Nature
Exploring "Why" questions about Nature
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Why do so few companies provide training these days?
Because they don't need to. There is a large enough pool of qualified applicants to the point where they don't need to spend the time, money, or effort to train new individuals. That's why networking,
Why is it when it rains in a baseball game the game gets postponed til further notice but in American football the players play through any weather?
I was a house league umpire for a few years. For us, we would play in the rain until we had puddles forming. Most baseball diamonds are made with very rough dirt that can not only get extremely muddy,
Why are there so many islands in the Caribbean?
Most of the Caribbean is volcanic in origin, and many of the smaller (as well as larger) islands have a central volcanic peak or a mountainous interior. These occur at the joint of two of the plates t
Why do worms arise on the concrete after it rains?
Because in the now moist environment they can move above land to environments they could not previously reach easily (the other side of the concrete barrier).
Why are unrestrained animals in vehicle cabins not covered under any existing “distracted driving” laws?
> But no existing "distracted driving" laws even mention animals or pets. This is false. Hawaii Statutes, Section 291C-124, (b): “While operating a motor vehicle, no person shall hold in the person
Why the air humidity in an airplane doesn’t condense on its windows?
There are two layers of windows with a gap between them, providing insulation so the coldness outside the plane doesn't transfer to the inside layer. There are also dehumidifying air scrubbers for the
why can we just pump water into deserts to solve rising sea levels?
The surface of the oceans across the world is about 500 million square kilometers (roughly two hundred million square miles). To reduce the level of the earth's oceans by one millimeter (about one 25t
Why do volcanoes contain lava, or do they make it by melting rock or something else? Maybe better asked as, where does lava come from?
Molten rock is what is in the centre of our earth where it's very, very, hot. Pressure within the volcano builds and eventually erupts. No one "makes" lava, it's a natural product
Why does water evaporate from lakes or other bodies of water without boiling?
Evaporation is a special type of vaporization where the water molecules are simply breaking free from the rest of the liquid, despite being below the boiling point temperature. The sun heats the surfa
Why do most train stations have no barrier between the platform and train? Isn’t this a massive liability?
There's also no barrier between the vast majority of roads and sidewalks, just a little strip of something that's a different color. Sometimes not even that.