Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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Why do apple products supposedly have better malware/virus protection?
I like to explain this all the time with this analogy. Imagine you are a serial killer. You have access to a deadly virus (one that is alive) that you can release into the air, and hope to do as much
Why does wind or moving air in general feel cooler than the surrounding air?
Humans produce heat so any wind that passes us removes some of our own radiated heat. Like blowing on hot food. Even though the wind may be hotter it will still feel cooler when it blows by because in
Why do T-Rexes have tiny little arms? What do scientists think the evolutionary purpose of them was?
They were definitely not leftover / vestigial limbs. In fact, a t-rex's arms were crazy muscular and quite powerful. If they would've been vestigial, they would not have shown this amount of muscle.
Why do so many people still visit Dubai if the general consensus is that the country is violating human rights on a daily basis?
1. They don't know about these instances (ignorance); 2. They don't believe that the reports are true, accurate, or don't believe that they are instances of human rights violations (denial); 3.
Why don’t viruses make us stronger?
Generally speaking viruses only become deadly when they cross species. All that sneezing, coughing, sweating, vomiting, and shitting they cause is just a transmission mechanism to infect others.
Why are humans the dominant species? (what evolutionary advantage did we have over our closest relative?
We got smart enough that we could build *culture*, recounting or inventing narratives in order to teach our children about the world. This allowed us to start competing using our [memes](_URL_0_) as w
Why do you differentiate between different types of cancers? Isn’t it just the same type of mutation spreading from a specific part of the body?
Not at all. Different cancers, even from the same organ, can react VERY differently to different treatments. That's why early biopsy is so damned important
Why Do Humans Collectively Look So Different, Where As Many Animals of Other Species Look Near The Same?
Because humans spend a lot of brain effort to distinguish among humans but not among animals.
Why do they still have family members identify bodies at the morgue? Do they have the option to just do DNA testing?
It is much cheaper to have someone ID a corpse rather than DNA testing and not everyones DNA is on file
Why is evolution considered a theory and not a scientific law?
Google says: > Evolution, and most of Biology, cannot be expressed in a concise mathematical equation, so it is referred to as a theory. A scientific law is not "better" or "more accurate" than a