorities out of the poverty cycle then we should give less support to those who study something that has a lower chance of making money.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The highest paying majors tend to be the most math heavy, which is hard for pretty m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : why is a room heated to 65 quite comfortable, but a room cooled to 65 is freezing!?!?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Temperature contrast and adaptation difference. When the room is heating, your body adapted to the cooler temperature, thus it relaxes and your blood vessels slightly expand (th...
<|im_start|>user ELi5 What is mathematics &amp; why does it work<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Mathematics is a language based on logic. It's nothing more than a way to describe things. It's precision is what makes it useful. It seems there is not much we can not describe with the language of mathematics.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user How much formal education is necessary to become a philosopher? I am currently pursuing philosophy at the undergraduate level. If I do not go to graduate school, then would I still be taken seriously if I were to pursue a career as an academic philosopher? If not, then are there any philosophy careers ...
<|im_start|>user Why does my external speaker have louder ground-hum when the computer it is plugged into displays brighter colors?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your monitor uses a scheme called "dynamic contrast" to improve it's contrast ratio. When brighter colors are displayed, the backlight intensity increases, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are older electronics more durable and last longer than newer ones? Wouldn't it make sense if they kept making them strong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As things get more components, they have more potential points of failure. Imagine an old style coffee maker that just has the heating e...
<|im_start|>user [The last of us] Where are the quarantine zone's rations coming from anyway? Humanity's industry has been all but destroyed, even what remains of the military seems to be relying on scavenged tech. So forget all the bitching about 'half ration weeks'. How are these guys getting any rations? Are there...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What can high-profile law firms do to win cases that smaller law firms can't? In other words, what's the difference between highly-paid attorneys and lower-paid attorneys?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Larger top-tier/Magic Circle law firms pay their employed solicitors very well, and they're v...
<|im_start|>user [Pokemon] Why do so many trainers only train a single type of Pokemon? It should be obvious to anyone that a team with some type diversity is much stronger, since your entire team wouldn't have a glaring weakness. But so many trainers seem to focus on one type. I guess it would make sense that many pe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: What stops "neckbeards" from socializing and being sexually active is not looks and money, it's their failure to thrive socially when they were younger. And that one is definitive During the news cycle about the Isla Vista shootings, one thing that was often said (though I can't seem to find the r...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why aren't there any green stars?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Stars emit light mostly based on their temperature which produces light of all wavelengths, but with a peak. The higher the temperature, the shorter the wavelength of the peak light and the more blue it appears. Colder stars peak a...
<|im_start|>user How were we able to measure how big the sun is? I was just wondering because I've heard throughout my schoolyears the size of the sun and the distance, but we are not able to get close to it. How do we know?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Combination of two methods for direct observation: 1. Parallax...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] How does Google Maps get real time traffic information?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the things Google is very good at is acquiring and analysing information, often from a range of different sources. I believe the real time traffic information can come from two places. The obvious one...
<|im_start|>user I understand the first 4 derivatives of position, (displacement, velocity, acceleration, and jerk) but can someone explain snap to me? Everything up to acceleration is quite easy to understand. Even jerk is somewhat easy: the change in acceleration. But how do you explain snap, the change in the chan...
<|im_start|>user Can anyone help me understand Peter Singer's argument in favor of vegetarianism? I am trying to view vegetarianism from a philosophical standpoint and have heard Peter Singer makes a very sound argument for why we should not kill animals for food. I believe the crux of his argument is in [this essay](h...
<|im_start|>user Can people who work in business and finance see how much money is in american people's savings accounts? News media people sometimes point out that most americans have little to no money in their savings accounts. That news media people say this that means that they can see how much people are saving o...
<|im_start|>user Is there any good answer to "why be moral?"? Edit: I guess another way of putting the question would be to phrase it the way Macintyre phrased it (paraphrasing Macintyre paraphrasing Kierkegaard): For what reasons do we have to even think, act and lead a life in terms of "good, bad, excellent, virtuous...
<|im_start|>user What's a good data structure to store hexagon-constrained graph? I'm making a small game that will have a graph-like map. The game consists of roads (edges), and cities (nodes), and each connection angle is at a multiple of 120º. Here's a diagram to illustrate what I mean: &amp;#x200B; &amp;#x200B; ...
<|im_start|>user [Parks and rec] how is Ron Swanson so rich? Throughout the show they mention how much money Ron has but at the same time every time Ron has a chance to make money like selling his cabin and making chairs he turns it down. Where does he get all this money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most people get...
