Human Body
Exploring "Why" questions about Human Body
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Why USA cant seem to adopt the model of national health service present in every other western country?
The main thing is that Americans tend to have a fundamentally different relationship with our government than most other western nations. Most other nations tend to view their governments as positive
Why is it that a rocking motion or a car ride puts my baby to sleep but when I’m in a similar situation it doesn’t make me sleepy?
It's not just the rocking motion, it is the constriction of the car seat that doesn't allow him to move coupled with the sound of the car. A car's tires on the road would be a familiar sound to what a
Why is it taking them so long to come out with the oculus rift consumer version, when they developed it nearly a year ago, and came out with the development kits nearly two years before that?
My thoughts are because it is supposed to be a game changer(literally) and to release anything sub par could potentially hurt the concept and make it take even longer for people to get interested in i
Why does a headache disappear after like 3 hours of sleep but it doesn’t when you are 3 hours awake?
Headaches have a myriad of different causes. Some are related to the food you've eaten, or something you have had to drink. Some headaches are caused due to constriction of blood vessels which can cau
Why does my brain prefer songs that rhyme to ones that don’t?
It's probably a lot more to do with how you identify rhythm in song. You like the once that rhyme because that adds to the rhythm of the song, and is easier for you to identify. The language center in
why can we hear our own voice in our head when we “think”.7
Imagine our brain takes all human vocal samples we hear and puts them in sound "Jars", and attaches a sticker with a picture of the human that is speaking on that jar. Whenever you imagine what a pers
Why is it that in the 1900s and up into the early 2000s there were a lot of bands that were “number one” for years at a time but now there are seemingly more one hit wonders.
It's the way people buy music now. In the 90's, etc people bought albums. Now people buy single songs.
Why are the search results when googling an unknown phone number so terrible?
I actually think google intentionally obfuscates results. Back in the day, googling phone numbers worked *awesome*. It was one of the first "best answer" things at the top of the page.
Why can’t I remember being a baby?
Cognitive psychology student here: To put it simply, you don't have the mechanisms that allow you to store and recall memories until you're around 3 1/2 years. Until that, you have what's called child
Why do deeply religious people badmouth other religions?
From their perspective, other religions *are* evil. If you believe your immortal soul goes to heaven you believe the right stuff, and goes to hell if you believe the wrong stuff, other religions are S