Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5)

Objective and layman-accessible explanations, not answers aimed at literal five-year-olds.

 

ELI5: If identical twins were to be given a paternity test (if one were suspected of being a child’s father), given they have identical DNA, is there a medical test that could determine which twin is the father?

| Category: Explain

Image result for DNA determine father blogspot.com
More

Filed Under: Explain

ELI5: How does bowing work in Japanese culture. I’ve heard there are so many subtleties to bowing that a Westerner should never attempt it. Is this true? What are some of these subtleties?

| Category: Explain

Image result for Japanese to bowing  blogspot.com
More

Filed Under: Explain

ELI5: Why are chickens more likely to be contaminated with salmonella and not other animals

| Category: Explain

Image result for salmonella  blogspot.com
More

Filed Under: Explain

ELI5: Why do you sometimes wake up more tired with more sleep, and more energetic with less sleep?

| Category: Explain

Quite often I am more alert and can concentrate better with 5 hours of sleep compared to sleeping extra with 9-10 hours of sleep. Is there a biological reason behind why oversleeping can cause you to be more tired?


Image result for deprived  sleep, blogspot.com
More

Filed Under: Explain

ELI5: Why do balloons make such a loud noise when they pop?

| Category: Explain

Image result for balloons burst blogspot.com
More

Filed Under: Explain

  • < Prev
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • 38
  • Next >
  • Learned
  • Explain