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<|im_start|>user How would the water cycle be affected if we were to switch to hydrogen as a fuel for the majority of cars? Would there be a net change in the amount of water on the planet? What would be the ramifications long term (100 years, or more into the future)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It depends on the ...
<|im_start|>user Do you keep your old/unfinished projects on github? Pretty much what title says. I was wondering whether you guys keep the old projects on your github(or any similar site) or you keep it clean and only have the ones you're proud of? &amp;#x200B; Personally i actually do keep most of the projects i've...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Being fat/obese/severely overweight and being okay with it with no desire to change is a form of self harm. If a person is severely overweight and they can change it just by eating less and working out more but are choosing not to, they are deliberately harming themselves. Whenever an overweight ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why increased atmospheric CO2 levels don't just mean healthier more lush plant life which in turn offset that CO2. .<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Photosynthesis = H20 + CO2 + Light (particularly UV/V/B light) made into O2 (oxygen gas) + C6H12O6 (Sugar).... Let's keep that simplification in mind...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How a dyno determines how much horsepower a car has from the tires spinning. Is it how fast the drum takes to get up to speed? I'm sure there is alot more to it like gearing, but this has always boggled me.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The simplest type uses a(very large) weighted wheel of a ...
<|im_start|>user [Fullmetal Alchemist]How is Alchemy used to heal? How do Alchemist heal people? Do they accelerate the growth of cells in the body to close wounds and etc? Doesn't this ignore equivalent exchange?.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This depends on the Alchemy. Amestrian generally can't heal except with...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Evolution (former jehovah witness) The theory of evolution.....ELI5:<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basic explanation: You have animals producing offspringThere will be slight variations between offspring and parents. These differences are due to recombinant of genes (you are a combo of genes fr...
<|im_start|>user [Rick and Morty] Are Meeseeks created with the knowledge to compete the task? Can they complete any task someone trained could do? In the episode they are created with the ability to teach Golf, speak well in public, write the speech given to help Summer, and had enough emotional depth to help Beth. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can bands play cover versions of older songs &amp; make money doing it, without penalty? Do they have to pay licensing beforehand?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A mechanical license is all that's usually required (in the USA). You can cover any song you want for $0.091 per copy that you sel...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Alpha Go and its decision making process.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant AlphaGo uses something called machine learning, which is essentially a way of classifying objects based on the classification of past objects that we give the computer. In this case the objects being classified are the stat...
<|im_start|>user I firmly believe that mathematics is given far too much priority over arts, humanities, and even science. CMV? **Edit:** Some elaboration. Where is the culture in overemphasizing mathematics? Sure, did can do trigonometry in the eighth grade, but can he appreciate a good novel, or is he taught the im...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it often times easy to give advice to someone in a tough situation, but when you’re in their shoes, it’s hard to make up your mind?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Along with answers people have given, it is also a matter of perspective. We can see the bigger picture when we are seeing som...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do printers use cyan instead of blue?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The primary colors of light are red, green, and blue. Pigments though absorb light and reflect portions of the spectrum so their primary colors are cyan, magenta, and yellow. Printers have to use cyan because they aren't pr...
<|im_start|>user Do you need microservices? There have been two posts on Medium about Microservices lately. One saying [I need them](https://medium.com/devops-dudes/yes-you-do-need-microservices-c38be2c7cd4) and one saying I [don't](https://medium.com/swlh/stop-you-dont-need-microservices-dc732d70b3e0) need them. What ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where do your thoughts go when you forget them? If a brain is analogous to a computer, is there some place where memories are stored either short term or long term?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Memories in the human brain are, as far as we know, stored as links between clusters of neurons. Whe...
<|im_start|>user How would you educate your child? In the US, we are aware that the public education system, K-12, is not running optimally. Lack of funding, irrelevant curricula and stifling of creativity are just some of the problems facing our schools. As a person who is familiar, or even involved, with academic pu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do animals survive being struck by lightning if the temperature of an average bolt is 5 times of that of the surface of the sun? (roughly 30,000 kelvin) [Apparently this bison got struck by lightning. Seems alright to me. Sorta.](https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/NealSmithNWRKar...
