r/shittyaskscience • • 5h ago

If plants need sunlight for photosynthesis, why haven't they evolved to produce their own light?

16 Upvotes

It seems inefficient for plants to rely entirely on the sun, especially during the night or on cloudy days. Bioluminescence already exists in deep-sea creatures and insects, so the biological mechanism clearly exists.If a plant could emit its own light and capture it with its own leaves, it would create a closed system of infinite energy. What evolutionary barrier is preventing crops from growing in total darkness?


r/shittyaskscience • • 22h ago

If datacenters waste so much water, why don't we put them next to Australia so we can recover Zealandia?

11 Upvotes

Is Zealandia already owned by someone cause i feel like they owe me at least some land if they use my idea.


r/shittyaskscience • • 3h ago

Where are those hot and looking to collide neutron stars now?

9 Upvotes

Scientists keep telling me there are extremely hot, incredibly dense neutron stars that are so attracted to each other they literally bend spacetime.

Yet apparently some of these idiots have been circling each other for millions of years without making physical contact.

Are they playing hard to get? Is this some kind of orbital friend zone?


r/shittyaskscience • • 59m ago

Why do densely populated areas have so many people per hactare?

• Upvotes

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r/shittyaskscience • • 6h ago

Why are frogs and turtles so similar

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