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Why do tortilla chips not come in individual-sized bags? | Because regular tortilla chips are a bit too bland and dry to eat by themselves and are mostly consumed at parties or a home environment, where they can be dipped in salsaThey do sell individually sized bags of tortilla chips. A quick Googles search led to _URL_1_ or _URL_0_ for example.Because why waste your time with... |
How do people born blind perceive objects/things in their mind and how accurate are they in terms of shape, size and colour when compared to the actual object? | They did an experiment back in 2011 by taking people who had been blind since birth, giving them a cube and a sphere, restoring their sight, then telling them to distinguish between them. The results were supposedly as good as if they had just guessed, meaning that blind people probably have different perceptions of ob... |
What makes antibacterial soap different from regular soap? | Antibacterial soaps have chemical additives, like triclosan, that kill bacteria. Regular soap simply washes them away, which is typically just as effective. A quick google search says that the antibacterial agents in soap need to be left on for 2 minutes to be effective, so they are likely not doing anything beneficial... |
What is the purpose in using film grain on TV shows or Movies? | Well it depends on how it was filmed. If it's film, then well the film grain comes from that. They aren't adding it on purpose. If it's digital, then it is being added to mimic film. |
I throw a handful of sunflower seeds in my mouth. Some of them taste salty after I've cracked them open. Why? | Sunflowers, when under duress emit a "salty flavor" to discourage predators from eating further seeds. The reason they taste salty cracked open is that it comprises the integrity of the seed and therefore cannot reproduce. Predators that swallow the seed whole can then pass it on later through its feces. |
If black Americans are called African-American...Why aren't white Americans called "European-Americans"? | I know you referenced forms and polls, but I think it is important to note that plenty of "white" people in America call themselves Irish-American, or Italian-American. I think the continent vs the country has more to do with the black people who's ancestors were brought over in slavery and therefore they likely have n... |
When do we observe red shift? | RobusEtCaleritas is right. You can imagine it this way: Imagine you're standing in the ocean at the beach, a short distance from the shore. Waves move toward you at a constant pace. Let's say you are hit by one swell every 10 seconds. If you start running towards the shore, you will be hit by less and less waves, maybe... |
How come my contact lenses are thin as paper, yet my glasses with same prescription have thick lenses | The contacts are closer to your eyes, so less refraction is necessary. There's a point when you can no longer where contacts because they'd be too big. There's also glass contacts. They're very painful though and you have to put them in with a special tool. They are a lot thicker.Different material with a different ref... |
Why do guys send dick pics? | I work for a porn site. We don't do any production, I'm rarely ever where a camera will shoot me . However, guys send me as many dick pics as they do the models themselves. I guess it's just the thought of a girl opening it gets some of them off. Some probably think they might get some action? I don't know someday I sh... |
Why can aquatic animals grow to be so much larger than land animals | Because they don't have to life all that mass of the ground and trutch around with it. Buoyancy carries most of the weight. |
Why does everybody get mad at movies shot at 48 fps, but also a video games shot at below 60 fps? | Motion Blur. As movies are filmed, the movement of the actors is recorded as still images. If they're moving fast enough, they blur slightly on the film. Our eyes interpret the blurring as motion more readily. At 48fps for a movie, the frames do not last long enough to have recorded any significant motion blur due to t... |
What are fabergé eggs and why are they so expensive? | They are decorative eggs made by Peter Fabergé for the Russian Tsars. They were made out of precious metals and jewels, and were created solely in the Fabergé workshop and he only made 50 before the Russian Revolution. Only 42 are known to have survived . The eggs were basically these egg shaped objects that would sit ... |
How do analog synthesizers make sound? | synthesizers are one thing, making sound is another. synthesizers "synthesize" signals. they basically generate all sorts of different wave patterns and signals and allow you to play with them. a speaker is a device that takes in an electrical signal and transfers it into a mechanical signal. how he does that you might... |
