#ExplainLikeImfive

I for the life of me cannot understand when someone explains to me how things like the flu and cold are dormant in people. Is it the same for certain diseases like als and different kinds of cancers, how are they woken up or can they just be dormant for…

Every time I drink my pee be lighter than if I drank a gallon of water. Then the next morning it's dark AF. Does the hydration kick in initially thn the dehydration later ? submitted by /u/tiktok_BBCjr [link] [comments]

We've all probably had moments when we see or hear something we know isn't there. But when it comes to schizophrenic people, they hear delusions that only exist in their reality but not anyone else's. How is this possible?…

Hoe can it give Energy when it’s calorie value is 0 (or very close to it)? submitted by /u/Hbecher [link] [comments]

Would a worldwide extinction of mosquitoes offset the ecological balance of our world? And if not, why are we not doing it? submitted by /u/Punnan [link] [comments]

I came up across this old study answering this, but I’m kinda confused by its complexities submitted by /u/Impressive-Plum6578 [link] [comments]

I can understand that it’s a mental illness, but it falls into this category where I just don’t understand how someone can develop it and ignore it. Like, eating disorders I can understand because of societal standards of beauty etc.…

Do they keep going as normal? Do they cease to exist? what happens? submitted by /u/Mikubeeeaaam [link] [comments]

When people say they have a high/low pain tolerance , does this mean they receive more/less pain signals (I.e they physically feel it more/less) or is that they can mentally endure the same pain signal more/less Sorry for the wording idk how else to…

ELI5- We live in California, U.S. & there's a statewide ban on menthol & flavored tobacco products. Even before the ban, I was always told menthol cigarettes were worse for your lungs than regular cigarettes.…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetical_hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borel_hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective_hierarchy They have weird Sigma's and Pi's, and are apparently…

I was gonna add a visual aid to help show what I mean but evidently that isn't allowed. Sorry. submitted by /u/LokiOfTheAbyss [link] [comments]

I saw a bird flying today and when I got home I looked up what bird it might have been. I can see it clearly in my head, the color, the size and wing shape.…

I basically can only move my tongue up, down, left and right, and that’s what I thought was everyone’s case for all my life. Imagine my surprise when I saw my brother casually and effortlessly rolling his tongue into a tube, flipping it 180°, making it…

I can be saying that I see the colour red, and the other person also agrees. But how can we ever know that both of us are seeing the same colour?…

Just been diagnosed with another autoimmune condition. Why are they are so common? Why are more and more people being diagnosed with one? I understand some of that will be due to better diagnostic testing, but why do so many people have an immune system…

I understand the idea of voltage difference from a battery or generator, and how electrons move from positive to negative charges. But why do household electrical systems literally use a wire in the dirt as ground?…

It seems like acids and bases should mostly be equally relevant to daily human life. But it seems like acidity has a way bigger cultural presence. Vats of acid show up in pop culture, acidity is a key flavor in all sorts of cooking, etc.…

Imagine you’re in a restaurant. You sit at a table and look at the menu. You don’t go into the...

We all have that one story. 😅 That moment where: Pipeline was green ✅ You pushed one small...