Which animals can never be tamed? And why?
1.The zebra is one of the most surprising animals we have never tamed. In fact, in a sense, it’s quite surprising. After all, horses and donkeys have been…
Why don’t the Chinese just build their own lithography machines or get one clandestinely and then reverse engineer it?
We do. But we made a mistake in believing “free trade”. When Western countries found themselves not as compititive as Chinese companies, they destroyed their “rule based world…
Why did the Black Death “disappear” after 1352?
Black Death was virulent and deadly. As such, everyone got it and you either lived (unlikely but possible) or died (most likely) By the middle of the 14th…
Why don’t we send a Hubble-type space telescope out to orbit Pluto or Uranus so we can get better pictures of deep space stars and solar systems?
Pluto is, in astronomical terms, right on top of us. It is only 0.000628 light years to Pluto. This is Barnard’s Galaxy. It is one of the nearest galaxies to…
How did World War 2 era diesel submarines have such exceptional ranges of over 21000 miles while similarly sized ships only had ranges of around 6000 miles?
A lot of good answers, but only one of them even remotely mentioned a specific trick that US WW2 Submariners did to get extra range, and by the…
If Trump dies, will you be respectful?
Trump is 78, going on 79. He has the volatile temperment that could lead to a stroke, his diet is poor and he’s way overweight. That’s counterbalanced by…
If you dropped a ball of tungsten into a volcano, could it sink down to the earth’s core?
I really like this question. It’s an opportunity to completely blow your mind about volcanoes. Here we have a diagram of volcanoes that everyone is shown in school:…
What are some incredible pictures that no one has seen before?
1.This is a picture of the spacecraft NASA leaving our atmosphere. 2. This is how brick roads are being built in the Netherlands. 3. Blood vessels of one…
Why are Italian WW2 planes underrated when they were so good?
Italian planes of World War II were indeed good aircrafts and they were well designed. From an aerodynamic point of view, they were probably better than their German…
What is the greatest instance of “Well, that backfired” in all of history?
Because of climate change and pollution, marine life over the years has started to deteriorate. In the 1970s, and just like many places in the world, Florida found this was…