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Medical Disclaimer: We cannot provide medical diagnoses here
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There are people in biology who really do math
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Wire Black Coral helix asymmetry
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What causes the asymmetry in a symmetrically developing organism?
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Is Drinking Hot Tea from Plastic Cups Unsafe Due to Chemical Leaching?
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What is alfalfa used for?
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Quinoline tag helps vancomycin breach gram-negative defenses (C&EN)
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H3N2 Influenza A variant in 2025-2026 more virulent
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King tides are no joke
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Kitten raising advice
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Influenza A H5, an avian flu, first time in a human
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Magnetoreception in Animals
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Are Conventional Turkey Thawing Instructions Backwards?
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PFAS and Power Lines Cause Cancer?
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Viral (RNA and DNA) polymerases, inhibitors and antiviral drugs
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Mold in Plastic Water Bottles? What does it eat?
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Who knows if Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome is real or not?
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Iceland has found its first mosquitoes
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Why Do Fathers Experience Premature Graying?
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Are we ready for SARS-Cov-3?
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Did they discover another descendant of homo erectus?
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Sukunaarchaeum Mirabile - smallest archaeal genome
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Medical Age and carotid artery stenosis
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Rare Earth Magnets costs NZ teen part of his bowel
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Medical New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours
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Photorhabdus luminescens & "Angel's Glow"
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Australian Funnel-web spiders and delta-hexatoxin (aka Versutoxin)
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Coccidioidomycosis, deadly fungal disease, no effective cure
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RIP Jane Goodall (91), primatologist and conservationist
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COVID Here comes COVID-19 version BA.2, BA.4, BA.5,...
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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
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Warning of new opiod drug (nitazene) on the streets: Question re strength...
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Chagas disease now established in US
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Flesh-eating New World Screwworm re-occurrence in US
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Here is a weird moth larva
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Encephalitis lethargica, between 1915 and 1926; cause unknown
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I need help understanding this quote about recent Natural Selection
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Fermentation using mixed legume and grain feedstock
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Is MRSA as Dangerous as It Seems and How Can You Get Proper Testing?
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Rare case of pneumonic plague in US - Arizona
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How Does Flickering Light Influence Our Brain's Perception of Image Brightness?
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How does the body manage glucose demand amid competing cortisol & insulin actions?
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Does anaesthetic unconsciousness = restorative sleep?
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On more exercise to burn calories
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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
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One of my Favorite Parasites
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Can You Become Immune to Mosquito Bites?
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Too much fluoride might lower IQ in kids?
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Hair's influence on the brain
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Nutritional Quality of Foods
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Why Don't Insulin Needles "Damage" You or Hurt When Poking Yourself?
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Nerve regrowth after damage
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The Human Papilloma vaccination to suppress cervical cancer
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Medical Are there theories of medicine that are under the umbrella of Physical Sciences?
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How Did Bird Flu Decimate 95% of Animals at Major Arizona Farm?
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Please explain Diffusion in Neuroscience to me like I'm 5 years old
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Medical Hydrogen water, any good?
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Star Trek Tricorders detected lifeforms--> Life emits light
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Medical Saccharin, the New Antibiotic
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How Does Asymmetric Mitosis Influence Tissue Formation and Morphogenesis?
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Medical Innovative ideas and technologies to help folks with disabilities
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[Cognitive science] Distance effects in non-numerical sequences?
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Distinguish whether a pair of animals are related by descent or share a common ancestor
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Antonine Plague - small pox + measles, or hemorrhagic virus/bacterium?
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How much kicking power would a horse lose with human feet instead of hooves?
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What do feral children teach us about the development of IQ? (moved to Discussion)
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Anyone know what is specific activity? (enzymes)
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Are you concerned about toxic chemicals in plastic food packaging?
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Woolite Contamination Recalls 2023 and 2025
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Is Becoming a Cyborg the Future of Medical Implants?
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Human Sperm, Egg Cells Mass-Generated using iPS
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Is there a link between poultry consumption and longevity?
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Heat transfer and body temperature regulation in Huskies
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Biochemical effects of switching to dairy-free foods
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COVID Rolling Review of HIPRA COVID-19 Vaccine: Booster for Adults
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Why is 52 Hz whale mysterious and unseen?
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Medical What are the costs for tests to measure bacteria and virus levels on surfaces?
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Would neutrinosynthesis be physically possible for a lifeform to have?
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Controlling optical wavelength of illumination to improve reproduction rates in microorganisms
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How does laser hair removal work?
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Why cats are smarter than dogs
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Scientists Calculate the Speed of Thought
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Interesting Veritasium YouTube on PCR tests and how they came to be
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Medical Electrical stimulation of the Vagus nerve may relieve treatment-resistant depression
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Does Radiation from X-Rays/CT Stay in Body Forever (Risks)?
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How can humans know that dinosaurs looked like reptiles?
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How Can We Deal w/ Volatile Organic Compounds in Homes?
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How long do bones take to decompose to dust?
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Why does a series of pulses generate a pitch?
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The predictive brain (Stimulus-Specific Error Prediction Neurons)
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Sudden problems with western-blots
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Meaning of a reaction being "too slow to be biologically significant"?
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Exercises for loosening joints
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What factors influence the folding of proteins and biomolecules?
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New and Interesting Publications Relevant to the Origin of Life
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Universal wing- and fin-beat frequency scaling
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News An AI Program namesake of a PF Mentor
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Chornobyl Dark coloured tree frogs
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Why is it easier on the heart in a horizontal position?
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Marburg outbreak in Rwanda
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How would an infection prevent anesthetic from numbing my toe?
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