<|im_start|>user Why do we perceive octaves to be the "same" note? Is it cultural, psychological, or physics? I've always wondered this. Is it a feature of the waves? And if so, why does our brain interpret that feature to be the "same". Is it possible for a sentient being to perceive different "octaves" than ours, say...
<|im_start|>user What's the difference between an argument and an explanation? Homework Help I know that this question was already asked (2 years ago), but I couldn't understand the explanation. I tried to google it as well, which led to me only becoming more perplexed. I read that an argument can answer the question...
<|im_start|>user Ways for the rich to invest in the poor? Obviously the point of having extra money is to put it to work making more money, but in doing so limits its circulation within the economy. What are ways to turn a profit that also directly improves the lives of poor people? For instance, creating a factory pro...
<|im_start|>user Is Nietzschean philosophy anti-religion, or just anti-Christianity? I'm not an expert, but I've read Thus Spoke Zarathustra and The Antichrist, along with bits here and there and it seems that much of what Nietzsche criticized about religion, what he called slave morality, was actually about Christiani...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did/do people learn other languages without a translator<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically the same way you learn the first language. Drop someone in a society speaking a language they don't know and they'll get to learn pretty fast. Survival is quite a strong motivation. Sure it'll...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel] Does Daredevil "see" better or worse when it rains? I was re-watching Season 1 of DD, and during the fight in the rain, I couldn't figure out if DD had an easier or harder time fighting. I can see the argument for both: He can see better because the rain creates sound bouncing off EVERYTHING. ...
<|im_start|>user [HarryPotter] What does the wizarding world export? The wizarding world seems to purchase a lot of mundane stuff (like food) from muggles. Enough that Gringotts does currency exchange as a regular service. But what do muggles buy from wizards? Wizards don't seem to make a lot of mundane stuff, and m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do older games like to crash or have problems on newer computer? My buddy has a pretty decent pc he can run Doom Eternal at a smooth 60, but when he tried to run Unreal Tournament 2004 it was pretty much unplayable and I was curious as to why.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of it as a ...
<|im_start|>user [Fantasy] Why does technology in fantasy worlds stay the same for thousands of years? I would like to know, why is it that fantasy worlds technology seem to stay the same for thousands of years with no improvement ? For example: Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Eragon, and many other fantasy worlds seem to b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why is a decreasing population considered a bad thing for a country? Why is a decreasing population seen as a negative for industrialized countries? Doesn't increasing automation technology mean that with less people everyone will have more? Surely cities being less crowded with higher average wea...
<|im_start|>user CMV: My brother is making stupid financial decisions over a girl. My brother is making the absolute worst decisions ever, and it's even worse because he cannot even afford his mistakes by himself. My brother first started dating a girl months ago, he met her when he was down at a college (presumably h...
<|im_start|>user How would the earlier Wittgenstein be attacked by the later Wittgenstein, and how would earlier Wittgenstein respond?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most of the *Philosophical Investigations* is written as a response to his earlier views. To a certain extent, the drama of that book is him talking his ...
<|im_start|>user How do computers/calculators find the square roots of numbers?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most basic method is to use Newton's method. This is essentially a smart version of guess and check, where you use calculus to figure out what to guess. To use Newton's method, first you must phrase your...
<|im_start|>user If factoring numbers with ~1000 digits is so difficult that it is used in encryption, how do we know of primes with many millions of digits? I know that certain cryptographic systems use large prime factorizations as their encryption method because it takes a long time to factor large numbers, and usin...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "The future will be better because the trend of history is one of improvement" is a bad argument I have seen a lot of people in the past few weeks argue that the future will be swell because the trend of history is one of continuous improvement. And that's it. This, in my opinion, is a bad argumen...
