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Join the expert discussion on biology and medical topics. This may include the study of living organisms, molecular, Botany, Micro, Genetics, Ecology.

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Is it Rational to Skip Health Insurance if You're Young and Healthy?

Feb 10, 2020 · Replies 10 · Mar 3, 2020

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Night On Earth: Uncovering the Infrared Spectrum of Animals

Jan 30, 2020 · Replies 14 · Feb 29, 2020

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Are Cooking Fumes Harmful to Your Health?

Feb 22, 2020 · Replies 30 · Feb 28, 2020

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Biological to electrical/mechanical interface with artificial augmentation

Feb 28, 2020 · Replies 2 · Feb 28, 2020

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Love eggs? Maybe you should consider this

Mar 18, 2019 · Replies 32 · Feb 26, 2020

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What plants are safe to consume according to the GRAS list from the US FDA?

Feb 25, 2020 · Replies 2 · Feb 25, 2020

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Medical Can a new location make you perpetually sick?

Aug 26, 2013 · Replies 47 · Feb 19, 2020

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Acro Dance, Gymnastics, and Contortion Problems

Feb 18, 2020 · Replies 6 · Feb 18, 2020

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Fossil origin based on DNA testing

Feb 14, 2020 · Replies 15 · Feb 17, 2020

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Is pollution putting pregnant women at risk?

Feb 14, 2020 · Replies 3 · Feb 15, 2020

Replies: 3

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Medical Virus Reproduction: Understanding the Paradox

Feb 10, 2020 · Replies 3 · Feb 14, 2020

Replies: 3

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Food temperature question -- eating cold meals

Feb 14, 2020 · Replies 9 · Feb 14, 2020

Replies: 9

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What Does Yaravirus Discovery Mean for Evolution?

Feb 12, 2020 · Replies 1 · Feb 12, 2020

Replies: 1

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Gas filter mask on Mars - sci fi

Jan 23, 2020 · Replies 9 · Feb 11, 2020

Replies: 9

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Switching a transgene with a Morpholino oligo

Feb 6, 2020 · Replies 1 · Feb 6, 2020

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Views: 865

Anti-viral Activity of Anise Extract

Feb 2, 2020 · Replies 5 · Feb 2, 2020

Replies: 5

Views: 2K

Can Your Brain Feel Anger Without Feedback from the Body?

Jan 23, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jan 30, 2020

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Vaccines: Overwhelming Benefits, Few Risks

Jun 18, 2019 · Replies 201 · Jan 29, 2020

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Expression of Pol-Gag in different viruses

Jan 24, 2020 · Replies 3 · Jan 28, 2020

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Do plants respond to low frequency electromagnetic waves?

Dec 5, 2019 · Replies 11 · Jan 27, 2020

Replies: 11

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When is flu season - according to the CDC?

Jan 22, 2020 · Replies 11 · Jan 26, 2020

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Concerns About Airborne Microplastics: Causes & Effects

Jan 25, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jan 26, 2020

Replies: 4

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Can wearing N95 mask make you inhale the exhaled carbon dioxide?

Jan 21, 2020 · Replies 25 · Jan 24, 2020

Replies: 25

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I guess soybean oil might not be so great to eat?

Jan 23, 2020 · Replies 1 · Jan 23, 2020

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Walking (Postural?) Hypotension

Jan 22, 2020 · Replies 1 · Jan 22, 2020

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Change in perspective for Natural Selection

Jan 16, 2020 · Replies 2 · Jan 18, 2020

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Meet the xenobots - reconfigurable organisms

Jan 16, 2020 · Replies 2 · Jan 18, 2020

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Pre-Eukaryotic Cells of the Asgard Superphylum Cultured in Japan

Aug 10, 2019 · Replies 6 · Jan 17, 2020

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Why is the Exact Cause of Preeclampsia still Unclear?

Jan 11, 2020 · Replies 6 · Jan 15, 2020

Replies: 6

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Metabolic pathways - Interactive map

Jan 14, 2020 · Replies 1 · Jan 14, 2020

Replies: 1

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Is Plasmacluster technology safe for air purification?

Jan 11, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jan 12, 2020

Replies: 4

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Tips on how Biologists and Physicists should talk to one another.

Jan 6, 2020 · Replies 6 · Jan 11, 2020

Replies: 6

Views: 2K

Viruses in Vaccines that can mutate and spread

Sep 23, 2019 · Replies 4 · Jan 10, 2020

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Vasoconstriction from Sympathetic NS?

