r/AskBiology • • 8h ago

All the atoms that make up a human being are inanimate. Yet, a human is a living being possessed of emotions. Since atoms contain neither life nor emotion, where do these life and emotions in a human come from?

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r/AskBiology • • 3h ago

Human body What's the point of spicy food burning on the way out?

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Why would we be punished twice?


r/AskBiology • • 9h ago

Is it possible to domesticate big predators the way dogs and cats have been?

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r/AskBiology • • 17h ago

Evolution Are pregnancy symptoms part of evolution?

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Sounds super cut and dry, but I’m curious if a woman today can vomit the whole 9 months, is there any evidence primal women carried worse? A lot of women are also subject to: ges. diabetes, high blood pressure, falling teeth, gum disease, swollen limbs etc. How would this turn out for women thousands of years ago? Why is pregnancy so detrimental to the body now?

Also wondering does other mammals actually experience morning sickness and the whole 9, or is it just us?


r/AskBiology • • 8h ago

Human body Can someone here tell me if this true and why that the case?

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A buddy of mine said people that work out every day going to the Gym and going for runs and being athletic build have stronger heart and lung function.

He said also when they get sick it does not last as long and you coughing way less than someone really fat and extremely out of shape.

Why is that?


r/AskBiology • • 2h ago

Question about the term "homologous chromosomes."

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I often hear people say that the distinction between chromosomes and chromatids is that chromosomes consist of a pair of sister chromatids. But sometimes a chromosome may exist as a single chromatid, as is the the case with homologous chromosomes before DNA replication. If a homologous chromosome exists as a single chromatid before DNA replication, and a chromosome and chromatid are distinct entities, why is it called a chromosome and not a chromatid? Would it not make more sense to called it a homologous chromatid until DNA replication occurs and sister chromatids are present?


r/AskBiology • • 5h ago

Human body Cough Due to Salty Foods?

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It's easy: whenever I eat foods that are too salty, I cough. It doesn't matter if I drink or follow any advice I read online; it always happens.

To be precise, I wanted to test this strange thing and tried to debunk the only explanation I found online that states, "you cough because of your throat's sensitive membrane." So, I tried eating two grains of salt, and it made me cough after 3/4 seconds it touched my tongue. From my experience, I can say that the throat is not involved in this issue.

Also, I'm quite confident in saying that I'm not allergic to salt because I eat it every day, and it doesn't cause me any problems at all, only the cough when it's way too much for a bite.


r/AskBiology • • 6h ago

DNA barcoding is exposing how often fish is mislabeled

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r/AskBiology • • 11h ago

Human body Where can I find a good paper on the harmful factors that affect the skeletal system?

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r/AskBiology • • 11h ago

Botany Ginkgo Biloba trees, can they change sex of part of the tree?

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I've read that in rare cases these trees will change sex of one of there branches but how common just is this? Better yet, do all Ginkgos have the ability to do this or is this just a rare mutation?


r/AskBiology • • 17h ago

Zoology/marine biology Do other intelligent animals have belief?

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I ask myself this sometimes and truly wonder if other highly intelligent animals like whales,elephants,etc have beliefs? We know orcas,dolphins,etc have different cultures(or just orcas dont remember) so this makes me wonder do they also believe in a being similar to what we think is our god? Do they also think their created for a purpose and that their not animals made from nature?(because people often think we are not animals like the rest for some reason)

I imagine there probably isnt any studies on this, but i just want to hear peoples thoughts and ideas.


r/AskBiology • • 4h ago

What would happen if we took all the juice from butterfly cocoons and then mixed then up into one big cocoon?

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What would happen? Serious question, I am dying to know.


r/AskBiology • • 8h ago

Zoology/marine biology Why can cats bond/feel love?

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So, it is commonly said that reptiles (most of them, anyway) cannot form social bonds/feel love because they do not live in groups so therefore didn’t evolve that ability. But cats, specifically house cats, are commonly accepted to feel love and seem to display affectionate behavior. But cats evolved from the African Wild cat, which is a solitary predator, so why did they evolve to feel love? I know female cats care for their kittens, so maybe that’s why they feel love, but that’s only for a few months, and so do crocodiles. And if that were the reason, why can male cats also feel love if they don’t care for kittens?


r/AskBiology • • 6h ago

Human body Is it normal to have heart burn after eating an entire box of spinach.

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It was a little under 1 pound of spinach for reference.


r/AskBiology • • 9h ago

[Based on our current knowledge] Why did life evolve only on Earth? Please do not answer this by saying, "because the conditions on Earth were more favorable." A form of life different from those that evolved on Earth could have evolved elsewhere, adapted to the conditions of those other places.

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