<|im_start|>user What are some fundamental books on sexuality ? Hey I'm pretty new to this topic but my asshat flatmate won't stop making weird arguments (redpill-lite) on this topic and I want to be armed with something substantial. What are some important books I can read on this massive topic ? Any important books ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes days feel like they're moving faster than others? Like, I've noticed some days just feel faster than others whether or not i'm actually doing anything. Why is that?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This can depend on how many things we're focusing on or dealing with but is also highly s...
<|im_start|>user How long does it take you to read a Philosophy paper that is, say, thirty pages long and what advice do you have to reduce the time? Hello! I am an Undergraduate Philosophy major and recently, I've noticed that it takes me very, very long to get through Philosophy papers. I was reading Rawls's *A Theor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are crocodiles much more widespread than alligators? Is there anything specific that makes crocodiles more widespread?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Crocodiles have special adaptations that allow them to tolerate saltwater whereas alligators are strictly limited to freshwater areas. Since f...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Game developers should form a labor union With all the light that's been made semi-recently of the workplace abuse, discrimination, and the resulting lawsuits and walkout at Activision-Blizzard, as well as the generally less than ideal working conditions within the industry(stress, long hours, low...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does one "invent new maths"? Like Isaac Newton inventing Calculus, or John Napier logs. How does one answer a mathematical question that's never been answered?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's about seeing things in a different way (and studying math of course). You want to solve a proble...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do muscles hurt the day after they are damaged, by over exercising or injury from a fall, and not at the time of the damage? If I workout too much, why don't my muscles hurt that day? Why is it not until the next day, or some time after the event that leads to the pain, that the muscles start...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes the random feelings of ants walking on your skin?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I would say capillary dilation/constriction. Your blood vessels have little tiny extensions called capillaries that service your tissues directly, and they have muscles around them that squeeze and relax...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can some overweight people lose weight with no excess skin, but others skin doesnt go away?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on how fast the weight loss is, how long the person was overweight, the method of weight loss, and then genetics. If someone was seriously overweight for 30 y...
<|im_start|>user My daughter wants to be an astrophysicist... help? I got through some college level science just fine but forgot most of it. I am an attorney and architect and so I can't help her much in way of astrophysics although I am pleased the alliteration can continue. She is very bright and I want to encour...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When loading something, why does the progress bar often speed through the first 99% but stall on the last 1%?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Often the progress bar is just a representation of the number of tasks or operations that are remaining (to be completed). The problem is that some tasks/...
<|im_start|>user [Pacific Rim] How are 8 Chinook helicopters able to lift one Jaeger robot? Referencing the latest information... It would appear that 8 Chinook helicopters are able to lift and transport one Jaeger robot. One Chinook helicopter has a lift capacity of 28,000 lbs. Times 8 is 224,000 lbs. A robot is quo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did the Christian Church become established after Jesus' death?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Lots and lots of missionary work and being implanted right in the middle of the Roman Empire. A lot of people attribute the Roman emperor Constantine as being the catalyst the really pushed Christi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the free market works so well, why do corporations need $93 Billion in annual government subsidies? Saw this on my FB feed and seemed like a good question for ELI5.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ideally, subsidies exist to incentivize behavior which the market doesn't value enough, like deve...
<|im_start|>user What Epistemological View Does the Majority of Science Currently Support? Title says most of what is needed to answer. For example, Rationalism, Empiricism, one of Empiricism's many forms, Perspectivism, Disjunctivism, or an Other?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant None? For the most part, scientific re...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is actually happening to fruit when it ripens? Does the calorie content increase while the fruit is sitting on the counter getting sweeter?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As fruit ripens, starch is being converted into glucose (bigger carbohydrate molecules to smaller ones). The more ripe i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does my 5 month old daughter know sad songs are sad? My wife and I found this out by accident but without fail really sad songs/ songs in a minor key with a slow tempo will make her start crying with real tears. How does she know they are sad without any context for what a happy or sad song i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some programs crash/become unresponsive when minimized? Skyrim is a huge example for many people. Why can't some programs do this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's say your computer is a line of students (programs) in primary school waiting to be served lunch (processing resources). ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Spider silk was, until recently, the strongest known natural material known to man. How is it that spider silk is stronger than something like a turtle's shell or a ram's horns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Strong is relative. Cement is strong, unless you pull on it; steel is strong, when bei...
<|im_start|>user Having Python script run without having to install packages I have an assignment where I must submit a Python program that my professor will then run on his computer. It is a web crawler that outputs data to a CSV. It requires a few packages such as Requests. Is there a way that I can submit a working ...
<|im_start|>user To all Computer Engineering/Science students &amp; graduates, what sorts of projects did you do during college and what do you recommend for the students currently in CS program? I am not sure what field to enter after completing my undergraduates. I want to get a taste of all the options before consid...
