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BiologyBiology
Apr 22, 2025

Why does your body feel physically ill after experiencing emotional trauma?

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Apr 22, 2025

How do we not bleed to death during surgery?

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Apr 22, 2025

Why can other carnivores eat raw meat but humans are so prone to infections?

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Apr 22, 2025

How does the US have such amazing diplomacy with Japan when we nuked them?

And how did they rebuild so quickly?

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Nov 21, 2024

How do airplaines fly?

Like they don't flap their wings like birds do, so how do they fly?

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Nov 21, 2024

How did we domesticate dogs?

Like how did we turn a wolf into dozens of distinct types of dogs? Can we do that to any animal we want? How long does it take?

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