Human Body
Exploring "Why" questions about Human Body
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Why is Shakespeare Still so popular?
The biggest reason I'm aware of is that the themes still remain relevant. Unrequited love, loneliness, betrayal, revenge, triumph, tragedy, etc, etc, etc.
Why is it my jaw (below the ear) hurts after I blow up a balloon that’s tough to inflate?
The eustachian tube is what is hurting; it was stretched by the air pressure used to inflate the balloon, and is sore. The reason it feels like it is coming from your jaw below the ear, is a phenomeno
Why do i dream more when i sleep after I have been reading?
Actually, you dream about the same amount every night (REM is your brain organizing your memories); it just depends on how much of the dream you remember. Memories are kept more often if they're impor
Why do people/things feel significantly heavier when they relax all their muscles? Otherwise known as “dead weight”?
Somebody answered this last time but basically: A person who is awake will always center their weight automatically, and it makes it easier to carry them and more comfortable for them to be carried. W
Why do adults need less sleep than children?
^ All of this about brains, plus their bones and muscles are growing all the time which means they need more sleep to cope with the physical building work
Why do we perceive our vision as a single frame when we have two eyes?
We have binocular vision, by using two eyes our brain receives to separate images with everything shifted slightly left or right. Your brain then takes the images and process them together into a sing
Why can I never remember falling asleep?
Here's the scary thing: This must be what it's like to die, except you never wake up and have the memory of attempting to go to sleep.
why it always seems like people wake up before the best part or climax of their dreams.
Until a better answer shows up, I believe I've read on this very forum, that it has to do with the fact that the "best part" just so happens to excite you so much, that your brain activity increases a
Why does it take so long (longer than a week) to feel pain after a car accident and not a few days?
If there still is pain you better go see a doctor and ask an actual professional about your very specific case! There can be no general answer as injuries - from neglectible to very concerning - of al
Why is fiberglass so itchy?
Fiberglass is literally made of glass fibers. Like tiny threads. Glass is sharp, especially if it's the size of thread.