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What Is Feedback Inhibition?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Feedback Inhibition DefinitionEnzymes, Substrates And ProductsEnzymes And Enzymatic ReactionsHow Does Feedback Inhibition Work?Feedback Inhibition As A Control...
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What Is A Decibel And How Can Negative Decibels Exist?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Decibel DefinitionWhy Do Decibels Follow A Logarithmic Scale?How Can The Decibel Value Be Negative? The decibel is used to measure sound levels. It is represented by...
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What Is The Law Of Reflection?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Law Of Reflection DefinitionAngle Of Incidence And Angle Of ReflectionLaw Of Reflection Example The law of reflection is the principle that when a ray of light hits a...
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What Is The Angle Of Incidence?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is The Angle Of Incidence?Glancing AngleAngle Of Incidence (Aerodynamics)Angle Of Attack The angle of incidence can refer to a number of entities: in optics, the...
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What Is The Index Of Refraction (Refractive Index)?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Index Of Refraction (Refractive Index) DefinitionIndex Of Refraction FormulaIndex Of Refraction Typical Examples The index of refraction, or refractive index, is a...
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How Did The Nintendo Game Duck Hunt Work?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is Duck Hunt?How Duck Hunt Works The game Duck Hunt works by using a light gun that is pointed at the TV screen. The light sensor in the gun detects when the...
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What Is The Newest Organ Discovered In The Human Body?
Table of Contents (click to expand)A New Organ Found! What Is It?Where Is This Newly-found Organ Located?Interstitium FunctionsWhy Was The Interstitium Discovered So Recently? The ‘organ’ that...
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What Does “T-Minus” Mean?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Does T Minus Mean?What Does The “T” In “T-minus” Stand For?What Is The Difference Between “T-minus” And “L-minus”? The term ‘T-minus’ is generally used during...
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Why Do People In Movies Press A Hot Blade Against Their Wounds?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Yes, There’s An Explanation!SterilizationCauterization Burning a wound, called cauterization, is a quick way to seal a wound and stop it from bleeding. This is risky,...
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Why Does Fried Food Float In Oil?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Heat Converts Water Into SteamHeat Changes The Density Of Food The increased volume of the food item and the loss of mass due to the water turning into steam makes...
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What Is Kessler Syndrome?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is The Kessler Syndrome?The Problem Of Space DebrisEffects Of The Kessler SyndromeKessler Syndrome (Space Debris) Solution Kessler syndrome is a situation...
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Why Don’t We Send Satellites Straight Up And Out Of The Solar System?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Earth’s Orbital Velocity Is Huge!Too Much FuelNothing Much To ExploreUlysses – An Interesting Exception There are three primary reasons for why satellites are not...
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How Do Nurses Make Sure That The Needle Enters The Vein Properly?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Proper Injecting Is A Critical SkillThe ‘Flash Back’ To make sure that the needle enters the vein properly, nurses increase access to the vein by gently pressing on...
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Travel Fatigue: Why Does Traveling Tire You Out?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Factors That Impact Passenger Comfort On The RoadFatigue-causing Factors In A FlightThe Psychological FactorDealing With Travel Fatigue Your brain keeps your muscles...
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How Do People Die Of Shock?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is Shock?Causes Of ShockDifferent Types Of ShockSymptoms Of Shock Shock is a medical condition in which the blood pressure of a patient becomes too low, meaning...
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How Do Turtles Eat Underwater Without Swallowing Too Much Water?
Table of Contents (click to expand)How Do Fish Eat Underwater?Just Spit It OutWhy Get Rid Of The Water? Turtles take in food through their mouth, firmly hold it between their tongue and the upper...
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Why Can’t You Clench Your Fist Right After Waking Up?
Table of Contents (click to expand)The Role Of Electrolytes In Muscle EngagementReduced Brain And Heart Activity During SleepSign Of A Medical Condition? When you wake up, it takes some time to get the...
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Why Doesn’t The Sun Set In Alaska For More Than 2 Months?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Earth’s Axial TiltNo Night In Barrow, Alaska For 84 Days Straight! The reason the sun does not set in Alaska for more than 2 months is because of Earth’s axial tilt....