<|im_start|>user What's outside the universe? So firstly im just some dumb 17 y.o with a question, and the question is... So space between all the objects in space is a vacuum of nothingness or spacetime or whatever but what is beyond that, that the universe is expanding into. Is there no space no time laws of physics?...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is there a separation between the medical and dental professions? We have a medical profession with specialties in everything, from head to toe -- neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology‎, podiatry, etc. etc. But we've decided that oral health, *that's* different. Let's set up a separate insu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does swallowing an air bubble hurt so badly? I hate it when I take a hasty drink of water and then suddenly I'm swallowing a giant air bubble. Why does it hurt as it goes all the way down?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ELI5 TLDR: Food is better at keeping it's shape, air tries to expand, a...
<|im_start|>user Does Feminism's Patriarchy entail falsifiable claims? If not, should it aspire to do so? How can we be certain it exists? I’m reading Johnson's Gender Knot right now, and while it has done a great job to help me understand the concept, I feel underwhelmed from it’s lack of convincing me that it *does*...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that if something bothered me really badly and had me thinking about it all day, do I wake up and feel completely fine and not as effected? How does 'just sleep on it' work? Also this is more for day to day issue or occurrences. I'm sure more serious problems don't just go away when you...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are there multiple methods for measuring electricity? (Volts, amps, watts, etc.)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They mean different things. Instead of electrons, imagine you're measuring a water pipe. How wide is it? That's resistance. How much pressure is inside? That's voltage. How f...
<|im_start|>user Why were wolves so easily domesticated to dogs? Why can't we domesticate say, lions?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dogs were relatively easy and beneficial because of how similar we are; - a) They are a social pack animal much like humans. Lions are the most social cat but still it's more the female...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: is being a morning person genetic or a choice? I have long been a night owl, and I can't for the life of me get used to being a morning person, in my culture sleeping early at night and waking up early in the morning is a must, but as I said I just can't get used to that, so my question is, can a...
<|im_start|>user Do "non-water rainbows" exist and (if yes) what do they look like? I've been thinking about rainbows from other liquids than water (e.g. gasoline) and wether they'd look like regular ones<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The main difference between different liquids boils down to their indices of refrac...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Does the lightsaber of a more powerful jedi/sith have more "cutting" power? We're shown that it Qui-Gon isn't able to instantly melt through a thick metal door with his lightsaber. He has to slow down a bit. Would a more powerful jedi/sith - Yoda or Sidious, for example - be able to slice ...
<|im_start|>user I wear glasses. Why did the optometrist not give me super vision? The other day I was sitting at the traffic department to have my drivers license renewed. Part of the renewal process requires me to have an eye test. I wear glasses and was tested both with, and without, my glasses on. Without my glasse...
<|im_start|>user Why can't we create underwater breathing technology by mimicking what happens in fish' gills? Edit: I mean by "extracting dissolved oxygen from water to stay submersed indefinitely." (thanks ragnarokrudolph)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We are endothermic and have a high metabolic requirement--one...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] What is life like for Force sensitives living on planets that haven't yet developed interstellar travel or know they aren't alone in the galaxy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Claims of witchcraft and sorcery are the common result for societies that have not yet made first contact. Since t...
<|im_start|>user How does socioeconomic class affect environmental behavior? Would a "War on Littering" replicate the social targeting of the "War on Drugs"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A relevant idea to consider here is the oft-cited "Broken Windows Theory," a controversial concept that refers to norm-based behav...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The US should stop granting federal financial aid to students who choose to attend for-profit collegiate institutions and institutions outside of the USA. First, I'd like to say I'm not an expert on economics, the education system, or federal financial aid. I would like to state my opinion and I w...
<|im_start|>user How does a black hole adhere to Pauli's Exclusion Principle and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? I was just watching Brian Cox's "A Night with the Stars" on BBC 2. He talked about how white dwarfs are limited to not exceed a certain mass as it would get too dense to support the two laws. Pauli's Exc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can you reliably recreate a person's face from DNA? Talking about artists recreating people's faces in a way that you could recognise that person from them. It's been in the news a few times.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can't. You can predict the ethnicity, and a few vague measurement...