What happens to a person's debt when they are the last person of a family line and die? | It doesn't matter if you have family or not, debt cannot be inherited. If you do have debt when you die, your creditors can take from your estate to pay it off. If your estate is not large enough to pay the whole debt, the debt just goes away.The creditors can claim from the estate. If there is not enough in the estate... |
Why does heating up food make it taste better? | Part of your sense of taste comes from the smell sensors in your nose. This is why you can't taste much when you have a cold. Heating food causes it to give off more steam and various vapors which can then get to your nose quicker and easier.Warm molecules are more excited than cold molecules. Their excitement gets you... |
How have denim blue jeans maintained their popularity while pretty much every other type of clothing has gone in and out of fashion? | Cuts and styles of jeans have come and gone over the years. Sure, denim's been a staple of fashion since the 60s but we've seen Different cuts: bell bottoms, boot cut, straight leg, skinny jeans, pipe legs , low-rider waist, normal waist, high-cut waist, etc Different finishes: Indigo, stone washed, acid washed, galaxy... |
Why are NFL quarterbacks overwhelmingly white while most other positions are held by black men? | The percentage of white quarterbacks in the NFL is 78. The percentage white americans is 72.There was a study once showing that blacks have slightly elevated testorone when compared to white people. This can make physical aggression easier. Aside from that it could have to do with how they were raised and opportunities... |
Why can animals drink dirty water where as humans cannot? | This is a bit of a myth. Animals are just as susceptible to waterborne diseases as humans, and they can get sick and die from them. Deer in North America have been documented with giardia, a common waterborne illness. On the other hand, waterborne diseases aren't as deadly as you might think. After all, all animals evo... |
What is the point to things like Origami Owl, Scentsy, Paparazzi Jewelry, etc. that use a consultant to sell? | It helps spread the word about the product without costly marketing fees. Consultants earn an income and sell the stuff to their friends and acquaintances. It's a good process for the company because they only have to pay a commission rather than employ people full-time and have to provide benefits. |
How do people who colorize photos know what color to make things? | Depends on the source photo. For example old photos with advertisement or firetrucks or uniforms, it can be deduced from modern colors what their original color was. Otherwise the colors are just chosen arbitrarily so that they seem realistic and suitable for the given time the photo was takenThey dont. They can look a... |
Are humans still being naturally selected? | Natural selection works that individuals who have genes which improve their capability to reproduce are more likely to survive and thus the traits are kept the thing is, humans are so at the top of their game that we no longer need to adapt to specific environments, just look, humans are **all around the globe**, and p... |
Why do my earplugs tangle up all the time? | Someone published a [paper] on this in PNAS quite some time back. It's kind of cool. As a quick and dirty summary, what they found was that when jostled, strings tend to form coils, which then form loose weaves though the other strands. I guess it's similar to braiding and weaving. At that point they're pretty well tan... |
How our internal clocks work | I'm not an expert in the field, so if there's anyone who can correct me, please do.But if I remember rightly, when light is detected by the eyes, the hormone melatonin is released - this is a stress hormone. For example, when you wake up on a winter morning, melatonin levels are lower; you'll feel groggy and sleepy. Wh... |
Why is Australia just NOW getting Netflix? | Netflix has wanted to go to Australia for a long time. [Last year] was the first time they mentioned it publicly, but if previous markets are anything to go by then the negotiation process started long before that. But it was a much more complicated process than they anticipated. Securing the rights to distribute the c... |
Glycemic Index & Glycemic Load of foods. | Ok, so we start with carbohydrates, an essential macronutrient. No matter that form your carbs take, your body will digest it into sugar. Glycemic INDEX is a measure of how FAST your body will digest the carbs into sugar, and thus how it will spike your blood sugar. A high index makes your blood sugar rise and then dro... |
