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Top stories for Long   If the diabetes medication metformin can improve the health of anyone, why won't my doctor prescribe it to me unless I'm a diabetic? Rona Valdart, Employee, boss, wife and mother, not in that priority order • Updated November 3, 2022 Doctors are in the business of helping their patients. They do not prescribe medications based on headline news stories. If you really want metformin, watch clinical studies... Read more » 172 31   Is a clicking relay bad? Paul Schuster, former Electronics and Digital Tech, 50 Years • Answered January 5 Relay clicking is normal. Some click, some do not.. Just like turning a switch on. Some click, some are silent. Let's look at a relay. The yellow switch contacts to the righ... Read more » 48 3   What is the difference between the following two sentences? 1. She had been dancing when she fell down. 2. She was dancing when she fell down. Mike Mendis, former Editor • Answered December 15 What is the difference between the following two sentences? 1. She had been dancing when she fell down. 2. She was dancing when she fell down. The difference is that the fir... Read more » 111 17   What really matters at the end of life? Jack, studied at University of Oxford • Answered July 28, 2024 To pass away in happiness without regret. That final thought is all what really has any true significance at the very end. There are no earthly riches that we can carry into ... Read more » 200 24   In my freezer I have chicken that has been stored for over a year. Is it still good to cook? Should l throw away in the rubbish bin? Pearl York, 40 Years of Family Law Practice, now retired. • Answered March 13 If it was good to cook when you put it in the freezer (meaning, not already spoiled), and it's been kept frozen at or around zero degrees Fahrenheit ever since, and it obvi... Read more » 212 14   How did Boba Fett get away with giving attitude to Darth Vader when Fett said "He's no good to me dead"? I mean how would Vader allow someone to say something to him with that tone of voice. Mats Andersson, Professional Translator English into Swedish (1991-present) • Answered February 19, 2020 Because for all the melodrama of Darth Vader, he is not a cartoon villain. In that scene, Boba Fett makes a totally valid point. Since Vader is in complete control of the si... Read more » 1.3K 40   Bill Gates said that AI will replace all teachers in 10 years. Does that mean that the future of all education is homeschooling? Asked in The Future of Europe • Answered by Savage Vandal • May 5 Many years ago (in 1998) I performed in a play in London. After the show, I had a conversation with the father of a cast mate, who had been in the audience. My friend's fat... Read more » 229 21   Why are 4 wheels in the middle of a 16-wheeler truck in the air? Asked in Cars and Automobile • Answered by Chris Summers • November 20, 2024 They have two purposes. The tires lower when they have a load on that is heavy enough to require them. Each axle on the road has a weight limit and if you travel overloaded... Read more » 420 56   After MBBS, is MD tough or easy? Vivek N Savsani, MBBS, MS Orthopaedics • Answered May 18, 2017 While doing MBBS, I used to think that nothing can be tougher than this. Learning 20 subjects in depth to be able to treat patients. Then i did my internship and realized, m... Read more » 1.3K 24   What animals have the least/no shared DNA with humans? Asked in Nature and Science Curiosities • Answered by Steve Baker • February 15 None that we know of have no shared DNA at all. As for what is the least - I doubt we've sequenced and compared enough animal DNA to provide a conclusive answer to that. We'... Read more » 175 9   What is a good sauce for gnocchi? Asked in European food • Answered by Erik Hörnfeldt • February 13 I never use sauce for Gnocchi. If you take the trouble of actually making them, you really want to enjoy the taste without hiding it in some sauce, right. Actually, it is n... Read more » 43 10   How is a cigarette injurious to health? Vivek Gamnani, former Product Manager at Vivo (2019-2022) • Answered March 5, 2020 Cigarette smoking is injurious to health, period. I was 15 years old when I was introduced to it by my elder brother and said it was cool to smoke. Well, over the years I un... Read more » 252 26 Read more in your feed

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