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What would happen if u aimed the barrels of two guns directly against each other and pulled the triggers at exactly the same time? | How far apart are they? if they are a modest distance a part, the bullets would collide in the middle either causing them to fall where they impact or more likely ricochet in some unknown direction due to minor flaws in each. If the barrels are touching each other? is the connection air tight? If so the weapons would l... |
The difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims | * Sunni believe that the first four successors rightfully took his place as the leaders of Muslim. They recognize the heirs of the four caliphs as legitimate religious leaders. * The Shiite believe that only the heirs of the fourth caliph as the legitimate successor of Mohammed. Basically, they are POLITICAL difference... |
Why are kids forced to take a plethora of subjects in highschool regardless of their future college or job prospects? | Because going to school is about more than getting a job.Can you imagine a world where nobody takes math classes just because 'I will never need it in my line of work'? 99% of people would opt out and then a whole generation of people wouldn't be able to do simple problems like finding five percent of 20. Or how about ... |
Can exposure to extremely high levels of radiation cause immediate death? How? | "Yes, high enough acute doses can prevent neurons from firing correctly and lead to instant death. If you were to pull out a fuel assembly from a nuclear power plant and place it on the wall and run at it from 50 feet away. You will die before touching it." _URL_0_Acute radiation syndrome effects charts [here] and [her... |
Why are movies given different release dates for different countries? | Most likely because there's another major release on Apr 22nd that they don't want to compete with. People choose 1 movie to purchase. They don't buy multiples |
Why are we asked to turn our phones and electronics off when taking off and landing a plane. | Well everyone here appears to be a moron. The reason your phone needs to be off is because the flight crew doesn't want you to be distracted in case of emergency when they may need to tell you important information to, you know, not die. They just tell you the interference thing because airlines don't like making light... |
Why do diabetics who have hypos act aggressively? | If you are healthy you might be sitting around at like a blood sugar reading of 80. Normal is after you haven't eaten for a while that might start to go to like 70, and you start to get hungry as it keeps dropping a little more maybe you get that sort of cranky, irritable "hey, I am not dealing with any of this till I ... |
How can the federal government just "shut down?" | Shut down is a little misleading, they whole government doesn't close it's doors on day one of the continuing resolution expiring. In some ways the government does run like a business. It employs people and purchases materials from private companies to provide services. Congress has to agree on how to hand out the mone... |
why haven’t we built passengers airplanes with no windows but screen walls on the inside? | The ability for passengers to use natural light from the windows to evacuate in case of an emergency, and for emergency crews to be able to see inside the aircraft, would be lost with screens.Windows are for safety of passengers. Helpers need to look inside an airplane in case of emergency. Also an airplane without win... |
So I've just begun Final Fantasy 13. I have never played any final fantasy games before. What on earth is going on? | One important thing to know is that all of the major versions have independent stories that are completely different from each other. There are some common features like music, recurring characters , and things like rideable birds called chocobos. |
how do contact lenses stick to your eyes? | The surface tension of the liquid on your eye keeps them in place, but it doesn't really stop them from rotating. For most people - those without astigmatism - it doesn't really matter if it does rotate. Your eye is pretty much symmetric thought the center . Astigmatism is when your eye isn't symmetric like that. If yo... |
Why does United states and Japan have a good relationship now even after Hiroshima? | Hiroshima was part of World War 2. After the war ended, Japan surrendered unconditionally, and the US basically came in and completely remade the Japanese state. This laid a new foundation for Japan's extraordinary growth through most of the rest of the 20th Century, and basically reset ties between the two countries. |
If food is sanatized in an oven or any heating device at a certain temperature, why do we take so many precautions beforehand with germs and bacteria? | Bacteria poop. Even if you kill all the bacteria & viruses the bacteria might release chemicals that aren't healthy. A great example is botulism - it's not the bacteria that make you sick, it's the toxins they release while they're reproducing that kill you. |
How are idols and idol culture so popular in Japan? What are the inner workings? | Idols are basically boy bands. Except girls, and for guys. But it amounts to the same thing, get a bunch of attractive young ladies, with some dancing, some singing and the right attitude. And if you can get the right publicity at the right time, they become famous. |
