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<|im_start|>user Why is it that a vaccine like J&amp;J can reduce severity of Covid-19 even in cases where it doesn’t provide full immunity? The trials indicated that full immunity varied by country, probably due to the different strains. But it was effective at reducing severity across the board at similar rates, rega...
<|im_start|>user CMV: "Transracial" is as valid as "transgender". I made an account to post this because I deleted my old account. I know it may seem like I'm a troll but I'm not, I'm genuinely interested in this issue. I know there are some other topics up about the same thing, and I'm actively reading those, but my v...
<|im_start|>user [E.T.] Why did the extraterrestrials seem really worried about being discovered by humans during their initial landing, but didn't seem to care at all when they came back for E.T.? In the beginning of the film, the extraterrestrials are really on edge as they perform their research excursion, reacting ...
<|im_start|>user What’s the difference between transcendental idealism and materialism? New to philosophy so apologies if this makes no sense. I’m struggling to see the difference between these schools of thought. To me transcendental idealism seems almost materialist. Kant says we live in a world of experience, experi...
<|im_start|>user CMV: Diversity is not about race A diverse society is a society which has people from different backgrounds and cultures. How does race come into play? Take this example; a white child who immigrated from Chechnya to escape persecution and a black, American child, live next door to each other. They gr...
<|im_start|>user [Judge Dredd] Are the Mega-Cities independent of each other? So I am asking about how the Mega-Cities deal with each other. I understand that there are like a dozen mega-cities scattered all over the planet. Are they independent? Do they conduct trade with each other? What about the areas outside the...
<|im_start|>user What is ‘lightweight code’?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Typically it refers to code that uses few system resources or has few features. If you're talking about libraries, it typically means the library has few dependencies, is easy to add to existing software, or only solves a single problem.<|im_e...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:If everyone has a different set of tastebuds and we all have different levels of satisfaction/dissatisfaction towards different foods, then how do food critics have a job? Wouldn't their opinion be worthless? I will admit that I have not read a lot of food critic articles. But why would I read s...
<|im_start|>user [King Kong 2005] How did the ancient civilization build structures at the inner part of the island since it's filled with dangers at every turn?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plenty of possibilities. Everything from a smaller monster population when the structures were built to more advanced and nume...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:What's the core differences between the CIA, the NSA, the ATF, The FBI, the Secret Service and Homeland Security? Why can't they be combined into one agency? All seem to do pretty much the same thing. I'm confused as to what each of them can and can't do and the jurisdiction of each agency. *up...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why were some ancient cities needed to be excavated? How does a city get lost due to "something" covering it? For instance, consider the city of Pompeii, which was buried under the ash from a volcanic eruption. What does it exactly mean? Did the entire city get covered and formed a plateau-like s...
<|im_start|>user If I croak, my cells die pretty quickly. Are the cells in fruit on my counter alive? If so, how long does it take for them to die?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Plants can have different parts separated from each other continue to live independently. Leaves, stems, fruits, etc. can continue to live a...
<|im_start|>user Is there a terminal velocity for a buoyant object rising through liquid water? If so, how would one calculate it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The forces involved are weight (W), buoyancy (B), and drag (D). Applying Newton’s second law, we find that W + D = B, or D = B - W. The buoyant force is ρ*...
<|im_start|>user Why is cancer much more relevant now than it was a century ago?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Don't quite understand the question, but cancer tends to be a disease of older people and people live much longer nowadays. So, if you die of an infection at 32, you don't live long enough to die of colon c...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How is it that if you cut a small piece out of a hologram you can still see the entire image in it, instead of just a part of it like you'd get from cutting up a photograph?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant With a photograph, a lens is used to focus the scene on the film. Each part of the film on...
