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to r/explainlikeimfive by SunderedValley
1 week ago
ELI5: How come herbal antifungal/antibacterial compounds are still efficacious after billions of years?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by onwardtoalaska
1 month ago
ELI5 : How do hearts start beating? What kickstarts the life?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by GleannKille
1 month ago
ELI5 Why do lips chap?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Alternative-Show-609
1 month 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
2 months ago
ELI5: how does homeostasis work?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Ok_Pudding9504
2 months ago
ELI5: Why do we cry?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by BlamingInReverse
2 months ago
ELI5: How does drinking your self to death happen?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by junfukuda
3 days ago
ELI5: If cockroaches we see living in our kitchens, bathrooms, and the sewers are such hardy creatures, why don't we see large populations of them in gardens and woods where there's plenty of moisture and food?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by YamCakes_
2 months ago
ELI5 why does scratching an itch feel good, when essentially we’re cutting into the skin?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by RedMiniMischief2
2 months ago
Eli5: How / Why do allergies develop over time?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by fingerhearts1
1 month ago
ELI5: Why does meth/opiod use make you look like that?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Slow_Vegetable411
1 month ago
ELI5: Why do songs get stuck in our head?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by ScrolllerButt
2 months ago
ELI5: How do animals ID babies of other species?
Biology
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to r/explainlikeimfive by Air_The_Wolf
1 month ago
ELI5: Paralyzing toxins?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by JihadiLizard
4 months ago
ELI5 how does the brain differentiate between bad smells and good smells?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Hombre_Secreto
1 month 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
4 months ago
ELI5 Orgasms and the way they feel
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Casual-Drinker-1981
5 months ago
ELI5: DNA percentages
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by BummerComment
2 weeks ago
ELI5: The apparent rise in autistic people in the last 40 years
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Akshiak
6 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
3 months ago
eli5 Why petroleum jelly isn't toxic to human skin
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Akshiak
6 months ago
ELI5: why is seafood more smelly
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by hosi19
5 months ago
eli5 How do Kegel exercise’s improve erection and help for delayed ejaculation
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by FrenchAndDepressed
6 months ago
ELI5: deload week
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Un1mportantaccount
7 months ago
ELI5: why does only 30-60 minutes of exercise make big changes to your body and heath?
Biology