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Do newborns sound congested?

Score: 4.4/5 (60 votes) This is so common there is actually a medical term for it, "nasal congestion of the newborn." Babies have tiny little nasal passages and can sound very congested in the first few weeks of life. They are also "obligate nose breathers," which means they only know how to breathe...

24 Jan 2026 1,466 views

// science and discovery

Why do owls have large eyes?

Score: 5/5 (56 votes) An owl's eyes are large in order to improve their efficiency, especially under low light conditions. In fact, the eyes are so well developed, that they are not eye balls as such, but elongated tubes. ... As most owls are active at night, their eyes must be very efficient a...

24 Jan 2026 1,070 views

// politics and policy

What pollinates a black tartarian cherry?

Score: 4.3/5 (20 votes) You will actually need room for two trees, as this variety is not self-pollinating. Any other sweet cherry, like Stella, Bing, or Van, will work as a pollinator. Without an additional tree, your Black Tartarian will not produce fruit. Nearly any soil type will do for this tre...

24 Jan 2026 213 views

// politics and policy

Is adenylate cyclase a signaling molecule?

Score: 4.4/5 (27 votes) Adenylyl cyclase (AC) is the effector molecule of one of the most widely used signal transduction pathways. ... Their catalytic activities are differentially regulated by G proteins and other signaling molecules in response to stimuli such as hormones and neurotransmitters (1...

24 Jan 2026 918 views

// technology insights

How are senate committee chairmen chosen?

Score: 4.4/5 (29 votes) Traditionally, the majority party member with the greatest seniority on a particular committee serves as its chairman. ... This adjustment was a logical consequence of the party's larger decision to place a six-year term limit on the service of its chairmen or, when in t...

24 Jan 2026 562 views

// education and learning

How much thread should protrude from a nut?

Score: 4.7/5 (47 votes) Threaded fasteners, when installed and tightened, should protrude a distance of at least one thread beyond the top of the nut or plastic insert. Excessive protrusion should be avoided, particularly when necessary clearances, accessibility, and safety are important.How much th...

24 Jan 2026 1,482 views

// culture and society

When did livyatan melvillei live?

Score: 4.8/5 (30 votes) Livyatan melvillei, sometimes known as the dire whale, is an extinct species of physeteroid whale, which lived during the Miocene epochMiocene epochThe term Middle Miocene disruption, alternatively the Middle Miocene extinction or Middle Miocene extinction peak, refers to a w...

24 Jan 2026 537 views

// education and learning

What is bodo agreement?

Score: 4.2/5 (53 votes) Under the terms of this agreement, a Bodoland Territorial Region was formed with enhanced executive and legislative powers. The Bodoland Territorial Council will have competency over almost all areas defined by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India and its membershi...

24 Jan 2026 337 views

// health and wellbeing

What are the properties of alkanes?

Score: 4.1/5 (10 votes) Some important physical properties of alkanes are:Alkanes are colourless and odourless.They possess weak Van Der Waals forces of attraction.Alkanes having 1-4 carbon atoms are gases, then from 5-17 carbon atoms they are liquid and alkanes having 18 or more carbon atoms are so...

24 Jan 2026 979 views

// health and wellbeing

Why use apache livy?

Score: 4.4/5 (32 votes) Apache Livy is a service that enables easy interaction with a Spark cluster over a REST interface. It enables easy submission of Spark jobs or snippets of Spark code, synchronous or asynchronous result retrieval, as well as Spark Context management, all via a simple REST inte...

24 Jan 2026 1,904 views