"cannabis is killing my apetite, I only eat after smoking, other than that I could go days without eating at all. which ends up with me feeling very tired/sleepy" | This isn't really an eli5 question. It probably isn't the weed "killing" your appetite when you don't smoke. It's just that marijuana stimulates your appetite when you *are* using it. I know a guy who has the exact same thing happen. Just doesn't eat really regularly if he doesn't take his medicine. Lack of appetite ca... |
Why is coming in under budget in the business world generally a bad thing? | Because forecasts are done under a certain logic with many objectives dictating. The idea is that a budget is there for a reason, and if all budgets are used correctly, then your overall business goals as a company will be met. If you aren't using your entire budget, the idea is that you're not 'planting enough seeds' ... |
Why does entering *67 before your phone number block caller ID? What is the practical purpose of this? | The practical purpose is to provide privacy for the calling party by blocking the display of their number on the recipients phone.I used to use it a lot before this was just a toggle on the phone. Let's say you have a bunch of service techs who go on the road. They call the client to let them know that they are coming ... |
Who invented the ringing sound that is heard waiting for a person to pick up? | That's the [ringback tone] to indicate that a connection has been established and the phone you're calling is ringing. You can see the first people to patent it there, but that does not mean they were the first people to actually impement it. I tried to find when it was first used, but no luck. |
Why aren't Democratic candidates proposing defense spending cuts? | Politicians are terrified still of being seen as soft on "defense." Any proposed cuts to our military budget wil be portrayed as such, mostly by those pols who get lots of $$$ from military contractors, and the ever-compliant "liberal" media> I feel like cuts to defense spending, at least in the figures of 10-20 percen... |
Does CISPA violate the 4th amendment? | That's currently up for debate, and I'm sure those who are more politically aware than I am could explain it better. Personally, I believe it is.As a rule of thumb, assume that every single thing the government does is violating your rights, the constitution, and the rights of being a human being. This way you can see ... |
Why is Obamacare/Affordable Care Act so harshly criticized? | Some people are against the philosophy of it, i.e. having the government involved in their health. Others have practical issues with introducing a new bureaucracy to our ever-growing government/deficit. Others still have both philosophical and practical problems with many aspects of the act. And then some people just d... |
If a venomous snake is injected with its own venom into its bloodstream, what will happen? | Depends on the snake. Many of them build up immunity in order to protect themselves in the case of an accidental bite.this is from an askscience thread with the same question.--Many snake venoms - including coral snake and cobra - activate the mammalian complement system, part of the body's innate defenses against path... |
What are the basics of x ray diffraction and what kind of information does it give you? | A diffraction pattern is the shape light makes when it passes through objects that have "holes" or "slits" in them. Google image search "diffraction pattern" or "double slit experiment" to see what I mean. Basically, as light waves pass through the different gaps in an object, the waves recombine on the other side in p... |
What is this "International law" that Obama and the US say Russia is breaking by annexing Crimea? | Well if you want something specific, there's the 1994 Budapest Memorandum that the Ukraine and the nuclear powers of the world signed. One of the tenets was that the other nations, in exchange for Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons, was to respect the sovereignty of Ukraine's territories and refrain from using the... |
Why does gigabit even matter? | A home network is used for things other than downloading from the internet. If you copy files between two computers over the network or stream video, you'll be working at gigabit speeds. More importantly, if you're trying to copy files **and** stream video, you're sharing that gigabit between both jobs. It makes a lot ... |
How did people deal with Asthama before we invented inhalers? | Generally they died pretty young. If you have a bad enough attack with no way to treat it, you do what you can, but for the most part, there's not a whole lot they could do.Before we found medications to treat asthma people would generally die from it if they had anything close to a severe case. |
what's the difference between Subjective Vs. Objective? | Subjective = opinion, not factual. Objective = factual and thus cannot be argued with. **Edit:** words |
How does the human body build up a tolerance to something? | One of the things that detoxifies alcohol is the smooth ER in cells. When you drink, for example, you increase the rate of produced smooth ER, this in turn will build tolerance for the next drug / alcohol you consume. It’s like training a muscle, the first time you lift 45s on ea side you’ll be tired, but subconsciousl... |
