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Questions we were able to address in class:
• Why are most cells small?
• Why is the shape of a protein important?
• Why is "gel electrophoresis" important for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing in criminal cases?
• Why is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) so valuable?
• Why is Charles Darwin considered the main person to contribute to the theory of evolution?
• Why are the three modes of natural selection stabilizing selection, directional selection, and disruptive selection?
• Why we sometimes find population cycles in predator-prey interactions?
• Why there are usually no more than 3-5 trophic levels in food chain?
• Why vegetarianism is more energy efficient than eating meat?
• Why insulin and glucagon are used together?
• Why hormones can affect the cells?
• Why people have cortisol in their body?
• Why innate immune system is important to inflammation?
• Why cell-mediated immunity is important to our body cells?
• Why are hormones important to the human body?
• Why and how are hormones and the menstrual cycle related?
• Why are dendritic cells relevant?
• Why do insulin and glucagon work together?
• Why are lysosomes known as the cleaners of the cell waste?
• Why can mitochondria be considered the power plants of the aerobic cells?
• Why do heart attacks occur?
• Why do humans need plants?
• Why dominant species are not key stone species?
• Why animal need both breathing and cellular respiration?
• Why homeostasis is important to animal?
• Why vaccines are made of dead or weakened pathogen?
• Why positive feedback always leads to negative consequence?
• Why is a vegetarian diet more energy-efficient?
• Why do pH levels get unbalanced in the vagina?
• How water cycle links biomes together?
• Are all mutations harmful?
• What are the keystone species?
• What is a intertidal zone?
• Why are mushrooms considered fungi?
• Why are antibiotics steadily losing their ability to kill bacteria?
• Why are archaea very similar to bacteria in some ways?
• Why aren’t viruses considered cellular beings?
Questions that go a step further:
• Why is it useful to have organism such as bacteria turning out human protein?
• Why do you say we are animals when we are Homo sapiens and clearly different?
• Why don't we do something to fix the dead zones?
• Why not to ensure a cleaner, safer and healthier planet?
• Why do birds sing? Are they really singing, or are they just talking and communicating with other birds?
• Why will energy never cease to exist? Because God is eternal? Can I say that? That God is energy, too?
• What is the formula for calculating carrying capacity?
• Why do flies and other insects walk up walls without falling?
• Which type of cell came first in evolution?
• Why are bacteria the only prokaryotic beings?
• When will the next steps in human evolution take place?
• Why are there much fewer nocturnal animals than animals that are active during the day?
• Why do ostriches and penguins have wings if they can’t even fly?
• Why can’t all animals have the ability to make sounds?
• Why are some animals able to detect a natural disaster seconds before it happens?
• Why exactly do homosexuality, bi-sexuality, and asexuality exist?
• Why do women hit menopause at an earlier age than men?
• Why do people get sick after a flu shot, if the flu shot is meant to prevent the flu?
• Why do men and women have the same sex preference?
• Why do people continue to be concern about the size and color of their genitals?
• Why do doctors suggest for babies boys to be circumcised?
• Why do men sometimes lactate when their wives are pregnant? How is this possible?
• Why does alcohol make people feel good and happy if it's a depressant?
• Why is caffeine so addictive?
• Why would cloning be a bad thing?
• Why are steroids illegal? What do they really do to the body?
• Why does penis size matter?
• Why are there female condoms?
• Why are some people born with both men and women genitals?
• Why can some STI's be cured and some can't?
• Why do humans have such an impact on most things that happen in the world?
• Besides working out until our body becomes used to strenuous activity, what alternatives are there to avoiding the buildup of lactic acid in muscles?
• What are some physiological ways to boost energy within our body naturally?
• Would it, or is it possible for a perfume/cologne company to take human pheromones and mix it into their product? Do they already do this?
• If the feeling of being in love is caused by influx of chemicals like oxytocin and the horrible feeling of being broken up with is like being cut off of the drug, is it possible to ingest pills of those chemicals to slowly wean ourselves off of them? Would this make a breakup more tolerable? Example: oftentimes, heroin addicts will take methadone to curb symptoms of withdrawal.
• What mechanisms within certain spiders allow themselves and accept being eaten by their young?
• Why does it take humans roughly 1 year to walk and it only takes some animals 15-30min. Or are even instantly walking?
• Why are some people born with both male and female parts?
• Why do the male testis hang and not stored inside the male like the female ovaries?
• Why don't women have foreskin?
• Why are there bigger penises than others compared?
• Why do some penises look like they are curved to the side?
• Why is it that only some sperm remain alive inside the female reproductive track for 48 hours and some sperms can live longer?
• Why is it that protection from trauma can keep a healthy male reproductive system?
• Why do women who don't have babies or don't breast feed have a higher risk of getting breast cancer?
• Why do men who have an undescended testicle are at a higher risk of developing testicular cancer?
• Why is it rare to find hemophilic women?
• Why does hair turn gray?
• Why are some people born with both reproductive systems?
• Why is human disease a form of environmental resistance?
• Why is it possible that new lichens and plants can grow on lava covered land?
• Why do most deserts occur at about 30º N and 30º S of the equator?
• Why are humans so different from other animals?
• Why do humans have a tailbone?
• Why did birds and other organisms develop wings through evolution and acquire the ability to fly?
• Why do humans look so different from each other?
• Why is Earth the only known planet with living beings?
• Why are some people born with both types of genitals?
• Why do lactose intolerant people get sick from dairy?
• Why do some people have more energy than others?
• Why is it that some animals like cats have the ability to jump higher than other such as cats vs. human the cat is smaller but can get more air than humans?
• Why do people continue to reproduce when so many people believe that the world is already "over populated"?
• Why haven't we been able to create some sort of verbal communication between us and domesticated pets?
• Why do some people consider it morally wrong to have abortions if they are carrying a baby that has fatal condition?
• Why do people as a whole find the need to believe in a higher power even before there were any real religions?
• Why do some people have their hair become grey at an earlier age than others?
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