We don't really want to see an elephant explode, u... ...nimals of different sizes have to balance energy, metabolism , and heat transference in a way that's optimal fo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/12/21/How-to-Make-an-Elephant-Explode-with-Science/The classic anthropological hypothesis on why huma... ...at the data available on pregnancy and lactation metabolism in our species, it suggests that right around 9 m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/04/02/How-to-Apply-an-Evolutionary-Hypothesis-about-Gestation-to-Your-Pregnancy/#81519458 / gettyimages.comIn an earlier post t... ...earlier post today, we read about how polar bear metabolism has evolved in the past half-million years. A stu... ...in the past half-million years. A study of human metabolism shows how changing conditions can causes changes... ...are turned on and off, a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/12/How-Famines-Make-Future-Generations-Fat/Ever wonder why our body temperature is 98.6 °... ...hot that we need to eat all the time to maintain metabolism :"One of the mysteries about humans and other...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/01/01/why-our-body-temperature-is-98-6-f-the-perfect-balance-between-fighting-fungal-infections-and-eating-all-the-time/(YouTube Link) Stanford University students D... ...Davis and Tom McFadden made this rap video about metabolism . It's called "Oxidate It or Love It/Electron to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/21/biology-rap/Why are snails so slow? Roberto Nespolo and Paulina Artacho of the Southern University of Chile may have the answer: turns out, evolution favors slower snails because they are more energy efficient.Testing the biological...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/16/why-snails-are-slow-survival/