Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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Why do older generations look more mature and older at “x” age than current generations at “x” age
Are you talking about when you look at a picture of your dad (for example) when he was 20, and compared to 20 year olds today, he looks more mature? It's probably just because of his style... the type
Why haven’t other species evolved to have human-like intelligence?
Why haven't humans evolved to hunt as well as the Orca whale? Why haven't humans evolved to have the speed of the Cheeta? Why haven't humans evolved to have the longevity of the Mosquito?
Why is John Smith such a common name in the United States to the point that it’s generic? What are some names like this in other countries?
Smith was a common surname because surnames used to be based on locations or occupations and there were a lot of smiths of all sorts (blacksmiths, silversmiths, gunsmiths, etc.) who had family smithin
Why aren’t large Fossil Fuel companies trying to create a successful renewable fuel source when it would essential wipe out their competition?
Oil companies do invest in alternative energy (whether it be biofuel, wind or solar). The issue is that they already have so much money and infrastructure tied up in fossil fuel technology and researc
Why do we burn fossil fuels instead of rubbish (trash)?
Sure, we have enough to last a while, it's just that there are two major problems. 1 - Burning trash is incredibly dirty. We talk about chemicals being burned by fossil fuels, but those are no where n
Why are orcas black and white while other whales are generally bluish grayish?
Orcas aren't whales. They're the largest member of the dolphin family if i recall correctly.
Why does sending group texts and pictures use up cellular data, when normal texts do not? And how does a text to an iMessage group text compare to a text to a non-iMessage group text in terms of ho…
When you send a multiple messages in group text it counts as an MMS, depending on your plan and data limits you would be charged outside of that. Most plans cover Text+MMS but some companies do Text o
Why can’t we eradicate “pesky” species?
At least we finally got rid of those pesky black rhinos. God I hated those things.
Why is it generally socially acceptable to make fun of men with gynecomastia?
> If a female is obese, or even a man, it's not ok to make fun of them for being fat I'm not sure about that. It really depends who you ask.
Why does it seem that there are no revolutionary artist in the likes of DaVinci, Picasso, Van Gough, etc. in modern day art?
Picasso and Van Gogh were modern artists. Even if you mean more recent than them, there are plenty of artists art history might consider "revolutionary." Warhol, Rauschenberg, Pollock, de Kooning, Kah