Biology
Exploring "Why" questions about Biology
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why is generation X seen by some people as the generation that dropped the ball.
I think all generations have had to deal with that to some extent, but now it's their turn. "You kids are so [negative trait here]! Why back in MY DAY..." The same will happen to us, as it has already
Why haven’t prions infected every living system/organism, around 1 billion / 500 million years ago?
They maybe have infected everything already. The thing is we only notice the ones which are really bad. The limiting factor for such really bad prions is that they kill their host.
Why isn’t a virus considered a living organism?
I believe the most commonly cited reasons include the lack of internal metabolism and the lack of an ancestral means of self replication without parasitizing nucleic acid polymerase and cellular ribos
Why do Catholic schools, who teach about creation, also teach about evolution?
The way it was taught to us was that the Bible was not supposed to be taken literally. There was overwhelming evidence in support of evolution that was simply not available during the time the bible w
Why consumers are still so terrified of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), yet there is little debate in the scientific community of whether they are safe or not. (Scientists are for GMOs)
There are a lot of anti-corporate sentiments wrapped up in the GMO movement, and people who are against both corporations and GMO like to mix them together to stir up fear of both.
why do penises not get fat cells like stomachs
There is no evolutionary reason for penises to store fat. Humans have the luxury to think about things like penis size/girth, and even obsess about them, but in a natural environment, a big penis is e
Why can’t we breed with other species?
An important distinction is that species *are not completely rigid*. Remember that species are a semi-arbitrary distinction between organisms, and some two species are more closely related than other
Why are so many US veterans homeless? Why are they in this position or how did they get to this point (generally speaking)
There are problems with PTSD and substance abuse that result from being in active war zones. There's the problem that military certifications aren't always transferrable to non-military jobs. So an ar
Why is Random Number Generation so important for IT security?
I'm thinking of an ATM PIN. What number am I thinking of? If you can guess it, you can access my checking account.
Why can’t cell phones act as noise-cancelling headphones?
The waves your cell phone records are too far away from your ear for the phone to just spit out an inverted waveform as active noise cancelling (ANC) headphones do. With multiple recorders and knowing