Why are my parents so scared of Jeremy Corbyn's rise? (UK) | I am assuming that your parents come from a Conservative background, but they could be Labour supporters too. In the 70s, the UK had lots of problems with industrial action. There were frequent power cuts. Edward Heath's Conservative government introduced a three-day working week so that we wouldn't run out of coal whe... |
Why are there people against the development of renewable fuels and energy sources? | pretend you have a lemonade stand, you have to go out, find the ingredients, mix it, and you make a product that people need because it's hot. You open several lemonade stands because more and more people want/need your lemonade. Then, someone comes along with a lemonade stand and all they have to do is hold up a bucke... |
What is credit and why is it necessary? | * I'd say yes but the better answer is it can be, because people with bad credit will be able to get options that people with no credit might not be able to. * You build credit by getting credit. You have to get a first card from someone, usually a $250 or $500 limit. If you, for whatever reason, absolutely can't get o... |
Why do low pressure systems produce unsettled weather whereas high pressure produces calm conditions? | Take a look at a picture like this:_URL_1_ Basically, the air mass UNDER the blue line is spinning clockwise while the airmass ABOVE it is spinning counterclockwise. Now, I might be mixing these up so please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but clockwise spinning air pulls air up, sort of like a hurricane does :_URL_0_... |
How do mechanical pool tables recognize the cue ball? | Pool tables were invented a while back in less enlightened times. There's a white entrance & a coloured entrance.Saw a program about this some time back. It is slightly smaller |
Since black absorbs light, exactly how much warmer will you be in a black shirt, contra a white one? And also, are black people on average hotter than the rest? | Can I add to you question why women in Arabic countries wear black robes ? Wouldn't it make more sense to wear white ones?", 'Read "Why do Bedouins wear black robes in hot deserts?" a paper from Nature. Turns out that the colour makes no difference and it's how the robe is worn that makes the differenceWell I don't thi... |
difference between a lunar eclipse and a new moon. | A new moon simply isn't being lit by the sun from our point of view. A lunar eclipse has the moon in the earth's shadow. _URL_0_ |
What is a Grand Duchess/Duke, who is eligible to become one, and what do they do? | A Grand Duke, is usually the ruling monarch of a minor nation. The title is less of senior Duke and more of a junior King. Small provinces changed hands frequently in Europe, often without changing nobility, and often found themselves as independent states. That noble would find themselves as the head of state, more th... |
How do trees produce oxygen in the winter? | 1. not all trees drop leaves 2. not all regions got cold season where trees need to drop the leaves |
Does bank account with all money which my country hold exist ? | I once heard a guy on the radio who told that he performed transactions on the Dutch government national bank account, account number "1" at The Netherlands Bank. For instance, when the Netherlands needs to pay fees to the European Union, it is done from this bank account. I'm not sure if this account "holds all the co... |
Since cats and dogs have multiple offspring at once, are they considered genetic twins? If not, can dogs and/or cats have twins? | yes and or no. So twins are born at the same time and can be identical or fraternal. fraternal twins are genetically siblings, while identical twins have identical DNA. Fraternal twins happen when two separate eggs are released and fertilized very close in time to each other so they both attach to the womb and are born... |
Why do trips seem to last longer while going than while coming back? | I feel like it's more because of the anticipation/ possible fear of actually reaching your destination. After you arrive and do what you're there to do I'd say the journey back to where you came from is spent more thinking about what you did. Example: An 8 year old on its way to Disneyland all excited and hyper thinkin... |
Why am I so ticklish? | You are ticklish because humans often find the unexpected funny. You did not expect someone to touch you, but your skin's nerves were stimulated. The same goes for most humor - jokes are funny because you were told A, so expect B; but the punchline/followup is H. This is also why it is not possible to tickle oneself, y... |
How are scholarships with ethnicity requirements legal? | It's called affirmative action or positive discrimination. Basically discriminating in favour of certain disadvantaged groups that have possibly suffered as a result of discrimination.Because the regulations were specifically written to allow them. The idea being that after the law and society has actively stopped keep... |
