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to r/explainlikeimfive by YoullFindMeHiking
11 months ago
ELI5: With regards to dementia, what is "sun-downing" and why and how does it occur?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Steve_FS
1 year ago
ELI5: Is working out/building muscle a chronologically linear process?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Redditdamelacuenta
4 months ago
ELI5 Why do we get headaches the day after getting drunk?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Cerusin
2 months ago
ELI5: How/when are heart defibrillators used?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Atheist_Redditor
1 day ago
ELI5: Why are shoes made so narrow to the point that it changes the bone structure of our foot? There had to be a benefit at some point so make them so narrow, right?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by No_Assistant_1935
3 months ago
eli5: Why is a higher heart rate variability considered a indicator of good health and more adaptive health?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by CallMeDivon
4 months ago
ELI5 What is importance of the vestibular system, specifically rotational head acceleration?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by PeakedAtConception
1 year ago
ELI5: How is a thick leather insole in high end work boots supposed to be more comfortable than thick foam?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by gamarro
1 year ago
ELI5: Why do we feel so tired after spending time sunbathing?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by fags4life
4 months ago
eli5: why cant men keep going after they ejaculate?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by tupacalypse650
1 year ago
ELI5: How can a person completely lose their memory but still be able to speak a fluent language?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Photif
8 months ago
eli5: Why do hangovers get worse with age?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Skalagrimson
4 weeks ago
ELI5: How does, at the point right after male orgasm, genital stimulation go from pleasurable to not when the nerves are being stimulated in the exact same way?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by loanbeold
6 months ago
ELI5 why does Ritalin make you depressed ince its positive effects gradually decrease? Why are we left with depression by the close of its effects?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by wisear51
1 year ago
ELI5: How does one's driving effect the other people in a car (nausea, headaches), no matter what kind of road they're driving on?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by CertainMouse2736
1 year ago
eli5 if we get energy from the food we eat does this mean the food (matter) is converted into energy ? .
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Larrylifeguard97
10 months ago
ELI5: How does this make sense? Genuine question about resting heart rates.
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by LazyDongDude
1 year ago
ELI5: If the release of dopamine and serotonin is what makes us spontaneously happy, what causes us to feel spontaneously bad ?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by Robin_gls
8 months ago
[ELI5] Why do bacteria have to lose their antibiotics resistance in order to become resistant to phages?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by LPulseL11
3 months ago
ELI5: Why was bloodletting considered an acceptable treatment for thousands of years?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by geemav
8 months ago
ELI5: If coffee just blocks the sleep receptors, how does it end up giving you more energy?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by th3scarletb1tch
1 year ago
ELI5, if you get an injury underwater (say in the ocean) that opens the skin and bleeds, what stops your body from intaking water?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by messy_mortal
1 year ago
ELI5: What happens to the cervix during labor and childbirth?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by geemav
8 months ago
ELI5: Why do our bodies hold onto fat if it really doesn’t help us survive longer?
Biology
to r/explainlikeimfive by em-ay-tee
9 months ago
ELI5; where does sunburn go?
Biology