It’s human nature to be curious, and people have an undying desire to answer every question that comes to mind.

With advances in technology and the connectivity of the internet, questions that might have gone unanswered for eternity have come to a conclusive resolution.

However, even with all of the information at our disposal, there are some questions that simply do not have answers.

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100+ Questions That Don’t Have Answers

There are many questions that have gone unanswered forever and will most likely continue to cause confusion in the minds of those who just need to know. And that list of unanswerable questions is huge.

Some of the questions that plague us are about the concept of time, science, or philosophy. Others are random, weird, or funny and are centered around curiosity, not a bonafide need.

Life’s Biggest Unanswerable Questions

Below is a list of thought-provoking questions that may leave you baffled, send you out in search of real answers, or make you double over in laughter.

1. If God made everything, who made God?

2. Do ghosts exist and, if so, how do we know?

3. How did life first start?

4. Is there anything that can travel faster than light?

5. How did we first determine there was a consciousness and a subconsciousness?

6. Do beings on other planets consider us aliens?

7. If everyone has their truth, how do we know what the real truth is?

8. Why are cars built to go faster than the speed limits?

9. What came first, the sun or the Earth?

10. How far east can you travel before you start traveling west?

Most Confusing Unanswerable Questions

This next set of questions can take you down an endless trail of confusion, thinking and rethinking your answers. In the end, you'll have to accept you simply don't know.

11. Was math invented by humans or simply discovered?

12. When you forget a thought, where does it go?

13. What makes you uniquely you?

14. If rules are meant to be broken, why make them in the first place?

15. What do people who have been deaf since birth hear when they think?

16. What do blind people see when they dream?

17. If you try to lose on purpose, but accidentally win, did you win or lose?

18. If you are expecting the unexpected, isn’t the unexpected now expected?

19. When your soul leaves your body, does it look like you?

20. If Adam and Eve were the first and only people, aren’t we all related?

21. If you enjoyed wasting time, were you really wasting time?

22. Who was the first teacher’s teacher?

23. When you wait for your waiter to come take your order, aren’t you now the “waiter”?

24. What exactly was the first person to milk a cow really trying to do?

25. What is the exact definition of perfect health?

26. Do animals have a subconscious?

27. Will reincarnation ever be possible, or does it already exist?

28. Do you really need a license for a self-driving vehicle?

29. Is it possible to know it all?

30. Can technology be used to control our emotions?

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Unanswerable Questions About the Concept of Time

Time is a big topic. Because we use it to decide when birthdays, holidays, and other special occasions occur, there tend to be many unanswered questions about the concept.

31. When did time first begin?

32. Is there a reason you are here at this point in your life?

33. Does time end at some point?

34. Will time travel ever be possible?

35. Why do we keep time?

36. Who decided age is based on rotations around the sun?

37. If the early bird gets the worm, why do they tell you that good things come to those who wait?

38. Who created the first calendar and how’d they know where to start?

39. How do we know the future is not actually the past and vice versa?

40. Will there come a time when people will live forever?

41. Will people still drive in 20 years?

42. Does time always move forward?

43. Are past, present, and future real?

44. Is time infinite or will it one day run out?

45. Does time really exist or is it a shared mental construct?

Scientific Unanswerable Questions

Science has resolved a lot of questions for humankind over time. Still, there are many curiosities for which there are still no answers.

46. Is the Earth alive?

47. Where does the universe begin and end?

48. If you drill a hole through the middle of the earth and leap through, are you falling or floating?

49. Were there people that existed before the universe?

50. If everyone on Earth leapt into the ocean at once, would we flood the world?

51. Do caterpillars know they will morph into butterflies or do they just like cocoons?

52. If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys running around?

53. Who decided February should have 28/29 days while all the rest had 30/31?

54. Will a journey to the center of the earth ever really be possible?

55. Will we ever find a cure for cancer?

56. How long before people can opt to clone themselves?

57. Is there life on other planets?

58. Will we one day be able to back our brains up on storage devices?

59. If a human being is genetically enhanced, are they still human?

Funny Unanswerable Questions

The questions in the section won't necessarily change our lives if answered, but will definitely garner a chuckle or two.

60. Why do people bake cookies but cook bacon?

61. At what age does old age begin?

62. How do you know your life isn’t just one crazy hallucination?

63. If you hit yourself and it hurts, are you weak or are you strong?

64. If something is described as “indescribable,” hasn’t it just been described?

65. How would you look up the word “dictionary” in the dictionary?

66. How far up do bald people go when washing their faces?

67. Why do people say “slept like a baby” when babies wake up throughout the night?

68. If a cyclops closes its eye, is it winking or blinking?

69. Are eyebrows facial hair?

70. Can you talk down to a person taller than you?

71. Are prisons equipped with emergency exits?

72. If you dive into the fountain of youth but can’t swim and drown, will you still live forever?

73. If Cinderella fit the lost slipper perfectly, how did she lose it in the first place?

74. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how do we find it?

