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Exploring "Why" questions about Science
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Why is the range from boiling to “absolute hot” much, much longer than the range from freezing to absolute cold?
The real question you should be asking is, "why do temperatures that we as humans frequently interact with (such as those from the freezing to boiling point of water) fall so much closer to the low en
Why aren’t electrical outlets universal?
The infrastructure was created independently, and once it made sense to standardize it was just too expensive.
Why are women more attracted to “unavailable” men, is this chemical, psychological or a bit of both columns?
1. The less available something is, the more it is wanted. 2.
Why does the cold cause your teeth to chatter?
It's your body shaking to attempt to make you warmer, the teeth chattering is just a side effect of the shaking
Why aren’t baseball players afraid of being hit in the face by a stray ball?
Because they are wearing special gloves, the express purpose of which is to apprehend said baseball.
why they call dark matter “matter”
Because as far as we can tell it is matter. It's just a special type of matter which doesn't interact at all with the electromagnetic force, so we can't directly see it. **Edit:** Something I want to
Why does the order in which you mix things together matter?
as a person who cooks for living, in your case you just hasnt mixed things enough in first case. Adding dry to wet makes mixing easier and faster as opposed way creates dry clumps, that require extra
Why does water feel colder after chewing a minty gum or mints?
Menthol (a compound in mint) activates your temperature receptors (which normally only get turned on when exposed to low or high temperatures), which creates the feeling of coldness.
Why do politicians not just choose the best scientifically proven policies based on statistics, instead of bickering about what their ideology tells them, rather than make the choices which will br…
Well, for one, academics don't always agree. But more importantly: because they're running to be elected by people who neither know statistics nor care about it and who would like to hear that a simpl
Why does a multitool spin this funny way in zero gravity?
It's because the rotation about that axis is unstable, and small deviations quickly build until the pliers flip round. You can see the same effect if you throw a tennis racket in the air. _URL_0_