Is drinking an orange juice the same as eating an orange from a nutritional point of view? | No, orange juice lacks the nutritional fiber that whole fruit has. Fiber helps slow down sucrose absorption into your bloodstream. Because of this, drinking fruit juice increases blood sugar levels comparable to soda. |
Why do boys have "boy handwriting" and girls have "girl handwriting" ? | First of, we are talking averages and generalizations here. I´ve seen boys writing neat like it was printed, as well as girls writing in hieroglyphes. The stereotype suggests, that girls are silent, obidient and put more effort into what they do than boys. They also are a lot better when it comes to fine motorics, like... |
How are the stars always in the same spot in the sky? | First, stars are really, really far away. So from our perspective it looks like they're in the same place every night But that's not true. Over thousands of years, stars *do* change position even from our perspective. They have in the past and will in the future. It's just that these time scales are *vastly* longer tha... |
What bodily/survival function does crying fulfill? | It may not have a hunter/gatherer purpose, but I'm quite confident it has a purpose. At the very least, as children, it's a way to signal to our parents that something is wrong. I don't know about you, but when I see someone cry, I feel bad for them and I want to help. Crying is a signal of emotional or physical distre... |
What's the difference between kcal and kJ? | About 4 1 Kcal = 4.1868 KJ or 1 cal = 4.1868 J Both Joule and calorie are different units measuring the same thing. like yards and meters. Joule is the SI measurement of energy while calories is an older unit also related to the SI-units but not part of it. The amount of energy in food is usually given in Kcal , which ... |
Why does all the research suggest that cats are indifferent to humans when my cat is clearly very affectionate beyond his basic feline needs? | Same here. When I'm upset, my cat comes sauntering up to me purring like a motorboat to comfort me. If I'm crying, he curls up next to me and wipes away my tears with his cheek. The purring is very soothing. If he didn't care about me, he wouldn't bother to do any of this. I think it just depends on the temperament of ... |
Why do some men gain weight all over while others gain it only on their belly? | It's genetic. Your genes determine where your body places fat. There's other factors that get involved, mainly age and hormone levels, but beyond that, some folks just get fat all over, others just get fat in specific areas. |
Why when a crazy event the isps slowdown but when millions watch the superbowl the cable stream isn't effected? | Cable broadcasts are one-way communication which just means copying a single data stream and sending it down a bunch of wires. Internet communication is two-way communication with each exchange being unique to the user. An analogy would be using a megaphone to give a message to 10,000 people, vs. holding an individual ... |
what 'alternative rock' is. | The easiest way of thinking of alternative rock is the "none of the above option". What genre is your rock band? [] Punk rock [] Funk rock [] Jazz rock etc. etc. [X] None of the above Really this means that there really isn't any common style to alternative rock - although many bands have some similarities with each ot... |
Can both polar and non-polar molecules have london-dispersion forces? | A London-Dispersion force is just a simple case of a Van der Waals force. So, what you may be referring to is that. The attraction between a polar molecule and an induced dipole is called a Debeye force. What's cool about London dispersion is that it is what is responsible for inert materials having a freezing point. |
Why isn't Horse meat popular/eaten in America? | European here . Even though horsemeat is legal it is not as common here as pork, chicken or beef. Big supermarkets usually have thin smoked slices of it for sale, for on bread, but not steak. For that you'd have to go to a butcher. I personally know some people who don't like the idea of eating horse because they seem ... |
Why can't people smell their own breath? | They definitely can, at least I can. Try breathing out of your mouth and nose at the same time slowly. Then move your lips to close them, but don't change anything with your throat. As to why you don't smell it as strongly, you get used to the taste of your own mouth, and smell is strongly tied to taste. |
How can dreams that seem lengthy, actually be only a few minutes? | There is also the factor that the chemical released by your brain, dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, in more mild quantities when you dream is known for it's temporal dilation perceptual effect. The substance can be used recreationally, in concentrated form, where users have reported the sensation of being gone for years in ... |
Could the Hubble Telescope locate the picture left on the moon by Charles Duke? | As impressive as hubble is, it doesn't have the sort of resolution that would pickup tiny objects. A more interesting question is what sort of detail could the latest military satellites resolve - but only those working with them know that one :) Suffice to say they would be significantly superior to hubble, which rela... |
