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Is Isopropyl Alcohol Safe for Ingestion and Use on Surfaces?

  • Matt204823545
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Why does the Nernst equation voltage decrease with higher ion charge?

  • Hammad Shahid
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Medical What are the top 4 commonly prescribed T2DM drugs?

  • TytoAlba95
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Spread of droplets in the air vs. distance

  • Beliavsky
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Why Doesn't White Light Appear Green Despite Human Eye Sensitivity?

  • CWatters
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COVID Current COVID-19 widespread mutation is more infectious than the original

  • Tom.G
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CV19 infection rates are increasing, but death rates are decreasing?

  • ElliotSmith
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What do negative bars mean in miRNA expression bar diagrams?

  • TytoAlba95
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Cumulative DNA damage in active vs. less active neurons?

  • asimov42
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Where is glucose-6-phosphatase located?

  • Matt204823545
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How are parasites able to imitate other animals?

  • mark!
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Is the study on vitamin D and mortality worth lifestyle changes?

  • yog55677
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A Competitor to the Drake Equation

  • BillTre
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Medical Necrosis vs Apoptosis: Which Cell Death Mechanism Matters More in Disease?

  • mktsgm
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COVID Woman receives double lung transplant after COVID-19 complications

  • Tom.G
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How are ancestors classified in a cladistic system?

  • Amaterasu21
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Acupuncture and the Placebo Effect

  • lavinia
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Coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins

  • Phil Core
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Are Barn Flies and Stable Flies the Same Species as House Flies?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Efficacy of sanitizers against SARS-CoV-2 based on alcohol content

  • Wrichik Basu
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  • Poll Poll

What is your usual sleeping position?

  • sysprog
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Do any animals see beyond visible light and infrared?

  • zuz
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How do animals have better immune systems than humans?

  • avito009
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Medical Do statins permanently reduce LDL levels in blood?

  • Wrichik Basu
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Focal Adhesion Kinase and the MAPK pathway

  • Matt204823545
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What does a magnetic field feel like?

  • DaveC426913
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Medical How does measles infection affect immune memory and the need for booster shots?

  • JonnyG
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COVID Vitamin K deficiency and COVID-19 severity via thrombosis

  • jim mcnamara
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Spermiogenesis and spermatogenesis etymology difference?

  • Frigus
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Is there a unique ancestor of all life?

  • Grinkle
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Medical Biosensor technology for detecting coronavirus in saliva or blood

  • hagopbul
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What is the scientific explanation for herd immunity?

  • mktsgm
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Why siphonogamy is considered to be fertilisation?

  • Frigus
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Are these “flaws of evolution”?

  • Aidyan
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Are human actions part of evolution?

  • Snip3r
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COVID Is low dose radiation therapy a potential treatment for COVID-19?

  • neilparker62
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COVID Why is the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases rising in India?

  • Wrichik Basu
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Why do bacteria insert their genes into a host?

  • mark!
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COVID Why $50 ventilator designs don't work

  • Tom.G
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What Causes the Synchronized Movement of Fuzzy Green Glacier Mice?

  • jim mcnamara
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Medical Why does benign tumor use a word meaning kindly or generous?

  • Frigus
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Is Sars-Cov2 cytolytic or cytopathic?

  • mktsgm
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Medical Supplements or food -> drug interactions

  • jim mcnamara
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Is Contact Tracing Without Personal Data Collection Possible?

  • Ryan_m_b
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Coronavirus reported cases/deaths pattern (why fewer on weekends?)

  • JT Smith
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Manipulating the genes of a virus

  • Docscientist
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Did giant viruses degrade from cells or capture host genes?

  • mark!
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Testing a population for Coronavirus - Minimizing the number of tests

  • Andrew Mason
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Salmon parasite has no mitochondrial DNA

  • pinball1970
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Does R0 account for population behavior and timescale differences?

  • sophiecentaur
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Attempt to fast track some potential antiviral drugs from known drugs

  • jim mcnamara
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COVID Covid 19 population study, Vitamin D, and controversy

  • jim mcnamara
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COVID Peak of the number of daily deaths caused by Covid19

  • kent davidge
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COVID Are these respirators spewing covid viruses?

  • chirhone
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Finding statistics on immune disorders in COVID-19 patients

  • hagopbul
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COVID Can saliva samples be shared between Covid-19 spit tests?

  • MUZE
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Increasing object exposure time under UVC when rotated?

  • joniverson
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Questions about the Corona virus

  • afcsimoes
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Iris and retina: fully genetically determined?

  • nomadreid
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Which one is the active ingredient for this cleaner?

  • kenny1999
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Is Bleach Really Being Marketed as a Cure for Covid-19 in South Florida?

  • jim mcnamara
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Sensory Time Gaps: Notable Examples of Brain Processing Delay

  • Stephen Tashi
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Why Can't "Fluid in Lungs" Just be "Sucked" Out?

  • kyphysics
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COVID How might hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin treat COVID-19?

  • JD_PM
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Is Lifting Lower Weights Necessary to Keep Shape?

  • kyphysics
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What does HC3 mean in 'His HC3'?

  • Matt204823545
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Does Lactose Intolerance Mean I Cannot Absorb Nutrition from Milk?

  • kyphysics
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How Can Music Videos Enhance Learning in High School Science Classes?

  • stfaivus
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Why didn't UV-C light inactivate yeast in water?

  • 04qWIGk3
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COVID About the protein shape of Covid-19

  • hagopbul
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COVID Medical innovations for COVID-19 treatment and equipment shortages

  • berkeman
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Identification of hardened bone structure resembling a heart shape

  • ETsmyhomeboy
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What PPE gown and coveralls for Covid-19 protection in a hospital?

  • chirhone
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Quarantine takes toll on alcoholics

  • GiriBang
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Policy for pandemic issues and how models shape it

  • jim mcnamara
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Medical Why does SARS-CoV-2 replicate faster than flu and mutate less?

  • lavinia
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Response of (house) lizards to the sounds of various frequencies

  • Wrichik Basu
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COVID Video: how COVID-19 spreads, infects and is diagnosed

  • Tom.G
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Is the Timing of Heart Sounds Caused by the Opening and Closing of Valves?

  • stfaivus
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On what basis are parts of the brain classified?

  • Frigus
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Is the Coronavirus Primarily a Human Virus?

  • Phil Core
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Coronavirus death toll estimations

  • kent davidge
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Earliest Homo erectus fossil dated

  • pinball1970
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What happens in the brain when we feel pleasure or pain?

  • kolleamm
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Medical ‘Possible Achilles heel’ in the coronavirus

  • Tom.G
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Medical Text about higher cognitive functions of the brain?

  • Aidyan
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Medical Do the viruses damage our cells directly?

  • mktsgm
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What is the difference between polysaccharides and lipids?

  • Frigus
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How does the dose of a chemical affect its toxicity?

  • kenny1999
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COVID COVID ARDS Diagnostic Tool - Age is not best indicator. N=53

  • .Scott
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Thoughts on the early formation of life

  • kolleamm
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COVID Does gargling with antiseptics reduce COVID-19 transmission?

  • ScienceMike33
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Is hydrogen peroxide effective against the corona virus?

  • bill hart
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All the types of food and/or drinks that the body needs?

  • timeuser84
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COVID Effectiveness of early COVID-19 treatments

  • Grinkle
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