<|im_start|>user How do I know if Computer Science is right for me? I am starting University this September and thinking of changing my degree pathway to Computer Science but not sure if it's right for me. Apart from coding/programming what does a CS degree entail? I have been looking at the Uni modules but don't real...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What causes that sound you hear when you cup your ears?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Surfaces reflect sounds. Surfaces of certain sizes reflect sounds of particular frequencies. A cupped hand will reflect some high frequencies more than others. The diameter of the "cup" focuses those frequenci...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do US Businesses like Apple affect the trade balance when its products are produced abroad?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Trade deficits are about as useful to characterize a nation's economic well-being as it is trying to determine a person's identity from a shadow. It only provides the b...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How can we have heart-lung bypass and kidney dialysis but not liver dialysis? What makes creating liver dialysis so difficult? Is it the functional complexity of the organ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant ELI5 version: The kidney is a filter. The liver is a factory. We can build pretty good filte...
<|im_start|>user Eli5, how do selective herbicides such as broadleaf weed killer work? Why do they only kill certain things?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant By targeting something that only that species or group of species have. Because they are broadleaf, that means they are all related. Much like humans, chimps, gor...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why specifically does the Northern part of Africa have desert land? I’m assuming it’s on the same geographical level as other countries that have no desert at all?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Climate is much more than just latitude Things like altitude, geography, air currents, water currents...
<|im_start|>user [DC] When and how did Batman have the time to learn all his skills? Like He somehow learned like 20 different languages while also training his body to above Olympic level athlete , to learning and mastering every martial art to learning alll these different sciences and detective skills all at some ...
<|im_start|>user Is a human brain transplant achievable? If not, why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For any organ transplant, you need to connect the new organ to the host. For most organs, that means some rational number of blood vessels and physical attachment to the surrounding structure. For a brain transplant ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How on earth do wells work? I don't understand how do wells work. Like, I've seen a lot of wells made of stone, so, if you dig a huge hole in the ground, how does water come inside the well? Like, I've seen a lot of movies where someone gets stuck in a well or something, and there's always a rock...
<|im_start|>user What does it mean for a philosopher to develop a "complete philosophical system"? Like I read recently, for example, that Hegel is considered one of the last great "systems philosophers", having developed his own complete philosophical system. What does that involve? Does the philosopher have to touch ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: is the way we walk genetic? So i have noticed my cousin walks similarly of not exactly the same as my uncle. I feel like I also kinda walk like my dad. Is this just another genetic thing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The way you walk depends on things like genetics, such as leg bone length whi...
<|im_start|>user [Harry Potter] If a metamorphmagus became an animagus, would those abilities interact? I.e. Would they be able to change their animal form's appearance? Or transform in to multiple animals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Being a metamorphagus is an inherent genetic trait. Being an animagus is a lea...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do liquor bottles sometimes have those thing that make it pour really slow?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant They are to measure the fluid. Barkeepers need to measure a lot of fluid in as short of an amount of time as possible. I don't know the exact figure, but they pour at around 1cl per s...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do so many people have seafood/shellfish allergies, yet red meat/ poultry allergies are so unheard of?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Most seafood allergies are a reaction to proteins in the fish or other seafood. We have much more in common with poultry and beef than we do with fish. We sha...
<|im_start|>user [Marvel Cinematic Universe] How did HYDRA maintain its infiltration of SHIELD for nearly 70 years? I'm not asking how they avoided being exposed in that time (Zola answered that), but rather where all these younger people, like Sitwell, who would have been too young to even remember WWII. was it a chai...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: I often hear about new planets being discovered with water beneath the surface, but rarely about planets with large oceans. Is subterranean water easier to detect or more likely to occur, and why?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Water only exist in a liquid state at a narrow range if atmospheric ...
<|im_start|>user How do 'after-tastes' work? Why do we get a different taste only after the food has been swallowed?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When you put food in your mouth, the 'taste' you experience, besides its physical characteristics, is a combination of the basic flavors identified by your tongue, such as...
<|im_start|>user Say I move a large pile of rocks. Will I burn the same number of calories no matter how I do it? For instance of I move them all in one day or do it over several days, or if I use a ramp to move them or a pulley system, is the amount of energy used the same no matter? Would I see differences in muscle ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: That euphoric half-asleep feeling where you're still semi-present but your mind is also solving tangential abstract problems that you can never remember upon fully waking.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant One definition of a brain is that it is a "meaning making machine", it takes stimuli from you...
