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BurningFrog 27 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why are cells small?

Cells are small compared to humans because we're made up by around 3×10¹³ cells.

IAmBroom 26 days ago [–]

An odd way to look at it.

Why do our bodies constrain everything else? Sure, WE are big in cell-units, but why are cell-units in the size range they are?

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