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<|im_start|>user ELI5: how do doctors/scientists determine if a tumor is benign or malignant?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By its behavior, location, cellular markers, and/or appearance. It really depends on the cancer. Just to frame, the difference between a benign and malignant tumor can look like this: First, ...
<|im_start|>user Can bacteria or single celled organisms sense how many others of their kind are around them?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Yes, through quorum sensing. Bacteria can secrete quoromones. The more bacteria, the higher the concentration. Using a two component regulatory system, the cells can sense the qu...
<|im_start|>user How do you increase the amount of information a picture can hold? I was watching a gif zooming in on a high resolution picture and I am curious how some pictures can hold more information (detail) than others. Also: how does resolution measure this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You can increase the ...
<|im_start|>user Question about Hume, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche I've heard it said that to understand Nietzsche you need to read Schopenhauer. To understand Schopenhauer you need to read Hegel. To understand Hegel you need to read Kant. And to understand Kant you need to understand Hume. (Possibly back to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How did people originally plan out origami designs? Maybe this is a question for a different sub but I'm not sure where else to ask it. Historically, how did people know what folds would result in a crane or a koi or whatnot? I guess another way to phrase this question is: Is it mathematically c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is a probability density? Would anyone please explain what a probability density is and what is its use? Thank you all very much in advance &amp;#x200B; Edit: Hi everyone. a huge thank you to all of you that generously helped and provided thorough explanation. I really and I mean it, re...
<|im_start|>user [Jumper] I seem to have developed an ability to teleport at will, and a capacity to teleport things with me(~ a car's worth if I'm exerting myself). What's the most efficient way I can get rich while drawing the least amount of attention to me? Ideally I would not want to be questioned by the IRS too m...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What do pharmacists do? Doctors write the scripts, big pharma manufactures the drugs, what's the pharmacist do other than select a bottle from the shelf and dole out the pills? Genuinely interested, sorry for belittling an entire profession.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A pharmacist is basical...
<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] Why does the the republic/empire change the look of there troops/ships/fighters so often? When other factions rarely (or never) did, like rebels and the trade federation. Seems like they are always changing up troop armor and star ships. Changing out millions (billions?) of troop armor and ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Increasing gun control (e.g. banning assault rifles) will not significantly (if at all) reduce the amount or severity of mass shooting rampages. This is not a belief I hold because I'm a conservative or libertarian or Republican or whatever (I don't like labels, anyway). I live in Canada, and don'...
<|im_start|>user Are the theories put forth in "Guns, Germs, and Steel" widely accepted by science? I'm just curious. Jared Diamond seems to be making a lot of assumptions about the reactions of the minds of centuries old civilizations to technology such as guns, mounted horsemen, etc. I think the theory seems really c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Bacteria become resistant to antibacterial products but why not bleach and alcohol? I understand that some of the bacteria survive the antibacterial products and the ones that survive are more resistant, however why doesn't some bacteria survive alcohol or bleach and become more resistant to thos...
<|im_start|>user If gender dysphoria is not a mental illness, what do we make of body integrity identity disorder? Background: the [DSM-5](http://www.dsm5.org/documents/gender%20dysphoria%20fact%20sheet.pdf) revised their previously held stance on gender identity disorder, no longer considering it a mental illness. Ano...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:The difference between "president" and "prime minister" and how come certain countries have both. Why are they some times called prime ministers, and some times president? Is there a real difference to their actual role? And why do countries like Russia and Ukraine have both a president and a prim...
<|im_start|>user what are the economic effects of curbing Union power? (as Thatcher did) In the late 70s UK, many had become scared about union powers dragging the economy down. Thatcher was elected in as a result of much of this fear, and proceeded to curb union powers via making closed shop agreements illegal, ensuri...
<|im_start|>user How do we know the second law of thermodynamics is a law and not merely something we've never seen broken?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Keep in mind that the second law is an inherently statistical statement. There's always a non-zero probability that some process won't obey the second law. It's jus...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Confirmation bias, what occurs on the neurological level, and why humans do it even for depressing beliefs<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Confirmation bias is the tendency for someone to interpret or recall information in such a way that is in favor of previously held beliefs. Basically, people ...