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How Does The ISS Get Breathable Oxygen?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Electrolysis Of WaterPressurized Oxygen Tanks The ISS gets breathable oxygen from the electrolysis of water. The International Space Station (commonly called the ISS)...
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How Does An Air Fryer Work?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is An Air Fryer?How Does An Air Fryer Work? Regarding air fryers, it’s often remarked that they’re just amped up countertop convection ovens. They work on the...
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Why Do Foolish People Think That They Are Very Smart?
Table of Contents (click to expand)The Dunning-Kruger EffectThe McArthur Wheeler CaseWhy The Incompetent Think They’re AmazingUnderestimation Of One’s Competence The Dunning-Kruger Effect suggests that...
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Why Do Abandoned Buildings Decay So Quickly?
Table of Contents (click to expand)WeatherWaterVegetationConstruction MaterialLack Of Regular MaintenanceHuman Interference Abandoned buildings decay quickly for a number of reasons, including leaks...
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Why Does Spraying Deodorant On Socks Make Them Stink Even More?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Smelly Socks: Why Do Used Socks Stink?Why Does Spraying Deodorant Make Socks Smell Worse?How Do You Get Rid Of Smelly Socks’ Bad Smell?Conclusion Although spraying...
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How Are Hackers Able To Figure Out Passwords When There Is A Maximum Limit Of...
Table of Contents (click to expand)How Hackers Figure Out PasswordsExternal Factors Hackers do this through various methods, including the use of phishing pages, malware, brute forcing or accessing...
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Why Don’t We Shoot All Our Nuclear Waste Into The Sun Or Moon?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Massive Thrust NeededRisks Of Rocket Launch FailureExorbitant Cost We don’t dump our nuclear waste in the sun or on the moon because the action of sending all that...
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Why Do Airplanes Have Ashtrays If Smoking Is Banned?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Having An Ashtray Onboard An Airplane Is A Legal RequirementRedundancies: What If A Passenger Does Light A Cigarette? Airplanes have ashtrays in their...
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Why Does Your Smartphone Lose Charge, Even When You Don’t Use It?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Reasons Why Your Phone Discharges Even When It’s Not Being UsedBackground AppsBad Network ReceptionBad (Battery-hogging) AppsBattery Composition And Quality A modern...
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How Do Screen Protectors Protect A Phone’s Screen?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is A Screen Protector?How Does A Screen Protector Protect A Device’s Screen?Screen Protectors And The HypeWhat’s A Better Alternative To Screen Protectors? A...
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Why Is The Sun White At Noon And Red During Sunrise And Sunset?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Sunlight And Earth’s AtmosphereWhy Does The Sun Appear Red During Sunrise?Why Does The Sun Appear White At Noon? The sun often looks red, especially when it rises or...
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How Are We Able To See Galaxies In Our Sky But Not Nearby Planets?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Why Can We See Distant Galaxies?Why Can’t We See Planets If We Can See Distant Galaxies? We are able to see high-definition images of galaxies that are thousands of...
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Why Does The Urge To Pee Grow Stronger The Moment You Enter The Washroom?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Pavlov’s ConditioningAssociation Between The Bathroom And The Urge To PeeOveractive Bladder One of the reasons behind our sudden increased urge to pee when entering...
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Why Are Submarines Black?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Unrestricted Submarine WarfareWhy Are Submarines Painted Black Or Grey?Submarines Have Only One Way To See Other Submerged ObjectsBlack Is NOT The Only Color For...
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How WiFi Signals Travel Through Walls?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Electromagnetic Radiation And WiFiHow WiFi Signals Travel Through Walls WiFi signals are a type of electromagnetic radiation, much like visible light. The...
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Why Do Cats Stop Eating When The Bottom Of The Bowl Is Visible, But There’s...
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Are Cat Whiskers And What Do They Do?Why Does Your Cat Refuse To Eat When There’s Still Food In The Bowl?This Is NOT The Only Reason Why A Cat Won’t Eat This odd...
