50 year ago, we had sugary beverages, greasy fast food, etc. Why is obesity so much more prevalent now?
I was just listening to a podcast discussion by two prominent doctors discussing this and the answer was somewhere between we don’t know and all of the above,…
Does NASA refuse to use a Hubble telescope to take pictures of the Moon rovers left behind previously?
Jacob Fox is completely correct. The Hubble Space Telescope is not capable of taking pictures of the Apollo landing sites for 2 reasons: As several others have written, lunar…
Which breed of dog can kill a lion?
It is not possible for any dog breed to kill a lion. This is a Tibetan mastiff, one of the largest and strongest dog breeds on earth: And…
If a dog is charging at you, and you run towards it, what would be the dog’s reaction?
When a dog charges at you and you run towards it, you’re essentially playing a game of “doggy chicken.” In dog lingo, boldness might come across as you…
For a gunshot wound, do you clean it with just water or also remove the bullet?
Let’s start with this: Movies have it wrong. In just about every movie ever, first reaction to getting shot is to pull out the bullet, at any cost….
Have we found life on Mars?
The Perseverance rover has just found a rock with possible signs of ancient life on Mars. It has already been hailed as the most important find ever during…
Where do black holes lead?
A black hole is not really a “hole”. A black hole is a celestial body left over from a giant star that has died where its gravity becomes so great…
What is an example that nature can be so cruel?
A photographer named Igor Altuna was watching a leopard kill a vervet monkey. It was a mother and had a young baby monkey still clinging to her, unaware his…
What would an IQ of 500 or 1000 look like?
Dead. Most likely within the first years of life, if that. A person with this intelligence level will find out pretty quickly that the chances of fulfilling belongingness…
Why did J.R.R. Tolkien not like Frank Herbert’s Dune?
The key reason is the same as the burning hatred so many JRR Tolkien fans feel towards the works of GRR Martin. Here fighting an imgarinary battle Tolkien…