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<|im_start|>user [Star Wars] If Aanakin lived at the end of RotJ, re-embraced the light side of the Force, and had access to any technology, how well could his body be healed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Improvements would more or less just be incremental. The SW universe doesn't have the tech to do things like clo...
<|im_start|>user Why doesn’t Mississippi look like Beijing? I know this sounds like a dumb question(and it probably is) but hear out my rationale for asking: Apparently the nominal gdp per capita of Beijing is about 24,000 USD and the GDP PPP per capita is about 39,000 USD and, while this is significantly higher than...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: An economics question: Why are some prices on products so volatile and "strange", like $5.21, $4.77, and $2.93<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For highly-competitive, low-margin products like staple foods at grocery stores, the stores have a set margin (price markup) from the basic cost. Let's sa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can we see through clear objects like glass even though they are solid, same for water and air? Why don't the atoms block light like they do in wood? Same goes for water or air.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When a light ray with a given energy (wavelength) hits an object, one of three thin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do art museums only ever display a tiny fraction of the items they own? As I understand it, a typical big-city museum has at most 5 or 10% of it's total collection on display at any given time. Some items will be rotated in and out but lots are permanent fixtures, meaning many (if not most) o...
<|im_start|>user How to write a recommendation letter for a former professor of mine? So, a professor that taught me during my undergrad years is up for a tenure track position, and I've just received an email from the committee requesting a recommendation letter. This professor made a large impact on my intellectual...
<|im_start|>user Why do bananas and other fruit rot so much faster when they are in an enclosed space with one another?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Ethylene is a fruit hormone that is naturally produced by fruits. When green bananas are kept in a brown paper bag, they will ripen faster! Rotting would be related to...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Crying it out is cruel and inhumane. I am aware this is an extremely divisive subject among parents and that ultimately parenting style is individualized to accommodate the parents and the child's needs. I am also aware of the breadth of research out there supporting both sides of the argument. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do barcodes and their scanners work? Is there a global catalog of every barcode ever? Are no two alike? How does the scanner read the lines?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The black lines of the barcode absorb light which is read and translated into bits of imformation. the thickness and ord...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do musicians that play in an orchestra have to use sheet music to assist them when other musicians that play other genres of music such as pop and rock etc don’t?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Length of material, complexity of their part, precision required from each section, specific metho...
<|im_start|>user Why does it seem that students who have a science background or are more science-minded tend to do quite well in arts subjects but not vice versa? I was not getting any luck in getting an answer in r/NoStupidQuestions so I thought this would be relevant here I'm currently both a science and arts stude...
<|im_start|>user Is there any known correlation between a person's average body temperature and their susceptibility to disease? For example, do we know if someone who normally sits at 96°F would have a different chance of getting sick than someone usually at 99°F? I know there are many factors that go into immunity, I...
<|im_start|>user I believe that people who pick a highly saturated major shouldn't complain about a lack of jobs, CMV. A crisis that has been occurring over the past few decades has been an influx of college students in a broad range of fields while respective job fields haven't changed accordingly across the board. Fo...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a digital camera "know" what to focus on? I tried to find similar answers but none that hit the nail on the head as to how the camera "knows" what to focus on. What I mean by this is how does my camera know to focus on a specific person or thing, when there are countless other things it ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Having a military is just as "socialist" as having universal healthcare. In short: if the US government is willing to spend billions of dollars on defense, and millions of Americans support this defense spending, why do many of the same people fight so adamantly against the government paying for h...
<|im_start|>user Could a vampire live ethically? Would we have a moral duty to them? For the purpose of this question, I'm assuming that the vampire is like a human being in every way except that it needs to drink human blood in order to survive. Let's also assume that they need to consume enough blood a day that it wo...
