Nature
Exploring "Why" questions about Nature
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Why is Microsoft pushing the “it’s a free gift! TAKE IT.” angle for Windows 10 so hard?
Its to their direct interest that as many people as possible are on the newest OS. especially with how generally disliked windows 8 was, they think with a heavy push theyll get almost everyone to move
Why can’t we pump flood water from Texas into tank cars and ship it to California to help alleviate the drought?
Because quite simply, they need a lot of water. Far more than the carrying capacity of a freight train. When dealing with large bodies of water, the water is measured in acre-feet.
why do all things fall at the same speed regardless of weight?
The short answer is because heavier things have a greater attaraction to the earths gravity (hence why they are heavier), but they also take more force to move. So a baseball has less of a force actin
Why don’t humans get a “winter coat”?
We evolved in a place that doesn't have cold winters. When proto-humans began hunting by running down their prey on the African savannah, they faced heat dissipation problems way more than freezing-to
why window tinting is black instead of white
sane reason sunglasses are tinted dark or a color instead of white. It aborbing the light prevents it from coming in. Also if it was white it would reflect on the inside too.
Why in the hell can’t a fly figure out where the open part of a window is?
Ecologist popping in, lately insects have been my thing. First, the fly is not actively trying to leave the room or your house as it may not even realize it's in an enclosed space. You're giving our l
Why all the hubbub about Hurricane Sandy when all the weather sites say its not going to be more than a category 1 hurricane?
First its the largest hurricane in history on the Atlantic, spread over a 1000 miles 's. Next, it's going to strengthen rather than weaken as it changes to a cold storm and become a nor'easter, which
Why does mac gaming suck compared to windows?
Nobody seems to have pointed out that Microsoft used its monopoly to get game developers to use his proprietary Direct X 3D library instead of OpenGL which is open source and multiplatform... Which ma
why when combined, the colors of the rainbow make white light but black paint.
The difference between paint and light is actually pretty simple: & nbsp; -Paint absorbs it's colour. -Light emits it's colour. & nbsp; So red paint will absorb every single colour except red
Why are radiators often located beneath window shelves?
you are almost right - it is usually the coldest spot in your room. But that also means, that this is the part of the room that is the hardest to heat. If you'd put the radiator at the other end of th