<|im_start|>user Are there proteins that do nothing? Neutral things that natural selection didn't "care about". Surely it must be the case, just like we have useless bones, right? Or would such proteins be necessarily bad for our body?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are lots of proteins, the function or full ran...
<|im_start|>user Why didn't the leak in the ISS vent all the air immediately? I assumed that because there's no air in space, and lots in the ISS, it would shoot out incredibly fast. Is my assumption just plain wrong or is there more at play?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The mass flow rate is related to the differen...
<|im_start|>user Tips for Reading Foucault So, I've just begun reading through Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" (about 50 pages so far). Up till now I have, for the most part, "ignored" some of the stranger meanings carried by his language and word choices, and just tried to focus on getting the "gist" of what I f...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does a graphing calculator with a 4 inch gray scale screen cost more than a quad core tablet with 1080p screen?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Schools often mandate specific calculators for specific classes. This is for two reasons. One is that instructions can be very exact: hit this butt...
<|im_start|>user What conclusion can be drawn from statistically insignificant results? (Layman question and text provided) Hello guys, I just wanted to ask you if somebody could give me very basic (layman) explanation about one question. If for example you did an experiment on yourself where you tried a drug to see i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: The Earth's magnetic field periodically reverses polarity. How does this happen and what are the effects felt on Earth?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The effects are relatively unknown. We know a good number of species rely on magnetism to navigate, so there might be a critical moment that coul...
<|im_start|>user [Fatherland]how is Hitler still alive in 1964, his drug addictions were already basically killing him when he shot himself in our timeline? Hitler was regularly taking opiates by 1941, which is a year before the novel deviated from our timeline in 1942. EDIT:https://www.npr.org/transcripts/518986612?t...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are certain foods considered breakfast foods? Is there anything particular about eggs/pancakes/cereal/oatmeal that make them considered breakfast foods? Is it because they are simple to prepare and high in protein or calories to keep you fueled?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Every culture h...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Artificial food flavoring How do scientists figure out how to get some chemicals to taste like something else, specifically a certain flavor? Example: Propel watermelon flavored water. Has no mention of anything watermelon-y, yet tastes like watermelon.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Well, "water...
<|im_start|>user Why is the derivative of e^x the same as e^x? It baffles me that the gradient function can be equal to the function itself. Anyone care to shed some light on this?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant First, remember what a derivative is: The "rate of change" (or "slope") of the line/function. So, at a cer...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are Asia and Europe considered different continents?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Both the idea of dividing Europe from Asia and Africa and the concept of a continent comes from Europe. So it is not surprising that European see Europe as a continent even if newer Earth science uses a diffe...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does Eye color play into attraction? I've heard it mentioned many times that the eyes were often the first thing someone was enamored with and its often the thing someone remembers their SO over, men/women with Bright/striking Blue, Green, Hazel Etc. are notable examples.<|im_end|> <|im_start...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how scientists know what compounds are in the atmosphere of a planet that's light-years away How do they figure out there's methane on titan for example? Edit: titan was just an example because I know they discovered methane there. Yes, I know it's not light-years away. It's not a planet either. ...
<|im_start|>user Are there any parasites that inhabit a valuable ecological niche? Do we need parasites? Are leeches and ticks necessary? If we eradicated botfly would another species suffer?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There is some speculation that the eosinophilic aspect of the human body which functions to targ...
<|im_start|>user How fast would one need to accelerate a container of air to make it bunch up to one side, creating a vacuum on the other? Back when railroads were new, alarmists feared that the speed of the carriages going as fast as 20mph would create a deathly situation for the passengers. This was obviously quite ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't Godzilla-esque monsters exist in nature ? I understand that food and energy levels would be and issue, but is there anything else stopping gargantuan creatures evolving ? Same for giant flying creatures, bigger versions of real animals, insects and sea creatures. Thanks.<|im_end|> <|i...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If natural selection is based on survival of the fittest, why do most people instinctively and passionately protect the weak? Why is it almost universally considered unethical to kill (or let die) less "fit" people? Edit: I strongly believe the weak and "unfit" should be protected, I just don't u...