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Random Unanswerable Questions

Do you know someone who randomly asks questions that make you wonder how they got there? Well, there are some things they might have tossed around in their strange minds.

75. What are dreams made of?

76. How long will people remember you once you die?

77. Why set goals if everyone is eventually just going to die?

78. Are soulmates really a thing or do two people just like each other a lot?

79. Why do we have belly buttons for our entire lives?

80. What do they call French kissing in France?

81. What is the wealth and fame threshold for being “assassinated” and not “murdered”?

82. Do dentists go to other dentists?

83. If R-rated movies are for adults, why do children act in them?

84. Are braces removed when someone dies?

85. Since tomatoes are a fruit, should ketchup be considered a smoothie?

86. Does hating hateful people make you a hateful person?

87. If the number 2 pencil is most widely used, why is it not number 1?

88. If people forget about you after you die, did you really ever exist?

89. Do we all hear sounds the same?

Philosophical Unanswerable Questions

Many thinkers have attempted to provide responses to philosophical questions. But there are some that might forever plague us.

90. Are we actually free-willed or are our actions predetermined by destiny?

91. What happens after you die?

92. Is it really possible to be objective?

93. What is the purpose of human beings?

94. What is God?

94. What is the Devil?

96. Who decided what was right and what was wrong?

97. If killing is so wrong, what makes us kill people who kill other people?

98. Was there a time when nothing existed?

99. Is karma real or are we just making it up so people will be kind?

Weird Unanswerable Questions

Some questions can only be described as "weird." Sure, we might want to know, but is it really necessary?

100. Which came first, the fruit called “orange” or the color?

101. Are we really living or are we actually dying slowly?

102. At what point does it go from partly sunny to partly cloudy?

103. Why does glue not stick to the inside of the bottle?

104. In the word “scent” which letter is silent: the "s" or the "c"?

105. What is the color of a mirror?

106. If it loses its wings, is it still a “fly”?

107. Why does a “cold” make your body temperature hot with fever?

108. If you drop soap on the floor, is the floor now clean or is the soap now dirty?

109. How do we know when it’s “all said and done”?

110. What came first, the chicken or the egg?

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Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) stock price gained 33% from $22.51 at 2020 end to around $30 currently, primarily due to favorable changes in its P/S multiple. During this period, the company also witnessed a 11% rise in revenues, and combined with a drop in its outstanding share count, the company’s stock price has grown. Additionally, over the same period, the S&P 500 returned around 2%, meaning that Juniper stock has strongly outperformed the index since 2020-end.

In our interactive dashboard, Why Juniper Networks Stock Moved: JNPR Stock Has Gained 33% Since 2020, we break down the factors behind this move.

JNPR’s Total Revenue has increased 11% from $4.4 billion in FY 2020 to $4.9 billion on an LTM basis

• JNPR’s total revenue rose from $4.4 billion in FY 2020 to $4.7 billion in FY 2021, and the growth has sustained, with sales currently standing even higher at $4.9 billion on an LTM basis.
• The company develops and markets networking products, including routers, switches, network management software, network security products, and software-defined networking technology.
• Product sales made up 65% of the company’s total sales as of FY 2021, coming in at $3.08 billion, with services sales making up the remaining 35%.
• For additional details about JNPR’s revenues and comparison to peers, see Juniper Networks Revenue Comparison

Revenue per share increased 13% from $13.58 in 2020 to $15.41 currently

• JNPR’s revenue rose from $4.4 billion in 2020 to $4.9 billion currently, while the outstanding share count dropped from 327.2 million in FY 2020 to around 320 million currently.
• Due to this, RPS has risen from $13.58 in FY ’20 to $15.41 currently.

Price-To-Sales (P/S) multiple for JNPR rose strongly from 1.7x in 2020 to 2.4x by 2021 end, but has pulled back to 1.9x currently, still higher than its 2020 level

• JNPR’s P/S multiple rose strongly to around 2.4x by late 2021, on the back of rising investor expectations surrounding increased demand for the company’s products and services.
• However, due to the increased economic uncertainty weighing on the broader markets, the P/S multiple has pulled back, currently standing at around 1.9x.
• For additional details about the company stock returns, and comparison to peers, see Juniper Networks Stock Return Comparison.