North Korea vs. South Korea | Japan conquered Korea in 1910. In 1945, as World War II was ending, the US took the southern part of Korea from the Japanese while our allies the Russians invaded it from the north. When that war ended, neither the US nor Russia wanted to give up territory the other might benefit from, and so Korea was split into two c... |
How do weekly awards like the ones I see for $5000 a week for life work? | It's an annuity, which is kind of like a reverse loan. The contest has enough money to purchase an annuity, and when they have a winner, that's what they do. They will purchase it from a financial institution like a bank or insurance company. They pay them the money, and the institution uses the interest to pay that am... |
Where has all of the rubber missing from the tread of our billions of worn tires gone to over the years? | Non-snarky answer - it ends up in the soil, the groundwater, the rivers, lakes and seas and from there up the food chain. Bon appetit!It ends up mixed in with the roadside dirt where it is broken down by bacteria, fungi, and decomposition from exposure to sunlight and oxygenBacteria both on the road surface and on the ... |
Why do shroom clouds form after a nuke hits the ground? | It happens with any large enough explosion, not necessarily nuclear. The explosion pushes a lot of air out of the way, leaving a large, low-pressure zone filled with smoke. As air rushes back in from the sides, and hot air rises off the heated ground, the smoke cloud collapses into the "cap" of the mushroom. The air ci... |
Why is it that eating a lot of sour Skittles or other sour candy makes your tongue hurt? | They have citric acid. Eating a lot at a time will make your tongue hurt because your tongue's pH levels are compromised. Your nerve signals say "ow" so your tongue can do its thing back to a normal pH and heal those taste buds. |
Why is sugar bad for me and what does it actually DO to our health? | [This] is the Long version. It's about 90 minutes [This] and [this] if TL:DL on the first. It's about 20 minutes. |
Why are Netflix Original sitcoms not exactly 30 mintues? | Netflix doesn't have their own studios. They finance and greenlight these new series, and as a result, they get the exclusive rights for a period of time to them -- pretty much the exact same way a traditional television network works. But after that time, the studio can sell the show to others, and most of their custo... |
Is it a defense to the crime of Contempt of Court that the Court Order that the Defendant is accused of violating was unlawful or unconstitutional? | Yes, and there are two means of contesting this: An interlocutory appeal to a higher court can attempt to cancel an unlawful court order before they violate it or a habeas corpus petition afterwards. |
Why do ISPs charge for different levels of bandwidth while cell phone companies charge for different levels of data usage? | because they can. back in the day, AOL network access was also charged by the kb of usage as well as online time. if cable/dsl providers could charge for the usage and still be competitive, they would gladly do it. |
How does the saying "buy low sell high" actually translate into business? | It really has to do specifically with Stocks. In the stock market, you want to spend the least amount of money, and make the most possble. You do this by buying stock when it's at a low price, and sell it at its highest. However with companies like Apple, Facebook, Google, etc, their price will continue to go up. Howev... |
why do nightmares cause you to snap awake quickly instead of waking up normally? | Nightmares are dreams that cause the stress response, otherwise known as “fight or flight”. When you’re awake, the stress response is triggered because a threat is perceived through the senses . When you’re dreaming, your brain, at some level, is processing the dream as sensory input, so a nightmare can trigger that sa... |
Why do genes want to reproduce? | They don't "care" about anything at all. But if you have a gene that just tended to reproduce, an done that didn't, the one that didn't would die off and all you would have are genes that reproduce. This same principle goes all the way back to the stuff that floated around in oceans before "genes" even existed.There is... |
How do houses and estates get named? | You decide to name it and then insist that everyone refer to it by that name. You can do the same if you want to. Whether others will go along with it is another matter of course. |
If, say, a moon came too close to a planet, why does it get broken apart instead of colliding with the surface? | Gravity. When you are dealing with planets and moons, gravity is huge. Gravity is stronger the closer the two bodies, the moon and the planet, get. When they get very close, then the forces on the parts of the moon nearest the planet are much greater than the parts further away. This tears the moon apart. If the moon's... |
Why does it seem like bees are attracted to plastic children playgrounds? | Probably because bees are attracted to bright coloured flowers, therefore also attracted the bright colours of the plastic. |