<|im_start|>user How harmful are microplastics to human babies? Studies show that babies' feces contain as much as 10x the amount of microplastics found in adult ones. And since babies are more fragile, microplastics must harm them more than they harm us. But by what margin?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The effects ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a computer playing chess make different moves against a player making the same moves in different games if the computer's moves are all calculated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A ) computers may utilize randomization to alter their plays: especially in the opening moves. B ) computer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do internet-based voice calls have lag but standard phone calls don't? I've got some family in Australia and it's always amazed me how a WhatsApp call, despite both having very fast internet speeds, will have a bit of lag (normally around a second or two) but a standard landline phone call th...
<|im_start|>user Advice from the other side - industry Hi everyone. Hearing from those in academia themselves could really help a fellow redditor who’s currently having a life crisis :) I work in corporate America, been doing it for several years, make 6 figures and am unhappy. Prior to pursuing the field I am in now...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does chewing sound louder with headphones on? For example, when crunching chips, it sounds louder than eating them without headphones. Why does this happen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant several reasons a few of the main reasons: sound travels faster through plastics/metals than through a...
<|im_start|>user [WH40K] Just how powerful is a Living Saint? They certainly *look* like they're the holy equivalent of a Daemon Prince, but how strong are they? Could they go toe-to-toe with a Daemon Prince, a Primarch, a Daemon Primarch?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Despite them being divine beings, their powers ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are camera lenses round, but the photos that they produce are square/rectangular?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Making round lenses is easier than square or other shapes. The thing that actually captures the image (whether its the CMOS/CCD in a digitial camera or a piece of film) is still ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does depth perception work? Do you need two eyes to have depth perception?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depth perception is our ability to judge distances. This can be done approximately based on how much our eyes have to focus, how big something is, how much ground there is between us an...
<|im_start|>user [Batman Begins] What was the official story behind Bruce coming back to Gotham after being presumed dead for 7 years? What possible reason would there be for a spoiled, self-absorbed billionaire playboy living off his parents' inheritance to just disappear from the public eye for several years? And w...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The United States should not drill any oil The United State's policy of increasing oil drilling is misguided. In all practicality, it is counter productive. First of all, the environmental consequences of drilling are intense, ranging from devastating the area to pollutants, to causing geologic in...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we still have court stenographers? Why don't they just record all the audio in the room?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The purpose of the transcripts is that the lawyers and judges can review what was said at a later date, and then reference it in motions and briefs. You might have a co...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 the meaning behind "turtles all the way down"<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant &gt;A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collect...
<|im_start|>user What is your team's practice for new coding standards? I'm on a small team that has been struggling with communication and formal processes for the last few months while we grow and get more pressure from a growing startup. We need a formal code standard process to be able to 1) introduce code standa...
<|im_start|>user How does Cancer cross the blood brain barrier?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The blood brain barrier prevents chemicals from crossing from the blood stream into neurons. Circulating Cancer cells will just edge themselves in a capillary and start driving there forming a ball of tissue . It is like yo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:When people are lined up for black Friday sales days in advance, how do they do normal "life" stuff? Here is an example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/21/black-friday-shoppers-lining-up-best-buy-2013_n_4316397.html Now be it folks lining up 12 days or 5 days or 2 days early for Black Fri...
<|im_start|>user If someone was standing on an asteroid in the asteroid belt, would you be able to see other asteroids?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The average distance between asteroids in the asteroid belt is about 100,000 km. The radium of larger asteroids is about 1km. Using those numbers an asteroid would be 1...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What does it even mean for the fundamental forces to be “unified” just after the Big Bang? This concept simply doesn’t make sense to me. The idea that they could be unified. How does that even make sense, and how would it manifest in the world at the time?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What sci...
<|im_start|>user [SCP Foundation/Dead Space] How would the foundation deal with the Marker? The Marker from Dead Space is unearthed in a remote part of Southeastern Europe and the foundation sets out to do its job. How do they deal with the Marker and the Necromorphs it creates?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant After th...
<|im_start|>user If evolution involves subtle changes in DNA structure, why aren't there more "transitional" species (e.g. more birds that can't really fly, or half-fish/half-land-creatures) alive today? It seems like there would be an abundance of these transitional creatures, and the "end result" (species as we know ...
<|im_start|>user Can someone explain the holographic theory of the universe to me in an easy to understand manner? I really can't quite grasp the concept from what I've read on Wiki, and I've yet to find an explanation that "clicks."<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Intuitively, you would expect the amount of informatio...
<|im_start|>user I believe high schools should use a multi-tier system to stream teenagers into appropriate programs based on intelligence, regardless of the stigma this may cause. CMV Myself and a few of my friends have recently been discussing the merits of our current educational system in Canada (and possibly North...