<|im_start|>user Overwhelmed by philosophy- I feel agnostic about all of my values, and it is sickening and preventing me from doing much. Every since I was introduced to philosophy there is this constant awful agnosticism of my personal values. I feel like love is real, but then I go out to dinner, and the people I am...
<|im_start|>user Does nuclear fusion produce radiation like nuclear fission?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are two types of radioactivity that can come from fission/fusion. The first is *prompt radiation* - this is particles given off instantaneously during the fission or fusion reaction. For instance, fissio...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 how does scientist exactly describe or know a very, very far away planet with interesting properties like lava ocean and raining rocks?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For the most part they don’t know. Here is how they determine properties: first they look at the parent star. From the light, brig...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Bullet sizes what are the demensions? when someone says 55.6 by 44, is that the tip or the casing?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Caliber is the width of the barrel of a firearm, which should also essentially be the diameter of the bullet. You'll see two different naming conventions, depending o...
<|im_start|>user I understand why different atoms have different absorption spectrum, but why does a given atom have several "peaks" in its spectrum? I would assume it's because each electron will give off a different amount of energy. But hydrogen only has one electron, and it has 5 peaks (at least in the visible spe...
<|im_start|>user What determines absorbency? How come bread absorbs water, but not metal? My guess is it just has to do with surface tension, pockets of empty space in the material, maybe having to do with if the solid reacts to the substance to create a single mushy material. Bread and towels don't "absorb" the same w...
<|im_start|>user Why is Bismuth so non-lethal, compared to other heavy metals? Especially considering its neighbors are Thallium, Mercury, Lead, and Polonium. Specifically, why can we ingest it via pepto-bismol? Is it the element itself which is safe, or the way it's bonded in the compound? If it is the former, what...
<|im_start|>user How does Hawking's area theorem reconcile with Hawking radiation? Hawking's area theorem says that the area of a black hole's event horizon can never decrease, only increase, similarly to entropy. Further, the radius (and hence, the area) of the event horizon is determined by the mass inside the horizo...
<|im_start|>user How did Schrodinger come up with the wave equation, if he didn't derive it? I am from India and conservative people often boast about how Schrodinger got his wave equation from Hinduism. They say Schrodinger, because he used to study Hindu scriptures, got the equation inspired from Vedanta. Now, I know...
<|im_start|>user How is it that they can X ray paintings to see what is under the picture (previous pictures o changes that the painter did)? What's the x ray stopping at? Is it the same kind of x ray that they use at hospitals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Adding info to other good comments. The x-rays themselves ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does a compass on your phone work?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant A pretty common method is to use magnetoresistance. Some materials change their electrical resistance depending on the direction of the magnetic field they're exposed to. So they put little slivers of those materials on a chip...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Dreams. Why sometimes the dream is so vivid that we get that "Damn it was just a dream" feeling? Trying to make it more clear: I had this really nice dream last night. And was kinda sad for me waking up to realize that I was in fact just dreaming.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant You're going to g...
<|im_start|>user [ELI5] why do stoves use meaningless scales on their dials? 1-6 &amp; Hi? Low-Hi and Hi+ on the power burner? Watts or rate of fuel flow would provide an easier basis of comparison between stoves and make cooking far more consistent.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The arbitrary scales are easy to impl...
<|im_start|>user Why don't metal detectors go off because of zippers and metal buttons?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The detectors have a threshold setting which is often adjustable. They're detecting metal all the time, but only objects that displace the field by a given amount sound the alarm. They keep the thres...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 why are mercury containing amalgam tooth fillings considered safe despite mercury being extremely toxic?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The properties of elements change wildly when those elements form chemical bonds with other elements. It's why hydrogen (a flammable gas) and oxygen (a flammable...
<|im_start|>user How did we (living things in general) evolve 2 genders? Considering that single celled organisms reproduce asexually and life as it currently exists ultimately began as single celled organisms, at what point during that evolution did life decide that having two "genders" would be more advantageous?<|im...