What exactly happens in your body when you lose your voice? | Your voice is created by two flaps of tissue in your throat called vocal folds. Their primary functions are keeping food out of your lungs, phonation , and increasing thoracic pressure for lifting/shitting. These flaps are very small; only as big as your pinky nail. When they become swollen through infection and overus... |
why is a building like the Sagrada Familia taking so long to finish despite the availability of modern engineering techniques? | Gaudi died, and then a fire and anarchists destroyed the plans and some models Gaudi had built. There's also that it's a really bizarre piece of architecture. Most of the problem is figuring out what it's supposed to look like. It's also currently in use, which probably places a limit on how fast work can be done. |
Why hotdogs called “hotdogs”? | These immigrants brought not only sausages to\xa0America, but dachshund dogs. The name most likely began as a joke about the Germans\' small, long, thin dogs. In fact, even Germans called the frankfurter a "little-dog" or "dachshund" sausage, thus linking the word "dog" to their popular concoction. Hot Dog History | NH... |
How does this person not die after all this? | _URL_0_ People can be incredibly resilient. No doubt he felt a bit crappy for a while afterwards. Provided he didn't overstretch his stomach, he's just got one hell of a bowel movement waiting down the line. |
why does eating certain foods after a heavy night of drinking help prevent a hangover? | Fatty foods especially will help because fat, a complex molecule that takes longer to digest than carbs or protein, keeps your duodenal sphincter closed off for longer, which keeps the alcohol in your stomach longer. This helps because the enzymes that help your body neutralize alcohol are pretty much exclusively locat... |
How does Google keep their map updated? | There are a lot of sources that Google can pull from, and obviously they don't really disclose all of them. They own Waze so a lot of the closure data is sourced from the users submitting real time info there. Users running Maps on mobile devices or in Android Auto that are still opted in to data sharing will also allo... |
Oracle v. Google Law Suit | Oracle bought a company called Sun. Sun had developed a programming language called Java. Google had introduced an operating system for mobile phones called Andorid. Android is built on top of a variant of Java. Android started to become very valuable and Oracle wanted to get some of that money. Oracle claimed that And... |
Why is the air blown from a fan cooler then the air in the room it occupies? | It isn't. You *feel* cooler, for two reasons: it blows away the thin layer of air around your body that has been warmed by your body heat and it increases evaporation from your skin, which cools you off. |
Why don't dogs have a belly button? | They do - but they are usually much smaller than human navels, and usually hidden by fur.I am going to explain it to you like I would to my 5yo.. Dogs do have belly buttons. They are just not like people belly buttons because doggies are much different. That's just how nature made it. |
Why is deep frying so much faster than baking? | Heat transfers faster through liquids then through gasses. You can be in a sauna without any harm to your body, but if you get covered with boiling water for a few minuites you at best will be covered in scar tissue and in pain for the rest of your lifeHot oil carries much more energy than hot air, and that helps the h... |
the positive and negative effects of the privatization of Medicare. | It's hard to imagine something that would impact today's seniors. Future seniors might have an option to get their Medicare benefits from a private insurance company. That company would get a cut of the taxes that fund Medicare in exchange for providing coverage for a chunk of Medicare beneficiaries. All the real pros ... |
What does the 'plastic' mean in "plastic surgery"? | "Rhino*plasty*" from the greek rhis: nose & plassein: to shapePlastic in general means "moldable". Nowadays it's mostly used for materials made from certain organic molecules, but there are a few cases where the old general meaning still applies. |
How can Obama unilaterally change a law | The law actually allows insurers to continue offering some plans as long as they aren't changed. And those that are changed can be kept for another year . But most insurers are just cancelling plans instead of extending them for another year to simplify their own process. But he can't "change a law" unilaterally. A cha... |
What would happen if you blocked the little equalizing hole in airplane windows? | A small crack could develop in the inner pane, which was not designed to handle the pressure load. But probably not even that. |
Why aren't there ever any windows at bowling alleys or casinos? | Bowling alley: the ones windowless I know are underground, plus I think it reduces noise. Casinos, that's actually funny and sad. Imagine yourself immerse in a game, you won't be looking at your watch or phone. So, how do you know it's already night? If you have a window you'll see the light contrast. However, inside a... |
