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Why do bridges not fall over if there are wind storms or earthquakes or whatever? I'm asking for specific details, not just a "Because engineers know what they are doing" kind of answer. I'm really interested in what makes bridges not collapse, and I want the reason, like how they counter forces...

I have to spend part of a class teaching HTML to a group of high school students. They are all beginners. The class is short that day, and I will be teaching them things such as: -How to use a text editor and make the page show up -Page structure -What tags and attributes are, opening and...

When electricity is passed through liquid mercury, there is no evidence of chemical change. Explain why this supports the fact that mercury is classified as an element.

So I dropped my phone today, and i picked it up, and there were these white and black lines across the bottom half of the screen. The screen is still usable, and everyting works fine. All it is is that the screen has those annoying lines. Everything inbetween the lines is visible. Everything can...