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Why Do Deserts Get Cold At Night?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Sand Heats The Air Above ItDesert Air And HumidityNot All Deserts Get Cold At NightNot All Deserts Are Hot Due to a lack of humidity in deserts, the air cannot hold...
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How Does A Gas Station Store Enough Oil To Service Hundreds Of Automobiles...
Table of Contents (click to expand)How Gas Stations Store Gas (Or Petrol/diesel)How Does Fuel Go From Storage Tanks To Dispensers?How Does A Gas Station Serve So Many Cars Every Day? A gas station...
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Why Do Our Eyes Burn After Just Waking Up?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Why Are Eyes Always Wet?Why Our Eyes Burn Just After Waking UpWhat’s The Longest One Can Go Without Blinking? Our eyes may burn just after waking up because they dry...
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Why Does Aluminum Foil Not Feel Hot After It’s Taken Out Of An Oven?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Thermal Conductivity Of AluminumLow Thermal Mass Of Aluminum FoilSpecific Heat Capacity Of Aluminum Aluminum metal cannot hold a great deal of heat. Furthermore, the...
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Is Oxygen Flammable?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Makes Something Flammable?Is Oxygen Inflammable?Why Does The Sun Keep Burning Without Oxygen? Although oxygen helps things burn, it is not flammable by itself....
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What Will Happen To Ocean Tides When The Moon Moves Away From Earth?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Is The Moon Moving Away From Earth?What Will Happen To Earth’s Tides If The Moon Goes Away?Why We Don’t Need To Worry About The Moon Running Away Eventually, our moon...
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Can A Metal Be Gas?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Can A Metal Be A Gas?Does A Metal Remain A Metal When It Turns Into Gas?Why Are Metals Solid? Yes, metals can be gases, depending on how high their boiling points...
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Why Is The Audio Quality Of Phone Calls Still Not Great, Despite So Many...
Table of Contents (click to expand)Voice Quality On LandlinesVoice Quality On Cell PhonesVoice Over Internet Is Much Better The telephone system is a network of smaller units that work in tandem to...
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Why Don’t Birds And Airplanes Cast Shadows?
Table of Contents (click to expand)How Are Shadows Formed?Why Can’t We See The Shadow Of Flying Airplanes And Birds? Flying birds and airplanes don’t cast a shadow on the ground because they are too...
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Why Does Water Expand When It Freezes?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Does Water Really Expand When It Freezes?Why Does The Volume Of Water Increase When It Freezes?This Is Why Ice Floats On Water When water freezes, its molecules get...
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How Do Palm Trees Survive Hurricanes And Cyclones?
Table of Contents (click to expand)Palm Trees Are Not “Woody”Lack Of Branches In Palm TreesLeaves Of Palm TreesPalm Trees Have An Unconventional Root System In violent storms, such as a hurricane or...
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How Are Ski Jumpers Able To Jump From Such Great Heights?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is Ski Jumping?The Surface On Which The Ski Jumper LandsHow A Ski Jumper FliesSki Jumpers Practice A LOT Ski jumpers are able to jump from such incredible...
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Multiverse Explained: What Is The Multiverse? Is The Multiverse Theory Legit?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is A Universe?What Is The Multiverse?What Is Inflation Theory?Controversy Around The Multiverse Theory Multiverse theory suggests that our universe, which...
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Science Review Of Top Gun: Maverick
Table of Contents (click to expand)All About ‘Mach 10’DARKSTAR: A Hypersonic JetCan You Really Survive Crashing A Plane At Mach 10?Fighter Jets Taking Off Of ShipsWhy Not Fly In F-35s?Can A Bird Strike...
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If We Can Accelerate Protons To Near Light Speeds, Why Can’t We Accelerate...
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Happens When You Keep Increasing An Object’s Speed?How Do They Accelerate Particles In Particle Accelerators To Such High Speeds?Challenges Of Accelerating...
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Does Switching Off Phone Data And WiFi Protect Me From Radiation From My Phone?
Table of Contents (click to expand)What Is Radiation, And Is All Radiation Dangerous?What Happens When You Switch Off Your Phone Data?Does Switching Off Just The Phone Data Help In Reducing Your...
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