safe to eat raw chicken. | Most meat is fairly sterile immediately after slaughter, but the slaughter environment quickly taints the meat. Beef slaughter is not quite as dirty because you get so much off a single animal that you can afford some overhead. Chickens are *notoriously* dirty animals . And worse they are omnivores. Which means their b... |
Negative effects of raising the U.S. minimum wage? | When labor costs go up costs for everything goes up. This is called inflation. You can raise minimum wage all you want, at the end of the day there are only so many resources on earth. A maximum wage would be more effective. It would also be un-American. Our society is based on capitalism. If you want to make more than... |
Please explain to me the mythos created by HP Lovecraft | The point of Cthulhu and the rest of Love craft works is about the fear of the unknown. Nothing is ever fully explained which is kind of the point. I would suggest getting a hold of the penguin publication "Call of Cthulu and other weird stories". Because the stories were written at the turn of the century it can be di... |
Why can't shows like NCIS, Law and Order SVU, and Criminal Minds reference real world things? | Either to avoid it looking like a paid product placement, or to avoid the owner of the trademark complaining or even suing. For example, if a show revolves around a terrorist attack which was organized by the terrorists using, say, WhatsApp, then the makers of WhatsApp might not be too happy about their trademark being... |
What causes random hairs to grow so long and fast overnight and that are not normal hair color. | I know that in women it's sometimes hormones. I am not hairy in any way shape or form but when I was pregnant I had a super fine blonde strand of hair on my cheek. It never came back but I was obsessed about it. Hopefully someone has a better answer because I want to know as well! |
Why does a cat seemingly "turn off" when the back of their neck is pinched? | It's instinct. Mother cats will use the skin on the back of a kitten's neck to carry it if she needs to move it. Cats instinctually go limp when this happens , and you're triggering that same instinctual response when you grab a cat there. |
Why do dogs, with their amazing sense of smell, choose butts, old socks, and urine to smell? | It's not just a unique smell or marking territory. Specifically for butts, in other dogs there is a little gland there right near the anus that secretes the unique odors they use to identify each other. That is why they specifically smell in that area on other dogs. As for humans, they do it because that's how they are... |
How does constantly mixing cement keep it from turning into stone? | As pointed out before, it doesn't, however it does prolong the process. Cement solidifies by basically turning itself into a crystal. The particles pretty much combine with the water to form nice hard crystals . By forcing the paste to tumble around, you constantly break the connections before they grow into stable for... |
Can any one explain r-value of insulation, like what I'd lose if I used R-19 instead of R21? | The R-value describes how good the isolation is. The formula is /R*surface area = amount of heat lost per hour. From that, we can conclude that R-21 let's through about 10% less heat than R-19. |
what is the difference between Porter, Lager, Ale, Pale Ale, and what does the darkness of the color signify? | Beer is made of a few things: Water, Yeast, a Grain , and Hops. Generally speaking, there's two kinds of beer: Ales and Lagers. Ales are brewed warm and their type of yeast floats to the top of the brew tanks. Lagers are brewed cold and their type of yeast sinks to the bottom. Basically all beers are variations within ... |
Why does Aloa Vera sting when you apply it to skin? | As with many moisturizers, the probable answer is to look at all the ingredients of your lotion. Alcohol, acid, or sodium may be cause of stinging? Find a more pure formula if possible. For minor burns & minor skin irritations, I just snip a portion of stem from an aloe vera plant and rub the inner juice right on the a... |
Why don't bands tour and have 3+ hour shows where they play all their music? | Because that would be absolutely exhausting and some of these bands are playing almost nightly during their tours.It's fucking exhausting to play any instrument for that length of time, even for professionals. And the biggest limiting factor is the vocalist, that kind of strain is asking for them to blow out their voic... |
Why is not participating in the thread when coming from, say, r/bestof, important? | If you come about a thread organically, or as part as a normal subscriber to a community, there is no issue. But sometimes when some threads from one community are crosslinked to another, that can result in a group of people from the latter suddenly flooding to the former when they: A) are not otherwise involved in tha... |
Why so many prescription drugs lower your risk to fight infections | Some diseases are caused by your immune system attacking your own body. The pills to treat these diseases weaken your immune system so it will cause less damage to your own body. |