Nov 6, 2019 · Replies 7 · Jan 10, 2020

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

Is a Biological Principle a Scientific Law?

Jan 3, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jan 4, 2020

Replies: 4

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Sad adieu to Botanic Man, David Bellamy

Dec 18, 2019 · Replies 2 · Jan 1, 2020

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How Do Biomagnetic Fields Change Upon Death?

Dec 30, 2019 · Replies 6 · Dec 31, 2019

Replies: 6

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Dr. John Robbins, Died at 86, Saved Millions

Dec 20, 2019 · Replies 1 · Dec 25, 2019

Replies: 1

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Is This Bird Inspired by the Peregrine Falcon?

Dec 21, 2019 · Replies 20 · Dec 23, 2019

Replies: 20

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Interesting Path to Eukaryotic Cell Complexity Proposed

Dec 17, 2019 · Replies 4 · Dec 22, 2019

Replies: 4

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Recombination and intergenic distance

Nov 24, 2019 · Replies 4 · Dec 19, 2019

Replies: 4

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Why Information Grows: book review

Dec 13, 2019 · Replies 3 · Dec 18, 2019

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Dinosaur tail found preserved in amber, what can we learn?

Dec 11, 2019 · Replies 2 · Dec 17, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Sodium Potassium Pump's role in Breathing?

Dec 11, 2019 · Replies 7 · Dec 13, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Can Misinformation During a Health Crisis Be Considered Criminal?

Dec 6, 2019 · Replies 55 · Dec 13, 2019

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Replies: 55

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Medical Stem Cell Injections Improve Motor, Sensory Function Post Spinal Cord Injury

Nov 27, 2019 · Replies 4 · Dec 11, 2019

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Are Essential Oils Truly Effective or Just Placebo?

Aug 22, 2019 · Replies 31 · Dec 10, 2019

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Replies: 31

Views: 7K

Question about neuroscience and psychology

Dec 3, 2019 · Replies 12 · Dec 5, 2019

Replies: 12

Views: 3K

What are animal reactions to death?

Dec 5, 2019 · Replies 16 · Dec 5, 2019

Replies: 16

Views: 2K

Scientists engineer E. coli that eats carbon dioxide

Nov 29, 2019 · Replies 3 · Dec 1, 2019

Replies: 3

Views: 5K

When did "eight hours of sleep per day" become an accepted guideline?

Oct 24, 2019 · Replies 9 · Dec 1, 2019

Replies: 9

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Platelet-rich plasma : hype without substance?

Oct 30, 2019 · Replies 7 · Nov 27, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Medical Varicose vein treatment with fiber lasers

Nov 23, 2019 · Replies 4 · Nov 23, 2019

Replies: 4

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Should I pee or hold it to stay warm?

Nov 13, 2019 · Replies 72 · Nov 22, 2019

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How can light hit one part of a ganglion cell but not another part?

Nov 20, 2019 · Replies 4 · Nov 22, 2019

Replies: 4

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Does the brain play a part in Magno and Parvo channel creation

Nov 20, 2019 · Replies 2 · Nov 22, 2019

Replies: 2

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Medical Has CRISPR-Cas9 found a concrete application?

Nov 22, 2019 · Replies 3 · Nov 22, 2019

Replies: 3

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Rule of Thumb for the weight of a filling meal?

Nov 19, 2019 · Replies 9 · Nov 22, 2019

Replies: 9

Views: 2K

Medical Successful CRISPR treatment of a Sickle Cell patient

Nov 19, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 21, 2019

Replies: 1

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What force makes muscles contract?

Nov 20, 2019 · Replies 7 · Nov 20, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

How to test scientifically if milk is bad

Nov 1, 2019 · Replies 19 · Nov 20, 2019

Replies: 19

Views: 7K

CBD Hemp Oil for Anxiety: Benefits & Side Effects

Nov 15, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 15, 2019

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Dept. of Propedeutics of Dental Diseases? What is that?

Nov 14, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 14, 2019

Replies: 1

Views: 1K

New bipedal great ape has been discovered. Danuvius guggenmosi.

Nov 10, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 10, 2019

Replies: 1

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Saving Viral DNA: B Cell Mechanisms

Nov 4, 2019 · Replies 7 · Nov 6, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Why Does Lack of Sleep Affect Wound Healing?