<|im_start|>user Where in Einstein's field equations (or other equations if needed) does gravity propagate at the speed of light? Obviously c is in the equation but it's in the denominator of a term, and it's to the fourth power. How does this translate into gravity propagating at the speed of light/causation? (Related...
<|im_start|>user [Warhammer 40k] What do space marines do in their free time? do they have hobbies?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For the most part, they train, meditate and maintain their wargear, beyond that, it depends on the Chapter. The Salamanders return to Nocturne, and live amongst their human families and ...
<|im_start|>user Why are some published work not followed up by more publications by authors? Hello. I will try to clarify my question, as I could not find a way to describe it properly within a title's length. I am starting a PhD in the fall and am currently doing a literature review of my topic, looking for where to...
<|im_start|>user What makes vegetables edible when compared to simple grass and bushes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's the content of usable sugars, proteins, lipids, and vitamins. Things like blades of grass or most thin, non-succulent leaves are primarily made up of cellulose with very little nutritional value ...
<|im_start|>user How is the same species of moose native to both Eurasia and North America? With the Columbian Exchange, species like horses, pigs, maize, tomatoes, potatoes and others became available on both continents. Moose are native to both continents, but are also the same species, which seems odd to have not di...
<|im_start|>user If a magnet attracts something, it uses up some of its energy, right? Can you completely "de-power" a magnet by attaching ton of things?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Magnetic fields are produced by circulating electric charges in the magnet's material. The power for these charges can be added from o...
<|im_start|>user Why are non-linearities essential to machine learning? I understand why every other hyperparameter is necessary except the non-linearities like ReLU are needed<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A different view to /u/mmm_toasty on why non-linearities are important: A Neural Network can be desrcibed as a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are we referred to as carbon-based life forms? When we're 70% hydrogen and oxygen molecules?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Carbon can make 4 molecular bonds, oxygen can make 2, and hydrogen can make only 1. While oxygen and hydrogen have their place in many processes, carbon forms the back...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do spiders initially connect the first couple of threads to surrounding objects? Specifically, I've seen spiders with threads connected to a street sign &gt; to a tree &gt; to another tree, etc. Does the spider crawl along the ground? Wouldn't the original strand become tangled?<|im_end|> <...
<|im_start|>user I need to hire a Java developer but I know next to nothing about the language I'm not sure if this is the correct subreddit to ask this, but as the title says, I need to hire a Java developer. The issue is that I know next to nothing about Java. I was hoping you guys can help me figure out some questio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do you doctors diagnose bacterial/viral illness? I.E. Ebola etc.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Clinically, some bacterial/viral illnesses have very distinguishing features that give you a hunch towards what the disease may be caused from. Symptoms such as a certain rash, whether there is a ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think disallowing visible tattoos and piercings at a workplace only prolongs the prejudice that tattoos and piercings are for delinquents. At every job I have worked at, part time to full time, one is not allowed to have any piercings (this includes clear studs) or visible tattoos. Ear piercings...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: When we are drunk, why is it easier to focus with one eye instead of the two?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both eyes need to be able to coordinate to function. Coordination goes out the window with alcohol leading many to cross their eyes or have a bit of a lazy eye when they normally wouldn't...
<|im_start|>user Does anyone have any suggestion for how a PhD student can protect thier research but still collaborate with others?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant * Type up your work as you go in a version control system, such as git. Commits are timestamped, and tied to a username, so it's clear who wrote the thing ...
<|im_start|>user I read something that seems odd in a supreme court opinion...Does liquid change its weight based on its temperature? I am in a tax class and was reading Tank Truck Rentals Inc. v. Commissioner. http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/356/30/case.html. In that case Justice Clark describes a trucking ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is it that some parts of the ocean are clear as glass, some is really blue, and some is like cloudy green?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The blue color of water is actually intrinsic to water molecules themselves. Vibrational transitions in the molecules have a weak absorption for red light...
