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  1. aviation - Does the "survivorship bias" airplane diagram come from ...

    Jun 18, 2023 · The evolution of the "red dots airplane" diagram, based on publicly available information, can be traced as follows: Hit plots were likely first created and used by the US military, possibly as …

  2. Have the UK official alcohol limits been reduced to a quarter of the ...

    Feb 11, 2019 · This subtle semantic shift signalled some degree of flexibility and uncertainty in official advice and, as Ball (2003) asserts, garnered intense opposition in the biomedical and public health …

  3. Is it illegal in any U.S. jurisdiction to be in neutral at a red light?

    Where the confusion may seem to come from is that it is illegal in most jurisdictions to coast while in neutral; you may only shift to neutral while moving if you are transitioning between gears. Therefore, …

  4. Is forensic DNA evidence scientifically sound? [closed]

    Jan 9, 2026 · I've been watching a documentary series called "CSI on Trial" on Curiosity Stream. The series demonstrates the unreliability of various forensic techniques and presents DNA …

  5. Do for-profit prisons lobby against early childhood education?

    Dec 30, 2020 · This popular reddit comment claims that for profit prisons "...literally lobby against things like early child education..." I can't find any evidence for or against this claim. I've found

  6. Account Recovery - Skeptics Stack Exchange

    Q&A for scientific skepticism Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, …

  7. physics - Is the water used in coal burning power plants "never ...

    Oct 24, 2019 · If I'm allowed a little pun on this, it seems the press release uses an America-first definition of environment. This is a study of water use for power generation in the US. Despite the …

  8. ophthalmology - Do mineral glass lenses on sunglasses block 100% of ...

    Oct 8, 2023 · Treatments Mineral glass offering the clearest vision [...] Protection Category 3 UV Protection: 100% Infra-Red: Up to 90% Visible light absorption: Up to 90% Blue Light Filter: Up to …

  9. Does streaming a video to smartphone consume 1000W of electricity?

    The cited "The Shift Project" published the REPORT / LEAN ICT: TOWARDS DIGITAL SOBRIETY and on page 33 I found: Spending 10 minutes watching a high definition video by streaming on a …

  10. Do women do more housework than men? - Skeptics Stack Exchange

    The short answer is yes, women do more housework than men, but it's shifting in the direction of more equal distribution of labor. There's a fantastic and well-referenced summary of current understanding …