Nov 3, 2019 · Replies 2 · Nov 4, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Improving hearing "Signal to Noise" by turning your head

Nov 4, 2019 · Replies 2 · Nov 4, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Medical Felt like I was going backwards whilst driving

Nov 4, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 4, 2019

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Can the face of others can be transplanted into another person?

Oct 3, 2019 · Replies 18 · Nov 2, 2019

Replies: 18

Views: 3K

Do Dogs Have the Ability to Think?

Dec 15, 2017 · Replies 34 · Oct 31, 2019

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Replies: 34

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What Happens When You Dive Too Deep?

Oct 29, 2019 · Replies 11 · Oct 29, 2019

Replies: 11

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Why were wolves and dogs considered separate species until recently?

Oct 24, 2019 · Replies 16 · Oct 28, 2019

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Determination of dominance or recessiveness

Oct 5, 2019 · Replies 10 · Oct 27, 2019

Replies: 10

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Proving that the teacher is wrong

Oct 22, 2019 · Replies 16 · Oct 26, 2019

Replies: 16

Views: 4K

What would this artificial "super" mitochondria be able to do?

Oct 8, 2019 · Replies 7 · Oct 25, 2019

Replies: 7

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Importance of negentropy in the creation of life

Oct 22, 2019 · Replies 14 · Oct 25, 2019

Replies: 14

Views: 4K

How long do cough droplets take to settle in a bathroom?

Oct 20, 2019 · Replies 6 · Oct 25, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 2K

Plans for Human Germline Modification being Discussed

Oct 22, 2019 · Replies 1 · Oct 25, 2019

Replies: 1

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Uncovering the Mystery of the "Autoblock" Procedure: A Question for Dentists

Oct 23, 2019 · Replies 4 · Oct 23, 2019

Replies: 4

Views: 1K

New CRISPR-based tool for find-and-replace editing of DNA

Oct 21, 2019 · Replies 2 · Oct 22, 2019

Replies: 2

Views: 5K

Are these birds, planes or satellites, or meteors?

Aug 24, 2019 · Replies 66 · Oct 21, 2019

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Replies: 66

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GrimAge: methlyation DNA change, mortality

Oct 2, 2019 · Replies 3 · Oct 20, 2019

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Questions about the book "Why we sleep?"

Oct 9, 2019 · Replies 7 · Oct 20, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 4K

Temperature needed to destory bacterial spores

Oct 18, 2019 · Replies 6 · Oct 20, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

How evolution builds genes from scratch

Oct 19, 2019 · Replies 1 · Oct 20, 2019

Replies: 1

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Japanese scientists create artificial blood

Oct 9, 2019 · Replies 1 · Oct 14, 2019

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Medical Does dehydration have any role in anti-inflammation?

Oct 13, 2019 · Replies 6 · Oct 14, 2019

Replies: 6

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Medical What Are 3a and 3b Degree Burns?

Oct 9, 2019 · Replies 6 · Oct 14, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Does paper trap any bacteria/microorganism/virus etc over time?

Oct 8, 2019 · Replies 5 · Oct 9, 2019

Replies: 5

Views: 1K

What happens to frozen wood frog's brain?

Aug 28, 2019 · Replies 10 · Oct 8, 2019

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Oct 7, 2019 · Replies 1 · Oct 7, 2019

Replies: 1

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What is the meaning of definitive and specified Primordial germ cells?

Oct 4, 2019 · Replies 2 · Oct 5, 2019

Replies: 2

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Medical Another Red Meat Consumption Study

Oct 1, 2019 · Replies 6 · Oct 2, 2019

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

How have scientists derived the gene sequences known today?

Sep 23, 2019 · Replies 2 · Oct 1, 2019

Replies: 2

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Medical Food as Software and the end of livestock

Sep 28, 2019 · Replies 4 · Sep 29, 2019

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Neolithic baby bottles promoted population increase

Sep 25, 2019 · Replies 11 · Sep 28, 2019

Replies: 11

Views: 3K

Identifying Illegally Imported Seeds: NMSU State Seed Laboratory

Sep 28, 2019 · Replies 7 · Sep 28, 2019

Replies: 7

Views: 2K

How Close is the Nearest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet?

Sep 27, 2019 · Replies 1 · Sep 28, 2019

Replies: 1

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Why are natural products considered safe over conventional chemotherapy

Jun 20, 2019 · Replies 36 · Sep 24, 2019

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Replies: 36

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DNA is Held Together by a Watery Environment

Sep 23, 2019 · Replies 1 · Sep 23, 2019

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