<|im_start|>user If there are nutritional labels on all of the food we buy, including water, why is there not a nutrition label on liquor? Why no nutrition labels on the liquor bottles we buy? Isn't it important to know about what we are drinking? EDIT: For everyone saying there is no nutritional value in liquor, yes ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How do YouTubers make money? Is it a combination of subscribers, views per video, ads?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant YouTubers earn money through ads on their monetised videos. Viewing an ad provides a small amount of income towards their channel. Since it requires the ad to be displayed, if you...
<|im_start|>user Are there "degrees" of moral realism - i.e., do most/all moral questions have an objective answer or only a few? Moral realism, as far as I understand, is the position that _there exist objective moral truths_. That seems to me a fairly weak statement, though. Even if we accept that there are objectiv...
<|im_start|>user What did Aristotle mean when he said women's capacity to reason "lacks authority" (Politics 1.13)? I'm still puzzling over this text. What does it mean?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The mention is very brief and his exact meaning is unclear, but it is typically interpreted in two ways: 1) Their rat...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: why hasn't the US seen more recent unmarried presidential candidates?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A good prospective first lady can be a huge asset in a campaign. They can attend rallies and fundraisers while their husband is elsewhere on the campaign trail. They can stress a different set of...
<|im_start|>user Ok... so what kind of processing power do we not have that it would have to take, to attribute all our known physics into a computer simulator? Consequently for running anything and everything 'real life' inside of a video game? I guess since it takes our universe to hold all the laws of physics that i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In the United States, why are positions like Attorney General, Secretary of State, etc. appointed by the president at the federal level but elected by the people at the state level? Had it ever been proposed to do this differently?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The federal government was design...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I've heard pirates drank rum because the water would go rancid. How does water go bad?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water unless it has been distilled and is stored in a sterile container that is sealed air tight it is contaminated with various kinds of microorganisms such as bacteria and fung...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I believe the Collegeboard is a scam As I said in the title, I believe the Collegeboard is a scam. The reason I say that is because they are slowly taking over the US educational system. Public schools are paying the Collegeboard for having AP® courses in their schools. Some schools pay for studen...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are sushi masters doing that is so masterful? I know this is kind of an ignorant statement (this post is my attempt to combat that ignorance), but I watched documentary on a sushi master, and it looks like he takes a piece of raw fish, combines it with a clump of rice, and brushes it with a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Do dogs recognize that their name is their identity or do they simply know to respond when a certain sound is made?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Dogs are capable of recognizing their names, and discerning it from other sounds. Recent animal behavior studies have found that dog's brains behave...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The controversy surrounding GMO.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For a long time, people have been breeding plants and animals to be better for humans - cows that produce more milk or tomatoes that are tastier or more durable. A while ago, scientists figured out a way to do this much more quickly...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does sniffing glue and sharpies make you high? Always wondered this I see posters in my school about it too<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Chemicals like those found in certain markers, glues, paints, and other solvents contain chemicals that readily turn into gases when exposed to air, and ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why would a butterfly be attracted to a human? I recently watched a video (link below) where a Monarch Butterfly (named Penelope) hung out with this guy for about a week. I would like to understand why a butterfly would do this. https://youtu.be/327WTVWI0Qw<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Butterf...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How exactly does cancer kill? Obviously cancer is bad, but I never understood how exactly it kills.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When people get cancer, it affects certain organs. How bad the cancer is depends on what organ it's growing on (although, no cancer is good). Things get really bad w...
<|im_start|>user Why can the sum of two cubes never be prime, but the sum of two squares can? 1 is the only number that gives you a prime from what I've found, because 1^3 + 1^3 = 2. Im pretty sure the sum of two numbers that are both to an odd power can never be prime, but im not sure. Is there a proof for this?<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What are free trade agreements How come we still have to pay large tariffs and duty on countries where we have free trade? I went to France and bought a wheel of eppoisses cheese for like 4 euro. But if I want to buy it where I am in Canada now it's around 20 dollars. How can average people benef...