<|im_start|>user I (undergrad) will need to learn one of (French, German, Russian) for my PhD. Does anyone have any advice? Hi, everyone, I'm currently an undergrad, and I'll be going to grad school in the next few years. In my field (mathematics), most PhD programs require that I have the ability to read manuscripts ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When somebody dies of cancer, what exactly is the actual reason the body stops working?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cancer is a general term we use to describe any disease where cells in the body begin to divide in an uncontrolled fashion, often fast and with a very high mutation rate (so the...
<|im_start|>user [General Fantasy] Why can people usually only wear 1 or 2 magic rings, and never more than 1 enchanted necklace?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Magic works by creating powerful emanations in the fabric of reality. Keeping too many such items too close to each other for too long invites all manner of m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Pork rinds are incomplete protein and are labeled "not a good source of protein" but beans are also an incomplete protein and do not have this same label. Why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because it's not just a question of protien, but of the types of protien and the regulation. In the USA, ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the original settlers of America came from England, how come current Americans don't speak with the same English accent? Where did we get our American accent and words? For instance: In the UK, they say flat or lift where we say apartment or elevator. Where did we come up with our own words? A...
<|im_start|>user ELIF: Why do humans appreciate views? Why do humans appreciate views / images when there is no biological benefit to them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Don't know the answer, but something that could aid our survival is traveling, finding new lands, fresh resources. Gives us more physical room to po...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we get the 'spins' after drinking? There are times I don't even think I'm drunk but as soon as I Iay down I'm suddenly on a roller coaster. Why do we get the spins and why do they sneak up on us when (while standing) we don't feel dizzy ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your sense of balan...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a deep scrape on elbows/knees/shins stay white for a period of time before bleeding? Say when you dive into a pool and scrape your knee on the bottom, why does it stay white without much blood for around 30 seconds before properly bleeding?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This is because...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it smarter to eat fruits and veggies than to instead take a multivitamin and fiber supplement? It'd be cheaper for me and I'm about to start a cut phase for lifting, and I'm assuming it's smarter to eat fruits and veggies than... Well I assume you read the title.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a carbonated beverage that has been frozen and then thawed out again lose its carbonation? Bonus: How many more times do I need to put a beer in the freezer before I remember to set a stupid timer to get it out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Carbonated drinks are created by having a la...
<|im_start|>user Difference between SOFTWARE DEVELOPER and SOFTWARE ARCHITECT I wanted to know what is the difference between a software developer and a software architect, and what roles do they play in a company. I also have another doubt, is a systems software engineer the same as a software architect? NOTE: I hum...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can some words not translate to another language? If a word means something in one language, shouldn't it be easy to determine what that is in another language?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Not all languages have words for all concepts. A famous example is the German word *schadenfreude*,...
<|im_start|>user [The Culture/The Matrix] How would The Culture respond to encountering a planet with the Matrix scenario, that is where AI have effectively subjugated the original dominant organic species into a virtual simulation without their knowledge? This also assume a freed minds resistance exists as well.<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user On daoism and others of the eastern tradition Does western philosophy take Eastern philosophy seriously? I've been trying to penetrate the chuang tzu recently, and found it lacking in the clarity compared to even pre-industrial philosophy. Is there any rigor to the epistemological methods hidden in the...
<|im_start|>user why when i tilt my laptop screen up do the colours go negative?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Each pixel in an LCD screen consists of several layers - a white layer, a colour filter layer, and a twisted liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystals are connected to small electrodes and seen through Pola...
<|im_start|>user Why do viruses have such complex antigen structures which follow distinct geometrical patterns?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many ways to answer your question. Here are a few of them: 1. Viruses that don't evade the immune system do not produce more of themselves, so their genetic line d...
<|im_start|>user Why do our bones stop growing, do we run out of chondrocytes? I would assume we run out of chondrocytes the older we get and that would be the reason bone growth slows down significantly until the growth plate closes. Or is it that a signal tells our body to stop proliferating bone cells. Another ques...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: Why do things (walls, paper, art, etc) turn yellowish as they age? Why not blue or red or black? Earlier today I was looking at an old newspaper that had become yellowed and I wondered why most everything I've seen left to age fades the same. Sometimes more pale yellow and sometimes a stronger ye...
