Chasing the Why

Why baby monkeys chose comfort over food

Today, we will investigate the Harlow fake mother experiment. Can motherhood be copied? To answer this question, we will explore the Harlow fake mother experiment. What is the fake mother? Can an offspring attribute motherhood to another object under appropriate conditions? Or, instead, does anyone need to load this sort of meaning? To explain more, do creatures that grow up without a mother try to fill this space? Is there a search for a mother in their natural codes?

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/can-motherhood-be-copied-the-harlow-fake-mother-experiment/

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Engineering Real Life Invisibility Cloaks

Invisibility cloak which makes something invisible… We are sure it's one of the superpowers that many want the most. It is one of the indispensables of science fiction and fantasy film creators. Let's first talk briefly about that famous story in Harry Potter: The Story of Three Brothers. The Peverell brothers find Death. Death tells them he will give whatever they want to these brothers.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/could-the-invisibility-cloak-be-real/

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The Doctor Who Drank Bacteria

How far would you go to bring the idea you believe to life? Would you mind a bottle of bacteria that could make you sick or even kill you to prove your point? By doing just that, Dr. Barry Marshall proved his idea, and this daring experiment earned him the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Nightmare Diseases of a Period: Gastritis and Stomach Ulcer Of course, these stomach diseases are still not at the top of the "favorite diseases" list.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/heading-a-bottle-of-bacteria-a-journey-from-the-stomach-to-the-nobel-prize/

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How Sunflowers Move Without Muscles

Have you ever seen a sunflower that orientates to the Sun? They were like moving and following the Sun. Many of us think of plants as fixed creatures that cannot move. However, plants have a limited ability to move. A fascinating member of this realm proves this to us: the Sunflower. If you have had the opportunity to observe a field of sunflowers, then you must have noticed. These creatures, almost in love with the Sun, follow it constantly.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/how-and-why-do-sunflowers-orient-to-the-sun/

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Why paranoid apes conquered the world

There is only one human species today. Homo sapiens. But when we look over the human history, we come across many species of humans. Moreover, among them, there are those who are stronger than modern humans, "homo sapiens". So how did we, the relatively "weak" ones, survive while other species went extinct? Will we go extinct like the others? Species or Genus?

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/is-sapiens-the-end-of-our-species/

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How Clever Hans read human minds

Do you think a horse can do square root calculations? What would your first reaction be if you had the chance to watch a horse that is claimed to be able to perform arithmetic operations? Would you think that horses are very intelligent animals and can perform such performances with a little training? Have you ever thought about how our reactions and facial expressions can affect the thought system of the other person? Let's look for answers to these questions.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/clever-hans-the-horse-that-can-perform-arithmetic-operations/

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Why 1941 audiences booed Citizen Kane

There are many interpretations regarding the greatest movie of all time. We agree with some of these comments and strongly oppose to others. So, if the best movie in the world had to be chosen, which movie would it be? The answer to this question, according to many authorities, is Citizen Kane, which was produced in 1941. So what makes this movie so good? Citizen Kane, which is at the top of the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the 100 best films, was a literal failure in 1941 when it was released.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/why-is-citizen-kane-considered-best-film/

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The Man Who Ate His Boots

Most of us are familiar with the scene in the movie "The Gold Rush" where Charlie Chaplin cooks and eats his shoes to avoid starvation. Well, did you know that this scene, which is one of the most famous movie scenes in the world, actually happened on a sea exploration as well? Let's take a look at the story of Sir John Franklin, who is considered to be one of the greatest geographical explorers in history!

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-man-who-ate-his-boots-sir-john-franklin/

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The fight to end human gene patents

Today we will touch on the subject of patents and discuss a case involving Angelina Jolie. But this gene is not a gene that makes Jolie beautiful. On the contrary, there will be a gene that indicates that her risk of developing cancer is very high. Before we get straight to the subject, let's make a brief introduction. The Most Basic Patent Rule Basic patent rules tell us: A human gene cannot be patented. In fact, it is not possible to patent anything that occurs naturally in nature.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/law-suit-of-angelina-jolies-gene-brca/

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Did Archimedes really burn Roman ships

Perhaps there is an experiment we all tried when we were kids: Burning a few pieces of paper with a lens or magnifying glass. These crazy or science-loving kids usually don't manage to burn the paper, but they can at least get it warm. Today, we're going to talk about whether we can make a ship burn by focusing a huge lens on it. You may have thought straight up that it was impossible since we started by saying that even burning a piece of paper might not be that easy.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/archimedes-death-ray-is-it-possible-to-burn-the-ship-with-sunlight-and-mirror-only/

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