<|im_start|>user CMV: As a heterosexual male, it is inescapably to my advantage to live in a society where women tend to underestimate the value of their attractiveness. *"Oh, oh oh. You don't know you're beautiful. That's what makes you beautiful."* ...or however that song goes. This is a conclusion I come to that's...
<|im_start|>user Escaping from Malthusian trap I was reading the part of The Economy book from CORE team and had a part I don't understand. It says [even productivity increases in the long-run the wages will return to subsistence level and this is called Malthusian trap/stagnation](https://www.core-econ.org/the-economy...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is oxygen (O2) odorless but ozone (O3) smells and is hazardous?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant O2 and O3 have different chemical structure (bond angle, length, spatial orientation etc) which give them different physical and chrmical properties. Just like graphite, diamond and fullerene are...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly makes something a vitamin and how did they get their names (C, B6, B12, E, etc)?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Vitamins are small organic molecules that we need in tiny amounts in our diet. So for example amino acids are not vitamins because we need large amounts of them. Sodium is...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:When does light stop? Today i was walking along a lake on a beautiful sunny day. I noticed the reflection of the mountains off the lake. I realized that what i am seeing are photons bounced off the lake, but then i realized they were 1st bounced off the mountain, and they came from the sun. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why is water the only (one of the only?) substances in which its solid form floats on its liquid form?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water is a polar molecule. That means one side of it is more positively charged and the other side is negatively charged. When water is in liquid form, the energy ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What is quantitive easing? I am an intern at a financial institute and constant talk about bernacke and this policy have gone around but I don't understand it completely.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One of the jobs of the Federal Reserve it to help set monetary policy for the United States. O...
<|im_start|>user How do we communicate wih people who are blind and deaf? Serious question...How are we able to teach people to attain some autonomy if they cant hear or see us?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First of all, it is very uncommon to be born both deaf and blind: mostly people are born deaf and gradually be...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do blisters form? And whats in a blister?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Living tissue, as a general rule, is wet. Living cells like being wet and generally require a fluid environment to function. Many living things have to stay constantly wet or they simply dry out and die (or go into st...
<|im_start|>user What exactly was Schrodinger trying to prove with “Schrodingers Cat”?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Schrödinger proposed the cat thought experiment to illustrate the _problems_ with the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. It was meant as a _reductio ad absurdum_, an argument that shows t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we get sick when its' cold? Does it have to do with the temperature or some other factors?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This question always gets answered with the received wisdom that goes something like. 'It's not because of the cold, it's because we spend more time in the warm indoor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how do cameramen and women in films hide the cameras whilst filming so well when there is a scene with reflections? Whenever I’m watching a movie and there is a scene with mirrors or something that causes reflections I’ve always wondered how they are able to hide the cameras so well?<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do hallucinogens make you hallucinate if they are just binding to the same dopamine and serotonin receptors as other drugs. Why and how do shrooms and lsd and stuff physically alter your vision and make you see stuff you dont see?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Neurotransmitters are critical...
<|im_start|>user What am I doing wrong on campus visits? I know it's impossible to know exactly what the answer to my question is, but I thought I might get a little help. I'm trying for rather high-level jobs (TT at R1 or R2 schools). I get interviews and campus visits, so I'm doing something right. BUT I don't get jo...
<|im_start|>user Is using mouthwash products such as Listerine actually beneficial to your gums? Are there any adverse effects? I was googling this and there were a lot of articles arguing both ways, some saying that it kills the bad bacteria but also killing the good bacteria as well. Other articles were saying how ...
<|im_start|>user [Mass Effect]What most likely happened to the Asari in the aftermath of the Reaper War? Once it became common knowledge that the Asari hoarded Prothean technology for themselves and possibly knew about the Reaper threat long before Sovereign turned Saren, how would the rest of the Galaxy have reacted t...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: Why does research take so much computing power? I always hear about scientific research needing crazy amounts of computing power but I have no idea why. As someone with an interest in hardware, I’ve always been intrigued by this.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A lot of of problems that come up i...