<|im_start|>user You can't form an "ought" from an "is"? This phrase comes up a lot in internet debates and it always seems to end the debate, which seems wrong to me. What can you say in reply? What *can* you form an "ought" from? The trouble is that most statements you can make seem like "is" statements, even those a...
<|im_start|>user This is a stupid question, but are human cells roughly flat/planar or spherical in shape? I was under the assumption that the lipid bi-layer of the plasma membrane was roughly planar due to the roughly cylindrical shape of the double-tail phospholipid molecule (as opposed to the spherical shape formed ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes a "Special Agent" so special? Does the FBI/etc have Un-special agents?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant An Agent is simply a representative of the government who can conduct investigations. They do not possess the special power to also arrest people. FBI agents are “Special Agents” beca...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do artists mean when they talk about rendering? I hear the term "rendering" thrown around in both traditional and digital art communities like it's some sort of buzzword, but I've never gotten a clear explanation as to what it means.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of the work you do i...
<|im_start|>user How can Leibniz' God (as a monad Himself) cause other monads if he admits that substances are not intercausal? This is specifically in reference to his *Discourse On Metaphysics* in which in paragraph XIV says "A particular substance never acts on another particular substance" and in paragraph XVI says...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Rather than have two separate sexes, why are not all species hermaphroditic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Organisms that exchange genes change more per generation than organisms that don't. As such, sexual organisms tend to evolve a lot faster relative to generation length than asexual ones. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:the caucuses, and why only 3 states "matter", why exactly do those states matter do much? Iowa, new Hampshire, etc<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two main reasons: - Those states are the first ones to vote for the primaries, they therefore set the tone of the entire election. If you wi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Is there a reason that concert stages are raised above the audience but sport fields are lowered? Shouldn't they both be easily visible? For example, the Coliseum floor (where the action is) is below all of the spectators so they can easily see what's happening, but almost all concert stages are ...
<|im_start|>user Why do gravitational lenses sometimes result in Einstein-crosses rather than full circles? In what way can the light be "bent" by a gravitational lense so that an observer sees two (or more) copies of the object rather than seeing a full circle? E.g. in Einstein-crosses you see 4 copies spaced evenly a...
<|im_start|>user How to begin a career as an economic researcher Hi, I'm an undergraduate rising sophomore and I'm interested in doing research as a career. I've read online that private sector/public sector research internships as well as research with professors is important. However, the only economics knowledge I h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What are doctors looking for when they check your ears? Just got a physical and it got me thinking. What are doctors looking for in your ear? Please help. Edit: Thank you guys. Some really informative explanations. Reddit never fails me.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Doctors look for fluid in ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: All the stages of starvation up to death.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The first stage would be the conversion of any stored glycogen (form of stored excess glucose) into glucose. The second stage would be the breaking down of any stored fats in your body to provide for energy. The third and f...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: What is the Simpson’s paradox in statistics? Can someone explain its significance and maybe a simple example as well?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Say we want to see whether a medicine is effective at preventing heart attack in elderly populations. We see that among those taking the medicine, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Which transmission gives more mileage and why? I drive a manual transmission car and I find my mileage to be comparable if not lower to an automatic transmission car. While activating cruise control, my mileage rises by a few kms because of this I have always wondered which transmission for my ne...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What was it about Navajo Code talkers that made their signals so hard to decrypt in WWII? I hear about how cool these guys were and how much of a help they were in WWII, but what is it about the Navajo language that makes it such a good code?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant English is related to ...
<|im_start|>user Is there any way a Non-Scientist can contribute to /AskScience? I absolutely LOVE this subreddit, its facinating, friendly and professional. I've found out countless bits of great info here and I'm looking for a way to give back. I have great interest in science but little knowledge.<|im_end|> <|im...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why was plasma television technology discontinued? I ask because it seemed premature to me. OLED has great promise in the next 5 years, but it's still not there yet and certainly not there in terms of value/price ratio. I've been told by a videophile that the best TV on the market is now disconti...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the difference in sight between having 2 eyes and having 1? Or, what are the differences<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Stereo vision gives you depth perception. hold 2 objects out in front of you, but with one further away from you than the other. When you close one eye, they can appe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is a diesel engine such as the VW TDI able to obtain better fuel economy than an unleaded engine?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the factors which affects the efficiency of an internal combustion engine is the degree to which the working fluid (the hot gases) are allowed to expand, wh...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is Chemotherapy, and what happens during it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant it's chemical treatment to combat (usually) cancer growth. most are in liquid form and are administered intravenously (through a drip in your arm). a single treatment of chemo may involve receiving several differe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: the difference between a legal and an illegal war. Yes, I know there are numerous treaties and conventions governing conduct in war but is war itself legal and is there a distinction between a legal and illegal war?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In just war theory we can distinguish between *ju...