<|im_start|>user samples of lead may have slightly different relative atomic masses depending on their sources. why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because of varying isotopic abundances. Lead (Pb) has four stable isotopes: ^(204)Pb, ^(206)Pb, ^(207)Pb, ^(208)Pb. The relative abundances of the four stable isotopes ar...
<|im_start|>user How did the first single celled organism come into existence? Had this question thrown at me today in a Religious Studies class (essentially philosophy and ethics) and I couldn't answer it. But I know there has to be someone out there with a good idea of the current theories surrounding this issue. Tha...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why pain feels higher when it's cold out?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When a part of your body is cold, the blood vessels will automatically constrict to limit heat loss from the flow of blood to that area. This constriction also constricts the pain receptors, making them more sensitive. In a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do almost all creatures prefer sexual reproduction? Surely being able to reproduce at any time you like without a mate would significantly increase survival odds?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Genetic diversity. Sexual reproduction is a roll of the dice to decide the traits passed on from t...
<|im_start|>user What can I do to better understand the concept of higher dimensional space like hyperspheres? I am trying to understand hyperspheres but every time I think I understand what I am reading/hearing I realize I don't. I can do hypothetical ideas like quantum mechanics but these things seem to much for me t...
<|im_start|>user CMV: eSports are legitimate sports In my view, a sport must: 1. Have a physical component 2. Be competitive and have an objective win\-lose condition 3. Require skill I'll assume most of my opponents disagree that eSports are sufficiently physical. I'd like to draw a distinction between something be...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Army Should Not Make Their Fitness Tests Different for Each Gender I read a story today about how the army is considering making their fitness tests different depending on gender. They found that women were not passing at the same rates as men, so they are considering lowering the bar / changi...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 - Why can't we draw what our brain tells us to?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Your mind and thoughts aren't very good at being precise. They don't need to be. Comprehension of ideas and recognizing patterns for example are bigger priorities and the focus there is abstraction over precision. You...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How come photons have no mass (0.000...), don't interact with the higgs field, but are caught by black holes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Gravity isn't just an attraction between masses. it's also a bending of the fabric of space. So even though a massless photon is traveling in a straight li...
<|im_start|>user Why is computer emulation so difficult? Let's take the example of SNES emulation, why is it so difficult to get it accurate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant If you want to translate a newspaper in another language that you don't know anything about, what do you do? (Can't use Google Translate!!) You t...
<|im_start|>user Why do anti fungal toe medication have the ability to impact kidney functions when they are an external application? Do all anti fungal toe medication impact the kidneys or just some?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The skin is not really any different than the lungs or stomach when it comes to permeab...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 : If we die after roughly 3 weeks without eating, why do eat 3 times a day? I know you wouldn't spend 3 weeks very wealthy or you would lack energy, but still, it seems it's some sort of waste.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Eating three times a day is actually a modern invention (modern in terms...
<|im_start|>user What is the difference between refuting an argument and explaining away an argument? I'm having trouble understanding this distinction. For ex, I'm reading a paper that says Dennett does not refute X, but explains it away.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For the purpose of the distinction, refuting an ...
<|im_start|>user If rent control is unintentionally counterproductive, how can we keep rent from rising faster than people's wages? I'm piggybacking off this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEconomics/comments/gcoxw3/why_the_hell_do_we_have_rent_control_in_various/?utm_medium=android_app&amp;utm_source=share<|im_en...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does it seem like all Caribbean islands (Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, etc.) seem to be third world countries, with terrible economies and infrastructure? This is not meant to offend anyone from these countries, its just the impression I get being American. Someone I know just got...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what is dynamic programming? I’ve been encountering problems lately where the solution requires a dynamic programming solution, but I can’t wrap my head around how that works. Can some ELI5 it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dynamic programming is a way of breaking problems up into repeated subpr...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Psychedelic drugs should be legalized In my opinion, psychedelic drugs such as mainly LSD, psilocibin mushrooms, DMT and Ayahuasca, but also other psychoactive drugs with a potentially positive effect, should be open for everyone to explore without legal consequences. A lot of people still seem t...