How does this even work from a structural engineering standpoint? | I can't comment on that specific structure since it could be a cheat such as you described using internal support of some type. However, such a structure is possible in theory. It is a complex looking version of an arch. Notice how the bricks are higher in the middle? Those bricks rest on the ones below them just like ... |
Why is Japan, a country spread across multiple Islands so much more united than the UK, a country spread across multiple Islands. | They both *did* have regional identities. The difference is that the UK said "Ok, you can be Scottish, whatever, as long as you help with the Empire and whatnot", but the Japanese said "No. You are Japanese. This is your culture. Now speak Japanese and follows Japanese customs. Do it." There are benefits and drawbacks ... |
Why don't car manufacturers make windshields coated with hydrophobic surfaces so that water rushes off and leaves it dry instead of windshield wipers? | To my knowledge, there are no optically clear hydrophobic coatings. additionally, they may not leave the windshield as clear as you might hope to. and it would likely wear off with the constant sandblasting of highway dust. cant wipe away snow, cant use washer fluid. all that aside, good luck convincing the regulators ... |
Why do the Japanese, who are known for having a conservative culture, seem to have such outlandish media? | Living in a rather stiff culture often drives those who decide to break out do so with gusto.A couple of reasons: One, They had a pretty much isolated culture for all of their history, but then WW2 happened and America jammed ourselves straight into their ports and refused to leave, causing all sorts of our pop culture... |
Why we need people to represent us in the government when we have technology to do otherwise? | Time. QQ before I begin - without going to Google, who is your rep in the House? Your Senator? Your city commisoner? I'm going to guess you got at least 2 of those wrong. Bills which are being considered for vote can be thousands of pages long. There are dozens of those bills being considered everyday in committees and... |
Principle vs law vs theory vs theorem | **Law** - a statement based on experimental observations. Laws don't offer explanations. They just state what has been observed repeatedly. They often involve equations. **Theory** - a theory offers an empirical explanation of the world. It is tested through repeated experiments and observations. A theory also offers p... |
How can a US execution end up costing $3 million? | The injection itself isn't the issue, it's the perpetual legal battles which will happen in the three decades which will pass before the execution takes place. Appeals filed by the criminals awaiting execution need to be processed and addressed. Lawyers and court systems will be tied up for years, and all of that costs... |
Why can't I eat, or feel like vomiting when I'm in a stressful situation? | The stress and anxiety are part of your "fight or flight" mechanism. Basically, anything that does not help in your immediate survival is shut off and the parts of you body that help you either fight, or run away are sent into overdrive. You are an impala. You see into the lions eyes. She is kneeling in the grass and t... |
How does snoring work? | > Can i tell if i'm snoring? For the most part, no. Even if it suddenly wakes you up, you're unlikely to initially realize that you were woken by the sound of your snoring. > How does snoring work? Snoring is the sound produced when air passes through your pharynx while it's not fully open. In other words the part of y... |
In places on Earth where the Sun doesn't set for many months, do plants keep doing photosynthesis for the entire period the Sun is up? | Yes! This is why world record cabbages are often grown in Alaska with permanent or near-permanent sunlight. The combination of midnight sun and relatively mild temperatures allows for longer periods of photosynthesis and greater growth. When the temperature gets too high however, photosynthesis declines. Studies of tre... |
How does vertigo work and what do people that have it experience? | The human inner ear informs your brain about your position in space. It is designed to help your eyes correct for changes in position for instance. It tells your bail what it needs to tell your muscles to do so you do not fall over but remain upright or in what ever position you are in. Vertigo is when the inner ear st... |
What happens to the body when we (men) get "blue balls", is there another scientific name for it, and why does it hurt so bad? | It's called vasocongestion and happens when blood is "pooled" up in vessels in your scrotum/testicles. When aroused blood rushes down there and if there is no release, the blood stays and swells the area. I get it very easily, sometimes just cuddling next to a pretty girl for a bit will cause it.Never thought blue ball... |