<|im_start|>user ELI5 - Can usable guns be made from titanium? I noticed during recent traveling that a titanium implant does not register with metal detectors or any other scanner at the airport. What stops people from making guns from titanium or other similar metals?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Regulations that ...
<|im_start|>user I once heard a Language teacher tell me that a reason colder countries tend to be more advanced is that they have to advance their civilization and technology to cope with the cold. Are there Sociological studies supporting it?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Recommended reading: Guns, Germs and Steel....
<|im_start|>user Why doesn't the universal translator translate Klingon? [Star Trek]<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It does for the most part, but it can detect when you don't want to be translated or intentionally want to say something in another language for example when you use proper nouns, or when you want to say...
<|im_start|>user Intelligence Quotient / IQ, what exactly is it and what are its criticisms? Why is it potentially wrong?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant IQ is a measure of how 'intelligent' you are compared to the average person your age where you live. Having an IQ of 100 by definition means that you are exactly ave...
<|im_start|>user is floating in water at 1g equivalent to floating in more/less dense fluid at higher/lower g? In the pool yesterday and I was wondering, could I have much the same experience of floating in the water if I were on a low-g planet? Not water - at low-g I'd think that water would push me up too much, like,...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: What is the scientific purpose of landing on the comet, and what are it's implications? Besides, you know, because we can.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The purpose is exploration and the testing our capabilities. If at some point in the far future we are going to harvest comets for resources (...
<|im_start|>user Do stars exist that only emit infrared light?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Bodies radiate electromagnetism at different wavelengths based on their temperature. Infrared, radio waves, light, x-rays, etc. are all em radiation at different wavelengths. In order for a star to be doing any nuclear fu...
<|im_start|>user After the big bang, the universe underwent hyperinflation. Currently, our universe is expanding at an increasing rate. Can someone explain how the expansion of the universe was fastest immediately after the big bang, slowed down (?), and is now increasing at an increasing rate?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>as...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If the medicine in Epi-Pens degrades when exposed to light, then why is the container clear and not opaque?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The medicine itself needs to be clearly visible to the user. If it gets cloudy, or has suspended particles, it should no longer be used and just discarded. T...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why can't long cables be stretched perfectly straight? I'm thinking about electricity cables for example.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Its 3 things combined. Weight, malleability, gravity. The wires themselves are heavy, and gravity is always trying to pull them down. In order to attempt to k...
<|im_start|>user Is there a limit to how many atoms there can be in a molecule?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Depending on your definition of molecule, it's pretty clear there's no limit in a practical sense. Crystals are essentially giant molecules, if by that we mean continuous blocks of atoms connected by sharing ...
<|im_start|>user CMV: There is nothing inherently racist about not being attracted to certain ethnic or racial groups To be clear, not wanting to date a black person because of stereotypes about black people ("I think black people are XY") or opposition to interracial dating is racist, yes. However, not wanting to date...
<|im_start|>user [Seinfeld] Seinfeld had a considerable number of enemies, How likely is it that he was shanked in prison after the final episode? Or that on appeal the insane law that required him to rescue a complete stranger from carjacking was overturned?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant On appeal it's almost certai...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are bigger sizes of the same item of clothing the same price? Seems like you should pay more for more material?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The materials cost (especially the difference in materials cost between two sizes) is an insignificantly small portion of the cost to design, manufac...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: If light doesn't have mass, why can't it escape the gravitational pull of a black hole?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant According to general relativity, gravity is not a force, but the curvature of spacetime itself. Photons follow straight lines through space, but in a curved spacetime those str...
<|im_start|>user Why does rock salt help with thawing sidewalks, yet it's used in ice cream makers to make the ice cream even colder? This is something that has absolutely confused me since I was a fetus.<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Here's why: the scientific principle is identical for both purposes. Adding salt to...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why are cops allowed to be fat?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Because height, weight, and physical ability testing is done at the time of qualification—there's no ongoing fitness or ability requirement in most places. As many commenters have already pointed out, very few cops actually sprint a...