<|im_start|>user Why does the ocean appear darker in color as the depth increases? The shallows appear almost translucent, while the deep ocean appears dark blue to almost black... I just want to know what causes this since the ocean is made up of the same kind of atoms (H20), and light should reflect off them the same...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How closed-source applications can exist. Shouldn't it be possible to reverse-engineer the source code of anything? How can computers execute code that they can't see?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Think of a program as being like a house. A house needs to be built from a blueprint so the peopl...
<|im_start|>user [DC] It took several years for Bruce to become as skilled as he is. How did the Robins get so skilled in far less time? Dick was a gymnast, so he would have had an edge in acrobatics; this is understandable. Tim was already quite intelligent, while Jason knew the basics of combat from the streets. Bu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 What is the survival strategy of moss? It seems to be everywhere, especially when there is shortage of resources.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well it depends are you talking about a moss or a lichens? Mosses tend to grow in moist environments where lichens (which are a combination between a mo...
<|im_start|>user How do we know the rate at which atomic clocks lose time? If they are the most accurate means of measuring time, what are they being compared to when we say they drift x seconds in y million years etc.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's very simple, you compare them to each other. Because the error i...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Capital Gains should not be its own separate tax but should instead be as a part of one's income Pretty self-explanatory. We should not have a separate tax bracketing system for capital gains and that any income made off of capital gains should be considered part of one's income. Having separate r...
<|im_start|>user CMV: parents shoud always try to explain their decisions to their children. I feel like parents make their decisions look way to arbitrary to their children even when they have legitimate reasons for their decisions. Furthermore the fact that parents don't need to explain themselves sometimes allows ...
<|im_start|>user Psychology wasn't really an established field before the fin de siècle, so what did Nietzsche, Kant et al mean by "psychology" or "psychologist"?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Undergraduate psychology textbooks usually say that psychology started with Wilhelm Wundt in 1879, but if you look into the f...
<|im_start|>user Why do rivers like the Nile and Amazon not form large canyons like the Colorado river did with the Grand Canyon? Are they just newer than the Colorado river? Or is the ground underneath the rivers not as conducive to erosion?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Deep canyons tend to form where the land is i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are tips based on how expensive a meal was? Why are the tips we give in restaurants relative to how expensive/luxurious my meal was? How much harder is it to carry out a $30 steak from the kitchen compared to a $8 sandwich? I don't get it... Can't tips be a set rate? Or a per person rate?<|im...
<|im_start|>user How does sugar contribute to heart disease? Is it the compound itself, or is it the empty calorie idea causing general undernutrition?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant According to a 2014 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, an increase of added sugar in the diet has a correlation with a a higher ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why is air colder when it's moving fast? (fan, wind)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Air is an insulator and holds warmth you generate close to your skin. Wind blows away that insulation layer and replaces it with cooler air that has not been warmed by the heat you emit. Or something like that...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does 1 apartment key work for many things ? (Apartment building door, Underground Garage, My Basement lock, My Apartment..) I might be dumb for asking, but unless its special type of keys, can someone else not take their key and have access to my things ? such as my basement lock or my apartm...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What makes batteries chargeable and how are they charged in the first place<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two types of regular (AA for example) batteries. Non rechargeable batteries have two chemicals that send energy from one to another through a device. Once all the energy has m...
<|im_start|>user Do we know how large dinosaur populations were? When we’re shown concept imagery of dinosaurs, we often see that dino’s were plentiful. Is this accurate to the actual population sizes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are 2 easy ways to infer significant population sizes: 1. Fossilization is a ve...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does paper become transparent when oil is spilled on it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Due to the fact that the refractive index of the oil spilled is similar to that of the fibers of the paper, when paper absorbs the oil, more light is able to more readily pass through the paper and give t...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Video Games aren't a sport, and the term "eSport" is dishonest Now, I'm not saying that video games are bad because they arn't a sport. I'm simply saying that they don't meet the textbook definition of a sport, nor the popular definition used by Sports fans such as myself. Some fans call them eSpo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are scientists able to track the birthplace and movements of diseases like AIDs or the Black Death, even after people are long dead?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Through studying the remains of the dead, written records and genetic studies. When it comes to remains, in case of ancient pla...