In terms of computer science, what exactly happens when malware is quarantined? | It's moved out of its original directory structure and renamed, so attempts by external software to call/access that file result in failure. Also, software checks are put in place to specifically prevent that file from being executed or loaded into memory.Though different methods are applied, what usually happens is th... |
How does the Self Clean function on ovens work? | It burns all the residue into ashes with very high temperatures, which usually reach the border of 4-digits in Fahrenheit. At this point, the ashes can be blown away. However, as many people will say so, the heat will destroy the oven quickly. The heat will completely ruin the coil, since it can't withstand the heat an... |
Why has space flight advanced so slowly since the 1960's. Why don't we have a reusable rocket yet even though its been 50 years. | At its post-1970 peak NASA's budget was half of what it was when the Apollo program was in full swing. It's less than that now. Most other space programs either didn't exist until the last 10-20 years, or more often existed but relied quite exclusively on the USSR/Russia or the USA to provide launch vehicles. As a resu... |
If a person is overweight, why isn't the body's 1st choice to use stored fat for energy, when it is hungry? | Think of storing fat like building a battery. Would you plug a machine in in your basement that builds batteries and then put those batteries in each light fixture around your house you wanted to turn on? Why not? 1. It'd be inefficient -- why convert AC power to battery to AC power would losing a little power each tim... |
Is it realistically possible to save endangered species or is the planet definitely going to lose turtles, whales, sharks, elephants and many other endangered animals? What's stopping efforts to save them? | It depends a great deal on the species. As a few examples of highly recognizable success stories: The American alligator was nearly extinct before it was listed as endangered. Now there are more than 5 million. The bald eagle was reduced to around 450 mating pairs. Now it's around 10,000. Wolves, paregrine falcons, and... |
How does an explorer know if he discovered a new animal species? | The explorer, or whoever, sends them off to a museum, usually who compare them to other similar species; either in books, or other images, or the museums specimen collection . They try to narrow it down to a family or genus, and if it fit's no known species, it might become the Type For a new species. There are buttloa... |
We've just flown past Pluto and we're entering the age of the driverless car. Why hasn't air travel changed since the 1960's? | Air travel has changed quite a bit in the last 50 years. We have much bigger jets than the 737 of the 60s, not to mention advances in avionics and, speaking of the driveless car, autopilot. |
How does squinting eyes change this image? | High and lo pass filtered images superimposed on each other. When you squint you lose the ability to see fine detail so the lo-pass filtered image stands out as the details disappear. When you are not squinting you see the detail parts stand out because the brain likes to see fine detail more than the 'background' blur... |
how does someone create a coding language like C++, python, or the protocols that govern Internet traffic out of essentially nothing? | assembler, or machine code.simplified, you might have a 40 lines of code in assembler that only job is to [put a letter on the screen]. now that you have it, you can make an alias for that program, call it **print** for example. **print "hello world"** this uses the assembler program you called print and puts out hello... |
Why is it that I don't have to pee, but then suddenly my bladder is about to explode? | The bladder wall is made out of muscle which has waves of contractions just like your gut. These waves appear and disappear which may give you the feeling of urgency . This should not normally happen unless you are holding your urine on purpose. The usual feeling of bladder fullness is a slight one which makes you want... |
Since purple does not exist - When something is purple, what color is it? | Purple does exist, but only in your eye. Purple is what your brain tells you you're seeing when the eye receives both blue and red light at the same time. |
Why does hold music over the phone sound so bad? | Being specifically designed with speech in mind, the audio codec used to transmit audio over the phone is not suited for music. It will perform fairly well in the human voice frequency range and horribly bad outside of it. If you hold your phone against a speaker you won’t get much better of an audio quality. Contrary ... |
How to set up an IRA | Call Vanguard. They have low fees. And that's a huge difference in retirement accounts. It's as easy as opening that Ameritrade account. If you already have a work retirement saving account like a 401 you might not be able to contribute to it, though. You didn't ask, but There are two types of IRA. Traditional, that is... |
Explain the Red Scare after WWI. | So in 1917, there was the Bolshevik Revolution, and Lenin came to power in Russia. What this means in the United States is that Communism has some legitimacy. This is a serious problem for American politicians because it means that: a) they could lose power, and b) more idealistically, Communism threatens a free econom... |
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