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A month has gone by since the last earnings report for Juniper Networks (JNPR). Shares have added about 5.8% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.

Will the exact positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Juniper due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most exact earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important drivers.

Juniper Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates on Record Revenues

Juniper reported solid third-quarter 2022 results, wherein the bottom line and the top line beat the respective Zacks Consensus Estimate. The solid performance was driven by record revenues with double-digit year-over-year growth across all customer verticals and all customer solutions. Juniper expects this healthy growth momentum in the impending quarters as well, owing to robust demand trends.

Net Income

On a GAAP basis, net income in the third quarter improved to $121.5 million or 37 cents per share from $88.9 million or 27 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. The improvement was led by top-line growth with attractive opportunities across enterprise, cloud and service provider markets.

Non-GAAP net income was $190.8 million or 58 cents per share compared with $152 million or 46 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. The bottom line beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8 cents.

Revenues

Juniper’s quarterly revenues increased to $1,414.6 million from $1,188.8 million in the prior-year quarter, led by strong demand across all customer verticals and all customer solutions. The top line beat the consensus estimate of $1,351 million.

Product revenues (contributing 68.4% to total revenues) grew 25.3% year over year to $967.5 million, reflecting healthy demand across the MX and PTX product families with the adoption of newer products and the automation software portfolio. Service revenues (contributing 31.6% to total revenues) increased 7.2% to $447.1 million, led by renewals and service attach rates.

By vertical, revenues in Cloud increased to $375.3 million from $303.3 million. Revenues in Service Provider increased to $523.1 million from $445.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Revenues in Enterprise improved to $516.2 million from $439.7 million.

By region, revenues declined to $320.4 million from $336.3 million in the year-ago quarter in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Revenues in the Americas increased to $895.8 million from $664.8 million. In the Asia Pacific, revenues were up 5.7% to $198.4 million.

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Other Details

Gross profit was $787.8 million compared with $692.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Total operating expenses increased to $638.5 million from $572.1 million. Operating income was $149.3 million compared with $120.1 million a year ago. Non-GAAP operating income was $243.7 million, up from $197.8 million, with respective margins of 17.2% and 16.6%.

Cash Flow & Liquidity

In the first nine months of 2022, Juniper used $22 million of cash in operating activities against a cash flow of $573.7 million in the year-ago period. As of Sep 30, 2022, the company had $830.9 million in cash and cash equivalents with $1,595.7 million of long-term debt.

Outlook

Due to the worldwide shortage of semiconductors, Juniper is experiencing supply headwinds resulting in extended lead times and higher logistics and component costs. These are expected to continue for the remainder of the year.

For the fourth quarter, the company expects revenues of $1,475 million (+/- $50 million). Non-GAAP gross margin is estimated to be 57% (+/- 1%). Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be $575 million (+/- $5 million). It anticipates non-GAAP operating margin to be about 18% at the mid-point of the revenue guidance. Non-GAAP net income is expected to be 64 cents per share (+/- 5 cents), assuming a share count of nearly 330 million. Non-GAAP tax rate is likely to be around 19%.

How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?

In the past month, investors have witnessed an upward trend in fresh estimates.

VGM Scores

Currently, Juniper has a poor Growth Score of F, however its Momentum Score is doing a bit better with a D. However, the stock was allocated a grade of B on the value side, putting it in the top 40% for this investment strategy.

Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of D. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.

Outlook

Estimates have been broadly trending upward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, Juniper has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.

Performance of an Industry Player

Juniper is part of the Zacks Wireless Equipment industry. Over the past month, Ericsson (ERIC), a stock from the same industry, has gained 9.4%. The company reported its results for the quarter ended September 2022 more than a month ago.

Ericsson reported revenues of $6.46 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -0.7%. EPS of $0.16 for the same period compares with $0.21 a year ago.

Ericsson is expected to post earnings of $0.18 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -50%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate remained unchanged.

The overall direction and magnitude of estimate revisions translate into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for Ericsson. Also, the stock has a VGM Score of B.

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The Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management plans to thin a total of 622 acres of juniper within the Steelhead Falls Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project area this fall. The thinning unit is located adjacent to the community of Crooked River Ranch. The purpose of the project is to remove hazardous fuels which will reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire.

The project is underway. Fuels certified are cutting juniper with chainsaws, mowing grasses and shrubs, and piling the cut vegetation by hand to burn in the future. Weather permitting, thinning and hand piling activities will conclude by the end of November or sooner. No road closures or delays are expected.

