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to r/explainlikeimfive by onwardtoalaska
2 weeks ago
ELI5 : How do hearts start beating? What kickstarts the life?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by GleannKille
3 weeks ago
ELI5 Why do lips chap?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Alternative-Show-609
3 weeks ago
ELI5: Why don't we have to constantly eat food & water like we do breathing if those are all needed to survive?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Ok_Pudding9504
4 weeks ago
ELI5: how does homeostasis work?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Ok_Pudding9504
4 weeks ago
ELI5: Why do we cry?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by BlamingInReverse
1 month ago
ELI5: How does drinking your self to death happen?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by YamCakes_
1 month ago
ELI5 why does scratching an itch feel good, when essentially we’re cutting into the skin?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by RedMiniMischief2
1 month ago
Eli5: How / Why do allergies develop over time?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by fingerhearts1
3 weeks ago
ELI5: Why does meth/opiod use make you look like that?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Slow_Vegetable411
3 weeks ago
ELI5: Why do songs get stuck in our head?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by ScrolllerButt
1 month ago
ELI5: How do animals ID babies of other species?
Biology
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to r/explainlikeimfive by JihadiLizard
3 months ago
ELI5 how does the brain differentiate between bad smells and good smells?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Hombre_Secreto
1 week ago
ELI5 Why do poppy seed foods trigger drug tests for opioids, but don’t remotely get you high?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by BlackberryNo9812
3 months ago
ELI5 Orgasms and the way they feel
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Casual-Drinker-1981
4 months ago
ELI5: DNA percentages
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Akshiak
5 months ago
Eli5: How does the colon "know" what to absorb. Seeing as it can absorb dissolvable content inserted there. What prevents it from just reabsorbing all the fecal content?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by blippy7
2 months ago
eli5 Why petroleum jelly isn't toxic to human skin
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Akshiak
5 months ago
ELI5: why is seafood more smelly
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by hosi19
4 months ago
eli5 How do Kegel exercise’s improve erection and help for delayed ejaculation
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by FrenchAndDepressed
5 months ago
ELI5: deload week
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Un1mportantaccount
6 months ago
ELI5: why does only 30-60 minutes of exercise make big changes to your body and heath?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by spookythesquid
1 month ago
ELI5: how do competitive eaters manage to eat so much food
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by AbeMax7823
3 months ago
Eli5 Why can’t a person live on multivitamins and workout shakes?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by subuso
6 months ago
ELI5: If semen gets reabsorbed during a retention, how come we have nocturnal emissions?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by GeekyFeline9695
6 months ago
eli5 why holding a cold washcloth or a warm compress on your forehead helps a headache
Biology