<|im_start|>user If I were able to stand next to Voyager I where it is now in interstellar space, would I be able to see it? I was wondering if there would be enough light (photons) out there to bounce off the spacecraft and hit our retina or if it would appear to be a silhouette against a starry sky? Or dimly lit. I ...
<|im_start|>user What makes some materials oven-safe but not microwave-safe or vice versa?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The dielectric properties of the material. In oven safe, the material has to take external heating, which will be a function of its heat transfer capacity ie if you heat it too fast, one area wi...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why with today's camera technology do we still use video cameras that are 15+ pounds, and require two hands and a shoulder to rest on?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant For quality and photographic properties. The biggest limiting factor is the lens. The wider the lens, the more light it can captu...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why do we hold onto our injuries after we get hurt (Holding your head after it hits something) ?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant It is a natural reflex to prevent the injury area from receiving additional damage. Taking an injury to our limbs is less severe than to our torso or head. Injuries ar...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the last bit of ice in a cup refuse to come out without me having to bang the cup?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The same thing that gives water its surface tension gives it the ability to stick to other surfaces. Each water molecule is basically a tiny, weak permanent magnet. This all...
<|im_start|>user What is money? Can someone explain what money is? Why do we seek it? Is money just a lie that we keep telling ourselves? Also, why is money so effective in what it does? Has there always been money?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Money is a medium of exchange which we seek because we believe we can al...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does U-Haul get away with having all vehicles licensed in 1 state? All U-Haul vehicles I've seen are licensed in Arizona. How can they operate in so many jurisdictions but only pay for licensing in 1 state?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant There are laws pertaining to fleet vehicles - in other...
<|im_start|>user ELI5:Why exactly do we need differential calculus? I have just started learning calculus, and I get the gist of differentiation and integration and stuff, but why exactly do we need to use it ? I mean, for example, velocity/time is already acceleration, so why can't we just use that in place of dv/dt?<...
<|im_start|>user Eli5 Why do some wines or whiskeys have a cork top, but others stick to a screw off top? Is this flavour based? Aesthetic? An old tradition to certain branding for no reason?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Basically just tradition and marketing nowadays. Corks have two advantages over other methods th...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How do the meteorologists know what the "real feel" is? Or apps, for that matter? My AccuWeather says there's a temperature of 9C outside, with a real feel of 10C. In the winter, it showed -5C with a real feel of -11C. How is that determined?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Real Feel temperatures...
<|im_start|>user CMV: I think that anyone who works 40 hours a week in the USA should be entitled to a middle class lifestyle. I believe that anyone who works any job, no matter how trivial, easy, unskilled, or unglamorous for 40 hours every week in this country (USA) should be paid enough not only to rent an apartment...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: How does basic health insurance work? Can someone please elaborate on what a "deductible" and "premium" are as well?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant The basics of health insurance (or any form of insurance for that matter) is to create a large pool of people to spread risk around. You're not sick...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: Why does the sun cause things to fade over time? I recently looked at the back of the curtains at my dad's house and noticed they're extremely faded, and was curious what it is about the sun that causes this type of fading<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant When a molecule absorbs a photon of light,...
<|im_start|>user CMV: If you think “not all men” trivializes the issues women face by men, then you should feel the same way about “not all immigrants”. Let me start off by saying that I think both of these statements are stupid for various reasons. I’m also not some altrighter trying to bait this subreddit so mods be ...
<|im_start|>user ELI5: what is actually happening when you get a "knot" in your muscle? Edit: additional question...is massage the only solution? Or are there other ways to help them go back to normal?<|im_end|> <|im_start|>assistant Massage therapist here; Your muscles are made up of bundles of long thin fibres. Thes...
<|im_start|>user CMV: “Objective quality” does not exist in art. I’m a musician, so I hear this kind of talk a lot, from fellow musicians and non-musicians alike. When I share a piece of music that I like, I often hear “this is shit,” or “this other song is so much better,” and even positive reactions such as “this is ...