<|im_start|>user [Dishonored] I, Corvo, was recently visited by a mysterious figure, teaching me how to use magical powers of sorts and giving me a strange heart. What exactly is this heart?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Try it out. it can tell you a lot about everything, including itself. Use it on a creature, or ju...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Antilag systems in turbo cars.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A turbocharger works by using air pressure from the exhaust to compress the fuel/air mixture going into the engine increasing engine performance. Unfortunately, there isn't always enough exhaust pressure to run the turbo at the beginn...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: what is SWAT up to when theres not like a hostage crisis or something? Obviously those types of things don't happen everyday so like what do they do ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depends on the agency. In many, SWAT is a part-time job, so they're regular patrol or detectives until there's a ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why you see colors when you close your eyes really hard. I've always wondered why this happens, almost as if the colors dance in and out of sight when I shut my eyes and focus on the backs of my eye lids. Any knowledge on this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Sight is caused by the cells at the b...
<|im_start|>user Can oral vitamin B12 work effectively if taken sublingually?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Oral absorption of B12 is variable and requires several cofactors to transport it across the intestinal mucosa. A sublingual formulation may increase absorption a little, but clinical evidence is really inconcl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What exactly is attraction and how do we develop these attractions to specific traits, qualities, and behaviours? Help me reddit??<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is a combination of biology, experience, conditioning, and learning. Biology - We are (generally) biologically attracted to people...
<|im_start|>user If everything is changing, what is the object of our knowledge? Everything is constantly changing, if everything is changing, then what is the ‘object’ of our knowledge if not the rational constructs of the mind?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant *Most* would say your premise is flawed because e.g. 2+2=4...
<|im_start|>user Are there any molecules which are visible to the naked eye or through visual light microscopy? Are there any molecules (I'm thinking probably a protein) which are so large they are visible to the naked eye or can be seen using standard light microscopy?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The answer is bas...
<|im_start|>user Is there any scientific basis to the old trick of rubbing your hands on stainless steel to remove garlic/onion odors? I've heard that a good trick to remove the strong garlic or onion odor from your fingers after cutting vegetables is to rub your hands with a stainless steel spoon or other utensil. Is ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: As long as there is money to be made in medicine, we can't trust it 100%. I'm going to talk fairly generally here. I've become sceptical over the years, I don't trust advertising or big corporations in general very much. Now without delving into a vaccination/cure debate, there's two scenarios I...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does water stop evaporating when it reaches cloud-level, instead of floating into space? Actual question from my actually 5 year old son, which I tried to research but couldn't understand the answer myself. Hoping someone can explain to both of us.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Cloud level ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why paper and photographs are predominantly rectangular rather than square shaped?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Photographs tend to be primarily portraits or landscapes. The human face on average is longer than it is wide, and therefore a vertical rectangular format works best for depicting it...
<|im_start|>user When someone increases their flexibility (via stretching/yoga/exercise), what is actually happening at a molecular level?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Flexibility is increased by reducing the reflexive muscle tension that occurs when a joint is flexed past a certain point. For example, there is no c...
<|im_start|>user [WH40k] Why does The Imperium use the equivalent of paper for administration? I've heard that the Administratum have entire worlds dedicated to data storage, yet you frequently see them writing with quills. In the 2nd Millennium, it was supposedly calculated that DNA storage (a new form of data storag...
<|im_start|>user Eli5: if there are a ton of harmful bacteria in every persons mouth, why is it relatively safe to give/receive oral when genitalia is so sensitive to foreign bacteria?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The bacteria in your mouth can cause harm depending on your diet and personal hygiene habits. They are ...