<|im_start|>user How do we know a single quark's mass if quarks don't exist as individual particles? A proton's mass is 900-something MeV A pion's mass is about 140. And "Single" up and down quarks have masses of 2 and 4 MeV. Wikipedia says that the rest of the energy comes from gluon interaction, at least in case o...
<|im_start|>user I believe that free will exists. CMV. I could choose to eat a sandwich today or I could choose to eat a protein shake. As the sole agent operating my consciousness, I have ultimate veto power over all of my actions and decisions. My drives, desires, wants, needs may, to some extent, be formed by my env...
<|im_start|>user Are religious freedom and toleration good or bad for religious belief and practice? In both the domains of belief and practice, how does liberalism transform religion?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant After reading The Social Construction of Reality by Berger and Luckman I'd say religious tolerance and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: how does salt melt ice?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Salt will be absorbed by the surface of the ice causing it to become salt water. Salt water have a lower freezing point then fresh water. So the ice will melt even if it does not heat up. In fact it will cool down by this but because of the ...
<|im_start|>user [MCU] Im building a criminal syndicate but New York has too many Superheroes protecting it. Where would be the best place in the world for me to build my criminal organization without constantly being harassed by Superheroes but also allowing it to grow and be well sustained?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assi...
<|im_start|>user If I injure multiple ants in a given area, would they go back to the colony and warn the rest of the ants not to go there?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Actually, when ants are injured, their body sends a chemical signal that other ants pick up on and come to rescue the first ant. That is why if you ...
<|im_start|>user What causes pictures to appear discoloured after being in direct sunlight for years at a time? Just clearing out some old Xbox games and the logo on the side of them have turned blue after being in sunlight untouched for several years?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The effect is called photodegradati...
<|im_start|>user [LOTR] What, if any, were the powers of the lesser rings compared to the One Ring?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The seven and nine ring's main power is to augment the natural abilities of the users- so generals become mightier, orators become better speakers, beautiful ones become more radiant. The ...
<|im_start|>user If humans evolved as omnivores, why are we so susceptable to disease caused by eating raw meat? We all know that cooking meat makes it safe to eat, but from an evolutionary standpoint, why were we able to kill a mammoth and eat it right then and there, whereas now we'd get sick and die?<|im_end|> <|im...
<|im_start|>user Concerning the lifespan of hunter-gatherers: [This](http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/pdrdraft04182006.pdf) suggests that they lived almost as long as modern people; conventional wisdom has them dying at 30. Is there something wrong with that study, or is the short-lived hunter gatherer j...
<|im_start|>user Why are some societies more progressive than others? I live in an Asian society and looking at Western societies they are comparatively more progressive than Asian societies and I'm curious to know why this happens (or if anyone disagrees I'm happy to listen to that as well). Also I'm not trying to bel...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If my opinion as an economics major is not respected as much as my professors', then I should not believe a personal, uneducated opinion of Islam over someone with a PhD in Islamic studies. Yes, this is a reference to the leader of ISIS, who has a PhD in Islamic studies. I actually have no stron...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do big companies assess whether their TV ads were useful or not?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When we do other market research we will sprinkle in questions about whether they saw advertising, what they saw, what was their impression of it, etc. Other times we do specifics research explic...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does GPU drivers update, if the GPU is the same? What will that hcange?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you write software you use abstract terms. For a simplified example, you might say something like "Show this model on the screen". You do this through a graphics library like DirectX...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How can Cities:Skylines with a 13 people development team do so much better than the multi-million dollar EA's Sim City (2013)<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Several factors which may or may not be the problem. 1, budget. You don't know the actual budget and type of deals "maxis" has with EA. Th...
