Why? Many Questions Answered

On July 21, 1969, U S astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon
Even today, however, some people believe that the moon
landing was an elaborate hoax that was actually staged in a
secret area of the Nevada desert

There are conspiracy theories that supposedly support
this claim, one such being that no footprints should have
been left on the surface of the moon, as there’s no moisture
there to allow the dust to clump together to form prints




(The astronauts claimed that the ground was of a consistency
similar to that of talcum powder, in which it is possible
to leave footprints ) Others claim that, in the photographs
taken on the supposedly lunar surface, objects cast a number
of shadows, implying that they were taken with nearby multiple
light sources when the only light source available to the
astronauts was the sun The theorists also question how all
the photographs were of such high quality when they were
taken by men in heavy suits with gloves And how did they
change the films? Who took the photo of Armstrong taking
his first step on the moon? How come the flag he planted
is shown as being well lit even on the side of it that’s away
from the light? And why are there no stars visible in any of
the photos, or any trace of blasting from the rocket that carried
the men down to the lunar surface? The fact that the
American flag that is put in the ground flutters is also one of
the theorists’ compelling arguments, given that there is no
atmosphere or wind on the moon, but the people who refute
this say that the flag was moving because it had to be twisted
into the ground But what of the astronauts’ golf shots that
sliced, a phenomenon caused by airflow across the ball?

NASA has refused to comment significantly on any
of these allegations, allowing the many photographs and
lengths of video footage to speak for themselves, along with
the testimonies of the many people involved in the project,
none of whom has ever intimated that the landings were
faked More importantly, numerous samples were brought
back from the Apollo 11 mission that have been tested by
many independent institutions and found to be of extraterrestrial
origin, some of them containing isotopes caused by
nuclear reactions not normally found on Earth The real
truth, however, may never be known

A mobile phone is essentially a two-way radio, like a CB set,
transmitting and receiving wireless radio-frequency signals
However, while a CB set is what’s known as a “simplex”
device (i e , two people can communicate at the same time
but only one person can talk at a time), a mobile phone is
described as a “duplex” device (i e , it uses one frequency
for transmitting and another for receiving, enabling people
on either end of the line to talk and listen simultaneously)
The radio signal from the phone is transmitted through
the air to the antenna of the nearest base station, which
contains equipment designed to emit radio transmissions
and passes the signal to the
network and then to its destination Each base station covers an area of about ten square
miles, known as a “cell,” which is why mobile phones are
called cell or cellular phones

Mobile phone signals can reach only limited distances,
which is why an intricate network of cells is needed to connect
people at greater distances and why mobile phones
don’t work in remote areas that have no base stations Each
base station has a finite capacity to receive and transmit signals,
and highly populated areas usually have a higher number
of base stations to cope with the large number of users

The reason why a mobile phone can be used while driving
for many miles is because the signal moves from one
base station to the next so that a number of base stations,
and their cells, are utilized



Mobile phones contain low-power transmitters and low-
mass lithium-ion batteries that store a lot of power, two
factors that enable them to be very small and light

Psychologists in the early twentieth century commented that humans use only 10 percent of their brains, and Albert Einstein also indicated that humans use only a small portion of the brain It’s a theory that has been propounded in television documentaries, magazines, advertisements and books over the past century Psychics have also latched on to it as a possible explanation for paranormal behavior, attributing unusual incidents to the workings of the unused portion of the brain They profess that 90 percent of the brain consists of untapped potential that is capable of remarkable feats.

Nearly all scientists now agree that the theory that we use only 10 percent of our total brain function is completely unfounded In fact, they question how this figure was arrived at in the first place and what areas of the brain are supposed to be redundant The theory supposes that if 90 percent of the brain were removed, a person would still be able to function normally, whereas in reality it is known that damage to even a small area of the brain can result in physical devastation.

In addition, most significant disorders of the brain involve only a small and very specific area of the brain If the 10 percent argument was true, it’s unlikely that so many problems would persistently occur in that area And if we use only 10 percent of our nerves and neurons in the brain, how would this be measured? Indeed, imaging of the brain in scans shows that all parts of the brain are used for different activities and that many areas of the brain are used for some complex activities or thought processes Throughout the course of one day, most areas of the brain are active at some time, even during sleep The 10 percent theory suggests
that a discrete area of the brain is not used, whereas scans reveal activity throughout the entire brain and not in any isolated segment The final nail in the 10 percent theory is the fact that neurosurgeons carefully map the brain before removing tumors so that they don’t compromise other essential areas.

From an evolutionary perspective, it’s highly unlikely that our comparatively larger brains would have evolved from our ancestors if the extra areas were surplus to requirements In fact, there is absolutely no evidence to support the 10 percent theory.

Some people find that, no matter what time they go to bed,
they wake at the same time every morning, quite often just
before their alarm clock sounds

Scientists believe that a person wakes at the same time
each day because of the body’s circadian rhythms, the
internal “body clock” that regulates the cyclic processes of
the body over a twenty-four-hour period These rhythms
are important in determining the sleep patterns of people
and are thought to be predominantly internal (that is, not
affected by external stimuli), being affected and largely
defined by regular activity in people, which goes some way
to explaining why people generally wake up at around the
same time every day Studies have also shown that a person’s

body temperature rises at the same time each morning,
which is also linked to waking

Waking just before the alarm is thought to be the work of the subconscious People anticipate the time they’re going to wake up, and this anticipation makes them wake just before the alarm goes off Both waking and the sound of the alarm cause stress, so the subconscious sets a time of waking just before the alarm goes
off The theory is that, if people think of an exact time they
are going to awaken and imagine themselves waking at that
time, the subconscious takes over while they’re asleep and
makes this happen Indeed, some studies have shown an increase
in certain hormones in the body that wake a person
in circumstances when they were aware of the time that the
alarm was due to go off, caused by the subconscious anticipating
of this time and prompting the body to wake itself