<|im_start|>user If inbreeding is bad for a species how does the "first" of that species overcome it? Inbreeding is regarded as highly negative for most species (as I understand it) so how did the first of any type of animal get past this problem?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A "species" is just our way of categoriz...
<|im_start|>user [alien/promethius] Had humans encountered other aliens in the past?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are many things that would strongly indicate yes. In the novelization of Alien, Ash says "No known creature is a natural invisible." One of the Company brass talks about "a creature not seen once ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme or ponzi schemes in general.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Let's say you have a lot of money you want to invest. You have a couple of options: Guy A offers you a 2% return, Guy B offers you a 3% return, Guy C offers you a 40% return. You'd have to be crazy not to go...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The idea of white privilege is damaging to poor white Americans. I went to a wealthy liberal arts school and I believe white privilege totally applied there. However, I would argue that a rich person of color is far better off than a poor white person. I feel like the term is useful in certain con...
<|im_start|>user How does evolutionary science explain how fresh water fish ended up in inland lakes? EDIT: Thanks for all the responses. I'm not arguing against evolution (I believe in it), I'm wondering because I live in a glacial lakes area (with many lakes) and it kind of makes me wonder, where did all these sunfis...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I am a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter and moderate liberal democrat. I am a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter and moderate liberal democrat. I believe in 2nd Amendment rights, but believe that the War on Drugs is failing miserably, healthcare is a joke, Wall Street is destroying America, everyone...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Marriage equality (gay marriage) does not threaten or endanger marriage for religious, traditional and straight couples. Marriage is not in need of protection and gay marriage does not threaten marriage. UPDATE: Thanks to some posters I better sympathize with why people feel the recognition of a...
<|im_start|>user If the DNA is the same in every cell, how does the body know to build an arm here, run a blood vessel there, put a femur in the thigh, and put 4 chambers in the heart? I think I understand that the DNA in cells command the cell to make certain types of amino acids which then form into proteins, and tha...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Rape can be partly be the victims fault. If I leave my keys in my car over night and the car gets stolen, partly my fault. The doors and windows of my house and all unlocked while I'm at work and my house is then burgled, partly my fault. A gay man walk into a homophobic/ religious gathering a...
<|im_start|>user CMV: It's ok for employers to discriminate against smokers Sorry if this is a repeat but I couldn't find a similar post, so... I think employers should be able to discriminate against smokers in some situations. For instance jobs that require physical fitness testing (cops, military, etc.) should be a...
<|im_start|>user Is it possible for a fish to get dehydrated?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yeah, hydration is a measure of how much water the organism has in its body. It isn't necessarily how much it has access to. So if you put freshwater fish into seawater, water will leave through its body via osmosis because th...
<|im_start|>user What is the psychology behind gender? Does it even exists? I argued with a friend who has a passion for psychology, he basically said that gender is a man-made concept and does not exist in real life. What do actual psychologists think about his statement?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gender is a so...
<|im_start|>user Why are certain electrons only excited by specific wavelengths? I was reading about why glass is transparent to visible light. The stated reason was that photons of visible light don't have enough energy to kick the electrons within the silicon atoms up to a higher orbital, so they instead pass through...
<|im_start|>user Have ethics been solved yet? If not what are the major problems of it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant What does "ethics being solved" mean to you? If you mean, do we have some ethical theory that everyone agrees on, then the answer is no. If you mean, do we have some rigorously argued for positions in...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I keep seeing posts, “I pointed my telescope here for 20 hours to give you this image.” Why does it have to be 20 hours of pointing? What’s happening exactly?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Simple version, there are 2 kinds of light a telescope camera gets: signal, and noise. Signal is what you...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does headache work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A headache (not a migraine) is when the muscles or vessels that cover a person's head or neck, swell or tighten. These changes stimulate the surrounding nerves or put pressure on them, and the nerves send a rush of pain messages to the brain...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Acts of God should not be legally allowed as an excuse to not pay out insurance claims. Acts of God events are exactly the moments people need their insurance pay outs the most, thats the whole point of spreading the financial risk across large chunks of population.All of those acts are predictabl...
