Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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Why are weightlifters generally more into motivational posts online, compared to other athletes?
Because bodybuilding is not a team sport, when you're in the gym 5-6 times a week by yourself you're going to need motivation more than somebody who can look up to their team mates and better players
Why does it take so long for major reform to happen if most of the general public agrees that change needs to be made? e.g. Marijuana and Gay Marriage
The government is designed to be slow to save us from ourselves. Having to go through the process theoretically vets new ideas and changes so they're not implemented hastily with no thought to the con
Why can animals like Sudan the Rhino interbreed with family members and be genetically sound when humans can’t?
because there is no other option to continue the species. The exact same issues exist, and it could be bad, but the alternative is extinction. So between the two options we typically try for life, but
Why does DNA begin acting/replicating differently when exposed to radioactivity?
DNA is instructions and it's like a chain, when radiation hits that chain it breaks Let's say you've got a rainbow chain and the order of the colors is the order you put certain colored bricks down to
Why are North American Christians in particular so against evolution, while peers in Europe and elsewhere are not?
Because schools here teach biology and evolution like any other subject - that's how it works, deal with it. Making debates about creationism and allowing people to choose if their kids are lied to, o
Why don’t Mac’s get viruses?
They do, its just that there are a lot more Windows PCs out there. The entire purpose of a Virus on a computer is to cause as much trouble as you can before anti-virus updates and eliminates it. Ergo,
Why can’t Social Security Numbers be like credit card numbers where they get renewed (new number) every couple of years and if they get lost or stolen the old number can be cancelled and you get a …
The problem is that your Social Security Number is widely used as a *unique identifier* for a person. The whole reason it's worth stealing is because everyone uses the same number to reference a perso
Why are many things in the US “general”? Things like the general store, General Motors, General Mills, etc.
> Why are many things in the US "general"? Things like the general store, General Motors, General Mills, etc. *Generally* speaking this was intended to convey the idea that the products they produ
Why internet privacy and privacy in general is so important – what’s wrong with the “nothing to hide argument”?
If the people who make the laws have unlimited power to observe the people who live under those laws, then nothing to hide is irrelevant. Tomorrow they can change the rules so that you do have somethi
Why do “more expensive” lawyers generally win more? Isn’t law, law regardless?
In many cases, they're paid more **because** they're better; they're not better because they're paid more. In some cases, it's because a lawyer/client with more money can afford to do more research or