Chasing the Why

How Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays

The Scientist Who Discovered the Device That Turns Our Inside Out: Wilhelm Röntgen In many movies or TV shows, you have come across extraordinary gadgets or comedy elements, such as "glasses help you see people naked". Of course, these are just fiction for now. But there is a device we all know that allows us to see the inside things: the X-ray machine. It is such a tool that when you hold it inside a wooden box, it can show a metal inside the box, pass through the skin and reveal the image of bones.

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How ikigai and flow rewire your brain

Ikigai: The Reason That Gets Us Out of Bed in the Morning Do you sometimes feel that you are not in the flow of life? Sometimes, while doing a job, do you do it without being in the moment and without realizing it? If your answers are “yes”, it means you haven't met the ikigai philosophy yet. Let's go on a journey to increase your awareness and be able to look at life more meaningfully. On your journey to get to know Ikigai... What is Ikigai? Ikigai is a Japanese word that has multiple meanings.

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Why Corporate Rivals Save You Money

Cartels, Economy, and Economic Competition For most people, economics is a rather boring, incomprehensible, mathematical system. We have always been given information in this direction or the economy has always been explained in such a way that we can perceive it as such those descriptions. However, according to economist Alfred Mill, economics is a system that can be understood in principle without knowing any mathematics. Another taught judgment since elementary school is that "cooperation is always good”.

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Your accent is childhood muscle memory

Why Do People Have Accents? We have all come across accent differences in the TV series or movies we watch in our daily lives. In fact, from time to time, accent differences affect even the spelling of words. For example, the word is written as "colour" in British English and "color" in American English. Let's examine the accent issue in more detail in this article. What is an accent? How Do Its Types Vary?

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Are You the Ship of Theseus

A Paradox Series: The Ship of Theseus Dear reader, if you have crossed paths with philosophy, you must be familiar with thought experiments. You know, thought experiments are more like experiments done in the head, as the name suggests. That is, it is trying to illuminate some problems that may or may not be applied in reality through thought. I think we can clarify this with an example. So now let me take you to Ancient Greece.

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How Omar Khayyam gave us x

The Person Who Discovered the Unknown: Omar Khayyam First of all, let me state this from the beginning: This article is not a detailed article about Omar Khayyam. In this article, only Omar Khayyam's contributions to mathematics and astronomy will be mentioned. So let's get to know the person who found the unknown. Who is Omar Khayyam? Omar Khayyam is a poet, writer, mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer. People who have knowledge in many disciplines such as Omar Khayyam are called polymath.

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Why freshly mowed grass smells like panic

What Makes the Smell of Freshly Cut Grass So Good? If you are one of those who like the smell of freshly cut grass, you are definitely not alone. The result of Dailymail's research with 2000 people in the UK shows that the smell of freshly cut grass is the third most liked scent. So what makes this fragrance so special? Hearing the Death Cry This smell is actually the smell of a chemical that the grass releases to protect itself when we damage the lawn. This is a chemical aid and even a death cry for grass.

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Why science relies on dead Latin

Why Are Latin Names Often Used in Science? Especially in branches of science such as medicine, biology, and chemistry, we often come across Latin nomenclatures. It is called “felis catus” instead of a cat, “dihydrogen monoxide” instead of water. The vast majority of medical terms come from Latin. So what makes Latin so special? Latin is a Dead Language! Let's first look at what it means for a language to be dead.

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Why we love things we build

The IKEA Effect: I Love It If I Do It! During the pandemic, we tried to do stuff ourselves at home instead of buying many things ready. Sometimes we did not trust what we bought from outside, and sometimes we occupied ourselves with them to pass the time. Well, can our efforts to do something increase the feeling of happiness we will get as a result of that work? This doesn't seem quite right at first glance because we all want to achieve results with minimum energy.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-ikea-effect-i-love-it-better-if-i-do-it/

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How Pan Defined Panic and Syringes

Pan: Mortal God Immortalized by Words and Stories God Pan... God of the fields and shepherds. We thought it would be important to write an article about this God in Greek Mythology. At the end of this article, we will learn the origins of some of the words in the language, where the name of a musical instrument comes from, and how Pan is intertwined with our culture. Let's get to know one of the most interesting Gods in Greek Mythology. First of all, who is Pan? God Pan was born half goat half human.

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