<|im_start|>user How do aeroplane black boxes withstand crashes which otherwise destroy the plane and everything inside of it? I get that they are built to a higher specification, but not how that is achieved.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Flight recorders are usually built with a compound casing of aluminium, steel ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what happens in the brain when you draw a blank on a name? I'm talking about those things that you normally know but may forget momentarily. It's like your brain draws a blank or can't access the info. What causes that when it happens?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most depictions of the brain ...
<|im_start|>user If competition for faculty positions is so intense, why are there so many complaints about the quality of research? I hear the following two claims quite often - 1. Getting a faculty position is tough, and even the top graduates from the top grad schools have trouble finding faculty positions at the m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do Mexican drug cartels display violence and ruthlessness far greater than other criminal organizations?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Control of resources and cash flow. They want anyone that would like to enter the drug smuggling business to be too terrified to attempt to cut into their m...
<|im_start|>user [Warhammer 40k] How do you become a High Lord of Terra?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Be rich. Be influential. Be good at your job. Be old. Basically, in order to become one of the 13 High Lords, you have to rise extremely high in the ranks of various branches of the Imperium. That requires compete...
<|im_start|>user If scientists uncovered something that would demoralize the entire population, should they refrain from publicly disclosing it? And by demoralize I mean to the point of possibly driving people to suicide.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you could turn this question into a more specific example(prefe...
<|im_start|>user Where to start with Leibniz Hey guys , have been listening to Firas Zahabis mma podcast and he has mentioned Leibniz a few times on different occasions. I’ve tried to find any essays or books to read about his philosophy but I’m stuck and not sure where to start , any recommendations would be greatly a...
<|im_start|>user Before genes are sequenced, how do scientist make sure they are using the genes from the right organism? As a birthday present I am getting my genes sequenced by a private company. For my sample they send a tube that I have to fill with spit then seal, shake and send back. Once they get my sample how...
<|im_start|>user I think that prices in North America should include taxes. CMV We deserve to know exactly how much we're paying just by glancin at labels, besides, there's no benefit to the customer whatsoever in not including taxes.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The benefits of sales taxes being added after prices ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: High fantasy/Low fantasy I never really understood it. I know it has something to do with primary and secondary worlds, but what does that even mean?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Generally high fantasy involves worlds where magic and fantastical creatures are common. Example: LOTR Low fantas...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how does keeping a journal help people with depression, food disorders etc. ive heard that this helps with things like that but my question is how? or is this wrong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Journaling can be useful in a few different ways. It can help providers track behaviors (with regar...
<|im_start|>user How difficult to find a position at a research university? I am applying to PhD programs this fall in political science. While I do desire to teach, I am primarily motivated by a desire to spend my time doing research. How difficult is it to find a job at a research university, or at least one with a 2...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why Humans in general are so scared of Arachnids Why are Arachnids so terrifying to such a wide audience of people? There are many other similarly sized/ potentially similarly shaped creatures, why aren't they as feared as arachnids?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Fear is an evolutionary tool giv...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Is genetic diversity almost always a good thing? For example people of different races or ethnic background, do they usually breed genetically stronger offspring? Being that the genetic code has more resources available when creating said human?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The most important...
<|im_start|>user How effective is a wet shirt as an air filter? In dusty environments, people sometimes wet their t-shirts and cover their nose and mouth with it. How effective is this really at preventing foreign particles from entering your body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For Water soluble contaminants: it work...
<|im_start|>user How do scientists detect molecular data on other planets and moons in the solar system without sending probes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Every element releases a different light wavelength, we use the light data from the telescopes into a spectrometer and find out the wavelength of the light, and...