Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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Why does society in general not appreciate highly skilled music?
You can intricately craft a piece of cheese to look like a house, doesn't mean it will sell on the market. What sells is not related to intricacy, manual dexterity or even compositional skill. It's ju
Why is biological warfare considered illogical/ineffective as a military strategy?
Biological weapons aren't considered ineffective. They are *far too effective*, potentially moreso than nuclear weapons. Releasing a supergerm into an enemy country is a great way to kill lots of peop
Why is Australia culling sharks, despite overwhelming opposition from scientists and the general public?
This is a state government thing not all of Australia. The short version is in Western Australian Government is doing the shark cull as ''to reduce numbers of sharks along beaches therefore making the
Why do some viruses stay with you forever and some don’t?
Virus are non living pieces of either RNA or DNA surrounded by structural proteins . After injecting themselves into the cell they can highjack RNA transcription in place of your own RNA, effectively
Why are people saying that the Ebola Virus is not as transmittable as suggested?
~~A lot of diseases can survive in the air or on surfaces for long periods of time.~~ ~~Ebola can't. Unless you directly get some of an infected person's bodily fluids inside you, you're extremely unl
Why do high schoolers look younger now than previous generations?
Hate to say it, but you are suffering from confirmation bias. You probably see a high schooler with a beard and *assume* he is older because he has that beard. You do this subconsciously.
Why can events occurring before the administration of general anesthesia be erased from memory?
Your brain isn't like a recorder that instantly writes your experiences into a persistent format. It sorts, categorizes, prioritizes, and even edits your experiences as it makes memories. That takes a
Why is there no color on magnified images. (i.e. images of bacteria)
It all depends on which type of method you use for magnification. If you use an ordinary optical microscope you will actually see colors. Optical microscopes are however limited in how small things th
Why is Ciudad Juárez and Mexico City the generally accepted English names for the two cities? Shouldn’t it either be Ciudad Juárez/Ciudad de México or Juarez City and Mexico City?
Mexico City got named that in English years ago, before there was as prominent of a Spanish-speaking presence in the US. Ciudad Juárez only really got named that in English relatively recently, when t
why are cell phone bills so expensive? What are we actually paying for?
You're paying what the market will bear. That's basically the answer. Sometimes people complain about the markup on cell service ("it costs almost nothing to transmit my texts, but I have to pay $10 a