Why do some construction projects take so long? | Manpower is crazy expensive. It is by far the most expensive part of almost any construction project. If 100 guys can do in an hour what 10 guys can do in 9 hours, you hire the 10 guys. Every truck in that video has a driver in it who is spending most of his time sitting around waiting for the other trucks to get out o... |
When you get married, does power of attorney automatically go to your spouse? | If you both die, your things would go to any kids you may have. If you don’t have kids, your property would go into probate and parents of both of you would have a chance to petition the court for your estate. A simple will prevents this. You can prepare a simple will very easily online and prevent that from happening.... |
Why is Meth more pervasive in suburbs/rural communities and Heroin in more urban ones? | I do not know if that is true, but I do know making meth stinks up to high heavens, so areas with low population densities are easier for hiding its production. Heroin needs to be shipped from more or less tropical areas, so if you're shipping it anyway, might as well bring to areas with high population density as then... |
How is it that Americans spend the most per student out of any other nation, yet there are constantly problems with school budgets? | infrastructure, teacher salaries, pensions, but probably mostly that there is vast differences in school budgets since they are tied to property taxes. affluent areas skew the average, while the districts with financial troubles are typically in the poorest areas. |
Why is Mozart considered the greatest ever musical genius? | Highly, highly subjective But much of it would be attributed to his exceptional gifts at an insanely young age. When you and I were learning how to tie our shoes he was transcribing hour long choral works in the back of a carriage ride home. So a lot of Mozart's "hype" for lack of a better word stems from his incredibl... |
How is there only one speed of sound? If I shout louder, why is there not more energy leading to a faster speed? | Think of throwing a rock in some water. The ripples made move outward at a given speed. Throw a much bigger rock and the waves are much bigger but again propagate outward at the same speed. Similar to sound. And light. A bigger light Say a million candlepower spotlight, doesn't go any faster than the light from a birth... |
Why do most big birds fly away when they see a human but small birds don't really care? | Big birds are, ironically, in more danger. The bigger the bird, the longer it takes them to get airborn, and the more likely they are to be on the menu. Small animals generally aren't worth the trouble to catch, especially because they're light and fast. The little birds aren't afraid of you because they know they're n... |
as a non american - santa's race? what's up with that? | First, actual St. Nick was Anatolian, and was, apparently, most likely a [dark-skinned "Greek. Now, for the recent news. An African-American reporter wrote [an article], talking about how, as a child, it was tough to reconcile "white" Santa with her black father dressing up as Santa, and how as the U.S. gets less and l... |
What causes the "fingernails on a blackboard" sensation? Why does it feel so horrible? | The amygdala is to blame for the cringe. The amygdala associates emotions to memories and stores them in long term memory . There's two theories, one evolutionary, and one physiological. Evolutionary Theory: The sound resembles a cry of alarm at some point in the evolutionary lane.Physiological Theory: Due to the shape... |
How does the WiFi in the new Chevy cars work? I mean they have to be using a wireless network right? | The car has a computer that connects to the cellular data network. This computer then acts as a router and shares the connection out over wifi. The wifi is locked down so only people you want to connect can connect.It's an inbuilt AT & T 4G LTE mobile data device. It requires a data plan, just like a MiFi or similar wo... |
The gaming journalism fiasco known as #gamergate? | Zoe Quinn is a indie game developer. A ex-boyfriend of said developer says some shit about her sleeping around to get good ratings.Many call Zoe Quinn a whore, slut, skank and justify there action under some high ideal about the corruption of game journalism. First, the source of the accusation was a ex, which very lik... |
Why does lightning often occur in 'double strikes'? | Lightning first comes down in a flurry of haphazard lines trying to find the path of least resistance to the ground. This is called the lead.When the lead finds the path to the ground, you can see a very quick flash move up the lead into the cloud. This return stoke is the full strength of the lightning strike transfer... |