These treatments will help to protect the nearby community and surrounding areas from future wildfires as well as reduce risks associated with wildfire response for firefighters. The project will also help to maintain and restore mule deer habitat. Additionally, the fuels reduction efforts will promote the health and resiliency of the shrub steppe and old-growth juniper ecosystem.

The piles created this fall will be left to dry for a year or two until they have cured properly, and weather conditions are conducive for burning. Allowing piles time to cure and dry out will result in faster and more complete consumption and less smoke production when they are burned.

In addition to powering conference infrastructure, Juniper’s new products highlight the importance of network speed and efficiency in the next frontier of high-performance computing

SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 14, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, has participated in and powered SuperComputing 2022 (SC22) with integral network infrastructure for over ten years. Taking place in Dallas, Texas, SC22 is the largest industry tradeshow for high-performance computing (HPC), bringing together various experts from universities, government agencies, private companies and more.

During SC22, Juniper will be demoing in booth #2843, showcasing its brand new MX304 Compact Multi-Service Edge Router and MX10004 Multi-Service Edge Router, among other products and solutions. Both routers are powered by Juniper’s latest generation of networking chipset, the Trio 6. The MX10004 includes a modular 7RU, 4-slot line card configuration designed to meet the most demanding service edge requirements. The MX304 is suited for environments where space and power are at an absolute premium, providing a highly compact, 2RU platform with the flexibility to scale out services with 3.2 Tbps and 4.8 Tbps in redundant and non-redundant configurations, respectively.

At SC22, Juniper will also offer expert support services and networking infrastructure to power HPC modeling and experiments taking place at the event. Juniper’s Mist AI for wireless, wired and SD-WAN will be demonstrated in Juniper’s booth with the wireless AP43, Session Smart Router (SSR) and EX switching.

At SC19, Juniper enabled SCINet, which organizes the annual SuperComputing event, to deliver a cutting-edge 400 Gigabit circuit to the show floor. This year, Juniper has expanded its role in SC22 to include products from across its portfolio and bring its widest range of products yet, across EX, MX, QFX, Mist and SRX lines. This gives educators and researchers a powerful new set of integrated tools that enable a wide range of advanced science and engineering applications, programs and interdisciplinary activities.

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Juniper’s equipment is vital to SC22’S routing, switching and security design and their efforts to build the most powerful and advanced network on Earth.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security, and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world’s greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability, and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed here are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 15, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced that iconic retailer Canadian Tire Corporation Limited (CTC) selected Juniper’s full-stack AI-driven enterprise solution to modernize its IT infrastructure. Encompassing Wi-Fi, wired access switching and SD-WAN, Juniper’s network stack will support optimized user experiences across CTC’s network of 1,700 retail stores and gas outlets to help CTC fulfill its brand purpose of making life in Canada better.

CTC chose Juniper’s platform to provide customers with an enhanced, convenient and secure omnichannel experience—seamlessly connecting the customer journey from mobile app to click-and-collect lockers and store kiosks. Juniper designed its solution for CTC to strengthen Wi-Fi connections, enhance security and enable a cloud-based strategy. CTC will use this platform to accelerate troubleshooting and response times, enhance user experiences and offer future-building capacity for innovative practices and engagement.

"Juniper’s platform will help CTC enable innovative and personalized experiences for every customer, no matter how they choose to shop, helping to drive our Better Connected strategy," said Rex Lee, Chief Information and Technology Officer at Canadian Tire Corporation. "By employing Juniper’s AI-driven full-stack solution, we will make numerous enhancements, accelerating our omnichannel strategies, removing complexity and offering intelligent insights to better engage with our customers."

"The success that Canadian Tire Corporation has had by turning digital engagements into in-store purchases is a testament to the new types of experiences Juniper’s AI-driven solutions can help deliver," said Manoj Leelanivas, Chief Operating Officer at Juniper Networks. "Juniper’s full-stack platform, with Mist AI, is laying the foundation for the future of retail, including innovative IoT capabilities to support stores in providing superior customer outcomes."

One of the largest general merchandise players in Canada, with $16 billion in sales, CTC’s operations include 13 banners and businesses, including Canadian Tire, Mark's, Helly Hansen, SportChek, FGL Sports, PartSource and Party City.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks is dedicated to dramatically simplifying network operations and driving superior experiences for end users. Our solutions deliver industry-leading insight, automation, security and AI to drive real business results. We believe that powering connections will bring us closer together while empowering us all to solve the world’s greatest challenges of well-being, sustainability and equality. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Juniper, Junos, and other trademarks listed here are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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