<|im_start|>user Why Pitch Up to Go Up while Flying? I was ruminating over the physics of flying, and I arrived at the question: why would you want to pitch the aircraft up in order to increase vertical speed? I know lift is based on both airspeed and on angle of attack, but doesn't increased speed produce a higher inc...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 what it means for something/someone to be Straussian?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Leo Strauss was a philosopher who is most associated today with his research in hidden meanings. He believed that most serious authors wrote in ways that led public interpretations to differ from secret interpre...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how does torrent system work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant In a traditional situation, you have a Server and a Client. The Server is basically a big computer that handles the request of the Client, if you for example want to download a legal copy of a movie, the server would send it to you. T...
<|im_start|>user Private property, best arguments for and against I'm familiar with Locke's argument of natural property rights but I find it quite unconvinving really, is there any other arguments which build on it/are based on it with great detail? Would also like to read some proper philosophical arguments against...
<|im_start|>user What makes someone a philosopher? **Context:** &amp;#x200B; I have been off and on the streets for the last few years, I am trying to get my life back together and I've taken some philosophy course before, I like reading about it but it wasn't until this semester when I started taking my education se...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do some forms of pain, like stretching a sore back or picking a scab, feel so incredibly satisfying ("hurts so good")?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I don't think there's a simple, single explanation to all of the situations you're asking about, but in regards to stretching a sore muscle, y...
<|im_start|>user [Grand theft auto] How is the economy doing so well?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The health care industry and medical technology have become so advanced that they can quickly repair and heal people on the brink of death after extreme injuries, as well as seemingly resurrect the freshly deceased. Co...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does spending huge amounts of money on the military by the government pay off? I.e., Unlike spending on technology or resource extraction which inherently produces materials or products that have value, what does the military produce that has inherent value?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant se...
<|im_start|>user Starting Computer Science Bachelors in a week, pro tips? enrolled in computer science because i have always been fascinated with the seemingly endless applications of the computer. I hope to one day start my own company, preferably in game design (generic, I know). Does anyone have any tips concerning ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The difference between a corporation, a company, and a business Bonus points: why is it that it's specifically corporations that are associated with villainy in so much fiction, and not all companies in general?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant I think you are confusing a few terms as they are all...
<|im_start|>user CMV: The Bible is sexist. By "The Bible", I am including both the canonical Old Testament and the New Testament. By "sexist", I mean that the Bible portrays women as completely inferior to men. Its overall message towards women is condescending at best, and murderous at worst. However, I'm open to the ...
<|im_start|>user [Culture] What exactly are Displacer units, and how do they compare to forms of FTL travel found in other popular SciFi ‘verses?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Displacers encapsulate matter in a containment field and then shunt it through hyperspace to another location in realspace. The energy require...
<|im_start|>user In winter bugs like spiders, flies and mosquitoes, seemingly die off. How is it that after the winter they're able to come back in such numbers? A layman would think the winter would cause an extinction of some insects.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Insects survive the winter months in a variety of d...
<|im_start|>user Stress levels for teaching staff Apologies for any mistakes - on mobile. I’m a professor and I have been in university education for years &amp; years in a humanities discipline. In the last few years, I’ve noticed a definite sea change in the unrealistic expectations of students, and their litigio...
<|im_start|>user Where does the kinetic energy go here? Imagine you and your buddy Neil Armstrong are in space. You both see a bunch of objects of different sizes and at different distances moving towards your direction, all of them around the same speed. From your frame you calculate the kinetic energy of all this pa...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are chemical formulas in the order they are? Why is it H2O and not OH2? Why is it C6H12O6 and not O6H12C6?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are multiple ways of listing chemical formulas. The most commonly used notation is the "Hill system". It is carbon first, then hydrogen, then alphab...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Where is gray, white and black on the light wavelength scale? If they are just shades, how does it work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant White through black don't have specific wavelengths, rather they are a combination of all varying wavelengths of light, in equal measure. Large amounts of all w...
<|im_start|>user How do people die from burns? How does somebody die from large burn wounds if they are still internally sound? I'm wondering what the actual mechanism is e.g. blood loss, shock, etc.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Skin represents the major barrier to infection and disease across the body. Compromisin...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:How does the post office redirect your mail when you change addresses if the info is handwritten on envelopes?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The post office scans the address and uses optical character recognition (OCR) to digitize the address. The computer then helps sort the mail to the corre...