Aside from illuminati (?). Why is there an all seeing eye, pyramid, and 'new world order' on US currency? | The "New World Order" was supposed to represent the rise of the United States as a global powerThose are Freemason symbols, and many of the founding fathers were Freemasons. It would be like if you were creating a currency today, and you snuck in a picture of your favorite meme onto it.because the unfinished pyramid re... |
Why do some commercials play for a split second and then get skipped? Wouldn't the advertiser get upset? | Those flashes of commercials occur in situations where your local station is showing different commercials than the national broadcast that they're receiving. Sometimes the timing gets off, and you get a small snippet of the national broadcast commercial before your station overrides it with their local feed. And no, t... |
How do freckles form? | It's a mixture of genes and exposure to sunlight. For instance. you can normally not have freckles and get them when you go outside, or you can have freckles regardless of whether or not you go outside. Basically what happens is the sun gives off a certain kind of light . Your skin cells get this light and they start r... |
Why does it take a human being almost a year to learn how to walk, when most animals can learn to walk in a matter of hours/days? | Human babies are born really early in our development cycle and are pretty useless because of it. This is because our hips need to be narrow to allow for bipedal motion, and our heads are proportionally large to house our big brains. This means that humans evolved to give birth earlier to underdeveloped babies so the i... |
Why are all drugs "bad"? Why can't there be a drug that gives intense pleasure/euphoria (heroine, coke etc) but has 0 adverse effects? | Drugs create highs by manipulating chemicals our bodies produce normally. Frequent drug use can change the way our bodies produce and utilize these chemicals, causing our bodies to produce too much or too little. There is no perfect drug because any substance usage takes our bodies out of chemical equilibrium, causing ... |
why does looking at the sun hurt your eyes but indirectly not so much? | Ask your best friend to place their mouth directly in front of your right ear hole and say your name loudly. Then, ask them to place their mouth at your left ear and do the same thing--only this time, instead of having their mouth facing directly at your ear hole, have their mouth face the tip of your nose. Which one "... |
With pets like dogs and cats, why can't their lifespan get longer with modern medicine and diet like us? | They have. When you consider 9 years - > 14 that's a massive increase in life expectancy. Do you expect humans to be able to double their life expectancy? Of course not, however a 20-30% increase over a few hundred years to maximize our potential? Reasonable - and this is what we've seen with pets. |
Does Queen Elizabeth have any power in regards to affecting any Canadian laws? | The UK government? No. The Queen? Yes, she's the Queen of Canada and her royal assent is required for any bill to pass into law and the government of Canada including the Prime-Minister serve at her pleasure. Her appointed representative to which she 'chooses' to defer in all matters is the Governor General of Canada. ... |
Why the Dalai Lama was exiled? | > [China] considers all pro-independence movements aimed at ending Chinese sovereignty in Tibet as one long campaign abetted by Western imperialism aimed at destroying Chinese territorial integrity and sovereignty, or destabilizing China. - _URL_0_ Basically, China sees him as a threat to their rule over Tibet. They th... |
I dont know if this was asked already but could someone please explain the Bridgegate scandal and the big deal Chris Christie? | I'm going to use the word "allege" because the investigation is ongoing. There is a town on the New Jersey side of the George Washington bridge called Fort Lee. It is alleged that because the mayor of Fort Lee did not endorse Chris Christie in his campaign last year, Christie's staff arranged a fabricated "traffic stud... |
How does Palmer Lucky and the people who started Oculus make money after the acquisition from Facebook? Do they get a part of the profit of the rift? Do they get a salary? | The terms of their sale are probably confidential, however I'm certain they get to keep most of the money they made from FB . I suspect they'll get paid in a combination of cash and FB stock, and they'll probably get a salary in more FB stock.They were given over $400 million in cash + $1.6 billion in Facebook stock, a... |
