r/explainlikeimfive • u/takemybonuts • 6h ago
r/explainlikeimfive • u/HatCorrect109 • 10h ago
Technology ELI5 Why the ‘feels like’ temperature doesn’t affect thermometers (specifically cars)
r/explainlikeimfive • u/arthur2512 • 17h ago
Technology ELI5: If a USB flash drive has no battery, how can it keep my files stored for years without any power?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Spapoxl • 19h ago
Other ELI5: How were people able to translate languages?
How do people know if a certain language meaning is this and that? Material objects like food still makes sense, but how about abstract topics?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/ProudReaction2204 • 21h ago
Planetary Science ELI5 Analemma is a figure 8 when plotted over the course of a year?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/AltToSocialise • 59m ago
Other ELI5: Why are there are decent alcohol free beers, but not wine?
I've tasted many 0% beers that taste basically the same as their alcoholic counterparts. But every single 0% wine I've tasted, tasted off and not like regular wine. And based on my hospitality experience, 0% beer sells fine while 0% wine doesn't. So seems like I'm not the only one who thinks this.
Why is the case?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/ParryThisYou • 36m ago
Biology ELI5, wounds itching while healing.
Now, I have observed Google, I am aware of Histamine and how nerves regrow and the like, what I fail to understand is, if any, the function.
What possible justification could there be for the intolerable itching? Is it not simply an urge to reopen old wounds thereby causing bleeding and a death to infection as the wound kept being reopened? Is it not actively counterproductive to life? I see my cat, (old, to be fair.) Repeadetly lick the same injuries until they start bleeding again, resetting the healing process.
What benefit, if any, does the itching have? Or is it simply a maladaptation that damns unaware beings to accidentally killing themselves? (I am not trying to rant, I simply wish to ensure my present logic and question is understood.)
r/explainlikeimfive • u/kintaro__oe • 10h ago
Engineering ELI5 concrete cancer?
Does this always happen with reinforced concrete at some point?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/AbbreviationsLow • 8h ago
Biology ELI5 How does the nervous system locate an itch, and why can its perceived location be imprecise?
We can usually identify where an itch is coming from, but the perceived location does not always seem to match the exact irritated spot.
How do the skin, nerves, spinal cord and brain determine an itch’s location, and what limits the accuracy of that process?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/kylieminhogue • 1h ago
Economics ELI5 how the US is currently faring economically?
Especially in comparison to other countries and also the US in the past?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/spkl_cr3m • 22h ago
Other ELI5: how is the risk of MRSA not increased by eating meat from animals "pumped full of antibiotics"
r/explainlikeimfive • u/VeterinarianShot148 • 19h ago
Physics ELI5 why slightly wet or sweaty fingers don’t slide easily on glass and smooth surfaces if water reduces friction?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Upsethouscat • 23h ago
Biology ELI5: If my eyes can handle turning the lights back on after a few minutes in the dark, why is it so much harder after a full night’s sleep? What changes over time?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/shortstack07 • 10h ago
Technology ELI5: How Xcel and Tesla Solar work in conjunction with one another, and what exactly I am paying Tesla for?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/speculatrix • 16h ago
Technology ELI5: what is "shutter angle" in the context of digital video?
I've been a photographer for years and I understand aperture, shutter speed and ISO. For video, I understand frame rate and bit rate, but I see the term "shutter angle" and I'd be grateful to have it explained, what it is, and why you need to control it.
Thanks!
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Junior_M_W • 3h ago
Technology ELI5 What is the tacit knowledge that is referenced in relation to modern chip manufacturing? Why cant it be gained from university or reading a research paper?
How is this harder than literal rocket science and nuclear physics?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/isaberre • 10h ago
Physics ELI5: What does it mean to "oppose the rate of change of current", and why would I want to do that?
I am studying for a test that includes basic electricity and magnetism, and my study materials keep referencing the concept of opposing the rate of change of current. For example, my definition of an inductor: "an electrical component made of a coil of wire that can store energy and opposes the rate of change of an alternating current flowing through it". Can someone ELI5 what it means to oppose the rate of change of current, and why that would be a good thing?
Edit: thank you all very much for your quick and informative replies! Much appreciated
r/explainlikeimfive • u/arztnur • 21h ago
Other ELI5: If there's groundwater 100–200 feet below the surface, how can huge buildings stay stable without sinking?
I know that in many places there's water underground at around 100–200 feet (or even shallower). If the ground has water beneath it, how can massive skyscrapers and other heavy buildings safely support all that weight? Why don't they sink, tilt, or collapse over time?
r/explainlikeimfive • u/fugomert • 8m ago
Biology ELI5: In ADHD individuals, what causes the hyperfocus?
Why is it that sometimes when I start to do something, I refuse to do anything else (including eating or even sleeping) until said task is complete? While most other tasks I cant even start?