<|im_start|>user In The Hobbit why is it that when Bilbo picks up something like keys or an object like a rock it stays visible yet when he draws his sword it remains invisible? Same with his clothes, why does he not have to strip?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The ring of power, enhances those qualities that exist w...
<|im_start|>user How are some cats/dogs able to find their owners despite being over a hundred miles away from home? Inspired by this [article](http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Homeward-Bound-Cat-Walks-190-Miles-Reunite-With-Owners-51827.html) about a cat who walked 190 miles away from where the family had lost the cat. ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do computers get slow? And how can I prevent it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It can vary from computer to computer, but its usually a combination of a few things: * Startup processes - the more you install over time, the more that runs in the background * Wear and tear - over time you m...
<|im_start|>user ELi5: Why does my iPhone shoot photos at 3264 × 2448 but only shoots video at 1920 × 1080? Is this just a restriction that Apple has placed on the camera to make it shoot in a common resolution or is there a technical reason?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are a few technical reasons which can e...
<|im_start|>user Do UV sanitizing wands really work and if so, how?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant UV radiation damages the DNA of cells. The idea is to hurt them to a point that prevents them from being able to replicate efficiently, not to simply kill them off the first go. UV radiation however is only good for sur...
<|im_start|>user Can someone explain Aristotle's process of how we become virtuous? Do we use reason to determine what is virtuous, and then through habituation exercise those virtues?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Indeed, but it's important to remark that this habituation involves applying the same principle to diff...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: In quantum physics, why do particles react differently when being observed? Thanks guys! This is all really interesting stuff.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It's important to remember that what you normally think of as "observation" is not the same as how we usually "observe" tiny particles li...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Can the brain function if some nonessential parts get removed?How?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Brains are elastic and their substance can be reallocated to different uses, to a point. Severe damage can be worked around. The internet is an analogue. If the US was removed from the internet due ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do our tummies rumble when we are hungry?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant This can be explained by a closer look at how the digestive system functions. The digestive system is, in essence, a long tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus. This tube connects with the various organs a...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How in the HELL does electromagnetism work? Seriously, I’ve been baffled to this day about charges, what “positive” and “negative” actually mean, and how magnets can repel or pull towards one another just based on proximity. How do the molecules know they’re close to each other? Is it some basic ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 Why we say "Islamic" extremism instead of "Muslim" extremism If we're talking about extremist Jews, we wouldn't say "Judaic extremism" right?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Typically, "Islam" refers to the religion, and "Muslim" to the people who follow Islam. "Islamic" is used for anything that...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What makes it so your body can stay in a coma for years and just randomly wake up? Why are comas so unpredictable for how long you are asleep for?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Imagine you're playing Dwarf Fortress. Your fortress is big, complex, and detailed levels stretch from surface to the ...
<|im_start|>user Why do Asians have dry ear 'powder' and Westerners have wet ear 'wax'? Edit: Not ALL Asians have dry ear wax and not ALL Westerners have wet. And Thanks for all the input from the pro's.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There may be an answer to this question, but in evolutionary genetics, you should al...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How are allergies able to be acquired as people get older? I've have friends who have just started to be allergic to some foods that they weren't allergic to before. How does this happen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Allergies are caused by our immune system mistaking food or innocuous particl...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:If you got in a plane and started flying flat along with Earth then maintained that direction, would you eventually begin flying out of the atmosphere? Or would the plane follow the curvature of the Earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant tl;dr: The plane would need to follow the curvature of the e...
<|im_start|>user [Diablo 2] - So Blaise didn't fare so well in her most recent fight against Rakanishu... She did, at least, die honorably. But now I am wondering - Akara claims that Andariel turned many of their sister Rogues against them and drove them from their ancestral home. (paraphrase of her words) Apparently...