Where does my local dealer get controlled narcotics like Xanax and Codeine? | I am sure he is not buying them by the case. He is getting them from people who get fraudulent scripts from shady doctors, who then get the drugs from a shady pharmacy, and sell the drugs to him. What's more, oftentimes these folks are on medicaid, so they get the drugs free, and sell them to the dealer at pennies on t... |
Why is it that restarting a computer fixes the problem most of the time? | A lot of problems are caused by errors with things stored in RAM. Restarting a computer wipes your RAM, and reloads all needed files from the hard drive. |
What makes a person laugh? | There is no one answer. But a common theme is that it is a release, that comes from a sudden build up of energy. A few things can trigger it. A sudden shift in status. aka A person falling down, Or the queen farting. Or a good joke is generally when two separate ideas collide together quickly. Like Wife: Honey did you ... |
Who decides what country is allowed to do what on the moon/other planets, or is there one institution always having the final word in these decisions? | This is determined by the [Outer Space Treaty], which was signed in 1967. In short, this treaty says that nobody will put nuclear weapons in orbit/space, and that nobody can claim moons/planets/etc for their own country. Space politics aren't explicitly policed by any one institution or country, but rather by mutual ag... |
Why is everything spinning? | Electrons don't orbit nucleus. That's a simplified version of the atom taught in elementary school. As for why do larger structure spin. When things like galaxies are forming, there are areas with more 'stuff' so things around them get pulled towards it. Since there isn't just one 'lump', different parts of the galaxy ... |
How do scholars "resurrect" lost languages based on only unreadable writing? | In the case of the Rosetta stone, there were translations of the same text in 3 different languages. Scholars were able to use that to determine words if they are used multiple times. For example, if you have three sentences about bread, you can guess that one of the common words is breadUsually it is similar enough to... |
Why are burn marks more distinct than regular scars and what is the difference? | This - _URL_0_ - is my 3rd degree burn. If I don't stretch it, the colour is pretty normal. I got it in Feb 2012 and it's taken until now to be back to a normal colour and not red. A lot of burns appear to affect a larger surface area, hence more scar tissue is formed to heal the wound. |
How do you restore old black and white photos to color? | It's not easy, and it takes a lot of skill and dedication and requires specialised software. Yes, Photoshop counts as specialised software and then blend the layer to the base image until you get the desired result. I think this is a question best answered with a video, and youtube has [many many tutorials] on the subj... |
Why do children seem to be better at learning second languages than adults? | There is an area in the brain that is responsible for language processing. It is largely responsible for learning new languages when a person is still young, but becomes "set" after a certain age. After that, we can still learn languages, but the part of the brain that most receptive to that is no longer as efficient.W... |
How does a clone differ from an identical twin? | Genetically, they don't. In practice, a twin is a birth defect that causes one fertilized egg to grow into two people, and a clone would be a person grown from an already-born person's DNA, probably not taken from their reproductive organs. |
why are adobe products so expensive? | There are many reasons why: Adobe's softwares are the results of a long time of research and programing, they are to say the least, products of great quality and gives other businesses tools to create their activity and make profit for themselves. Adobe's consumers are mainly businesses and they can afford a larger cos... |
How do we know how many troops ISIS (or other organizations) have? | It's like when you ask a guy how many sexual partners he's had- you divide by 3. So when ISIS says they have 60,000 troops it's actually closer to 20,000. Much different then when you ask a woman how many sexual partners she's had- in those cases you MULTIPLY by 3. |
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? | this question could be applied to all forms of critics .music, movies, tv but trying to answer the question, I 'd say think about like the Iron Chef judges, their critique is usually about tenderness, texture, freshness of ingredients, presentation, etc. Stuff that transcends just taste. They are food "experts" so they... |
How does one hack Gmail and Facebook accounts and how should one protect them to have maximum security? | Typically, it involves guessing the password. Or, if you've re-used the password on a site that isn't as good at security as Google or Facebook, some other site gets hacked and they try the same username/password combination elsewhere. There are two things you can do to really protect yourself. First of all, use a stro... |