<|im_start|>user what do you mean by degrees of freedom?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant degrees of freedom refer to what “can” vary with respect to a given analysis. The best analogy I’ve ever heard about it - imagine you’re at a restaurant with 3 friends, and it’s time to pay the bill. The waitress comes back and ask...
<|im_start|>user Why is Kant's Critique of Pure Reason more well known than the other two Critiques? I'm referring to Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of Judgement. As a layman interested in philosophy, I rarely ever hear about the other two.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both of those texts are very much ta...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Thank-you emails/letters after an interview are a waste of time I've been on my fair share of interviews now and the common theme is that I should be sending a thank-you letter after an interview. The way I see it is that I am grateful for the opportunity to interview and I'm sure to thank the pe...
<|im_start|>user CMV: the US should have National Referendums So one of the biggest issues we have within our government is that the average person does not receive equal representation in government. There’s several examples of this, a lot of which tie into federalism (i.e. the senate, electoral college, etc.) but ano...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 What do flying insects do when it rains? When thier wings get wet they are immobile so what do they do?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Knowing when it's going to rain is an important survival sense for a creature that's the size of a raindrop, so most smaller flying insects generally head for she...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are eggs so ubiquitously useful in cooking? It feels like eggs are in practically every recipe, but what makes them so useful and necessary for it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Egg yolks are incredible emulsifiers; they help fat-based and water-based substances form finer blends. If you to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How was the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's so successful at conveying a message and organizing it's members with the technology of that time? Why, with today's wealth of information at our fingertips, is the current movement for equality in the US such a mess?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why i can read a sentence several times but i do not know what tge sentence is saying. I recognize the words but its like they have no meaning. This happens when ive been studying for a while.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant So you have 3 types of memory: sensory, short-term, and long-term. Mos...
<|im_start|>user CMV: They say a relationship won’t solve any of your problems but literally every single person I know had a ‘glow up’ after finding a girlfriend and their lives all seem to be much better now. My view is that finding a significant other DOES, in fact, solve many of life’s problems. I think I’ve said i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The top used Internet Browsers and how they're different.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant As you may know, internet pages are written with HTML and various other languages. A nice analogy is to consider a web page as a museum. Let me explain. The HTML is the architecture of the building itself. ...
<|im_start|>user If I put 3 of the same item in the oven, the time to cook does not change. If I put 3 of the same item in the microwave, it takes considerably longer to cook all 3. Why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A conventional oven maintains a more-or-less fixed temperature, which means that its energy output in...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: My 12 year old brother wants to know why the debt between all the countries in the world cannot simply "cancel each other out."<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The debts that most governments have are bonds not loans, governments have two ways of raising large amounts of money, taxes or bonds. Th...
<|im_start|>user Please tell me major things that old physics books have misinformed me on. I recently started reading *Feynman's Lectures on Physics*, and a few years ago I read *Asimov's Guide to Science*. They're both absolutely classic science texts from which I can/have learned a ton, but I also know there are som...
<|im_start|>user Why is Mitochondrial Eve dated to 150-170,000 years go?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant We know how fast genetic changes occur. If we look at all mitochondrial dna and count the number of genetic differences between all we have cataloged, we can follow backwards to they would all effectively be the sam...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we (and other chordates, for that matter) have our respiratory organs on our head instead of torso, which would make a shorter path to lungs? Also, why have a centralized respiratory system with lungs and a single airway in the first place instead of having many breathing holes all over th...
<|im_start|>user I beleive that quality of music completely depends on the taste of the listener and holds no real artistic value. CMV Tu put it shortly I get tired when music snobs talks about how people are stupid for liking today's pop artists and I have never seen anyone provide real proof for what makes Beatles be...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do we know that the sun was formed around 5 billion years ago?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are various methods, such as using computer models of stellar life cycles, but the most tangible way is simply that we know that other things that probably formed around the same time as the S...