Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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Why is everyone cool with giving away nearly half of their income to the government? Why isn’t there a revolution?
because you're cool with what you get in return: roads, police, educated people who run the shops and stores you go to, etc.
why do we only get “infected” by bad bacteria? Why aren’t there positive infections?
There are. In fact, by cell count, you are far more bacteria than you are human. Your stomach is full of bacteria that helps you digest, giving you more energy.
why can’t we reverse MD5 to generate the original file?
MD5 isn't a one-to-one function, it takes an input of any length and transforms it into 128 bits. This means that there are more possible inputs to the function than outputs, which means (due to the [
Why has Africa generally been unable to develop like the rest of the modern world?
It's not that Africa hasn't been able to develop, it's been actively undermined. Nearly all of the continent was under colonial administration until the end of World War II. It's spent hundreds of yea
Why does it seem like every generation berates the following for a loss of values and morals?
It can really go both ways. I know some conservative individuals that berate their parents for being hippies with loose morals. Also, as people age they generally become more conservative.
Why do cartoon characters generally always wear the same clothes?
It's too much work and effort for the artists to draw a new set of clothes every episode. Plus, most cartoon characters are recognised by their clothing and have an "iconic look"
Why are so many invasive species in the US from China?
From my understanding, it has a lot to do with trade and shipping traffic. Water from ballast is good at spreading species, but also things like wood products, which is how things like the Hemlock Woo
Why are females generally shorter than males?
Evolution. Male humans had to fight other male humans to survive so they grew stronger and taller and bigger through natural selection. Females did the nurturing and child rearing and did not need hei
Why the Geneva Convention states prisoners are permitted use of tobacco.
The Geneva Convention establishes rights for prisoners of war, not for criminal punishment within a state. A member of a states military is considered a lawful combatant during a war. They aren't cons
Why does being left-handed distort the double helix of DNA?
Few, if any, of the enzymes that are designed to function with DNA are structured to work on left-handed DNA. I am not a biologist, so I don't know which enzymes can function with left-handed DNA, sor