why do British people sound British while talking, but sound like they are from America when singing? | When people sing, they tend to enunciate more clearly. This could explain why British people sound more understandable to you when singing. However, there are many British singers who DO use their typical enunciation when singing, and their accent is more identifiable. Take for example the music of Lily Allen, The Clas... |
Why do all TV channels have the same commercial breaks? | I assume it's so the watcher is more likely to return to their channel if the other channels are on commercial breaks as well.TV is not actually completely about the shows. TV shows cost broadcasters money. Commercials make broadcasters money. So broadcasters care more, in the long run, about you watching the commercia... |
How do weather sites predict weather 30+ days out? | They don't. Most only do five, some do ten, and ones that have 30+ just run on averages for those days from past years, factoring in any anomalies, like _URL_0_ does. Even the ten day forecasts are quite inaccurate most of the time if you actually pay attention and compare forecast to actual. |
Why is it more difficult to run for long periods of time when exercises like biking are just as strenuous? | It's all about practice. You use different muscle groups for different kinds of exercise. Running is *really* hard on your body. You're obviously using your leg muscles, but you're using a whole bunch of other muscles that you may not be aware of. Abs, arms, back, neck, they all play into it with running. Bicycling, yo... |
Why does Saturn's ring look so perfectly flat and circular? | From a distance, Saturns rings seem very flat, and thin, and mainly three rings, although some shading gradient is seen. Up close, the rings are lumpy, icy bits and pieces, with a multitude of rings, and ~~two~~ **five** shepherd moons that orbit about them. These moons actually help keep the rings in line, and two of ... |
Most everyone is aware of the alleged Saudi collusion regarding terrorism on the west; particularly on the USA. Though is there any actual irrefutable evidence behind this conspiracy? | Well, if you use a standard like "irrefutable", probably not, at least not in any unclassified documents. But high-level Western officials have basically acknowledged it happens, and would not make such politically risky statements if they weren't confident. [In 2010, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton stated that it wa... |
Why does this picture of Mercury appear to wobble whilst I'm eating something and staring at it? | I have no idea what y'all are talking about. It doesn't wobble for me. I've tried eating something, shaking my phone, doing the thing with your jaw and bringing your teeth together, but I still got nothing. |
What makes American cheese so much different than other types of cheese? | A processed cheese is made from cheese with emulsifiers, vegetable oils, salt, flavorings or colors added to it. This makes a cheese that is incredibly cheap to produce, has a longer shelf life, and melts much more evenly but usually tastes worse. |
Why is the term "Caucasian" applied to all white people, regardless of whether they came from the Caucasus region? | In the early 1900s it was believed that white people originated in the Caucasus mountains. At the time, the three "scientific" classifications were Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid. There's no real scientific basis to this, and no way to draw a dividing line. If you were to divide races scientifically by amount of gen... |
How can a flight be overbooked? | Some airlines will overbook a flight in the off chance that people do not arrive for the flight. That way, it ensures a fuller flight, even when not all the purchasers are there. |
Why do people in the moves and television in the 1940s-1960s have a nasally voice? | It's called [Mid-Atlantic English.] It's what happens when rich Americans try and sound like rich English people. There were some people who talked like this in real life, particularly super rich people in Boston/Connecticut/parts of Long Island in the early 20th century [Katherine Hepburn] and [George Plimpton] are go... |
Why is it bad if I quit without cause, but employers have the right to fire me without cause? | It looks bad to future employers. From their view, why would they want to hire someone who has a history of simply walking out without giving them time to find a replacement. Also, if you ever decide to go back to the job you quit without notice, they are going to think the same thing and probably won't rehire you. Kee... |
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